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Jimenez suspended for song parody
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By DAVID HINCKLEY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Friday, May 4th 2007, 4:00 AM
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Luis Jimenez
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Luis Jimenez, the popular and edgy Hispanic morning-radio host whose show is on hiatus in New York City for a year while he changes stations, has been suspended by his new employer over some of his on-air content.
Jimenez's show, which is expected to return to New York next January on Univision's WCAA (105.9 FM), is currently heard in cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Dallas.
A statement from the company yesterday said, "Univision Radio has suspended Luis Jimenez for inappropriate comments made during a recent broadcast of his early-morning program.
"While Univision Radio encourages innovative and fresh programming ideas, it takes seriously its responsibility to provide information and entertainment that adheres to the highest standards."
Reports on the New York Radio Message Board and elsewhere said the offending item was a song parody involving lesbians. Univision provided no further details on the length of the suspension.
Jimenez had the No.1 morning show in the city at WSKQ (97.9 FM) when he left in December to sign with rival Univision.
That signing raised some eyebrows because Univision is a conservative company and Jimenez has always pushed the envelope. He said earlier this year that Univision "understands who it hired and what I do."
He also noted he was never sanctioned by the FCC. "We don't use explicit language," he said.
"We make up our own words." losiento pero no lo en contre en espanol pero creo lo sacaron por que iso una cancion de lesbianas y se ofendieron