Miami
The FCC has fined a Miami radio station $4,000 for broadcasting a crank telephone call to Fidel Castro. Two WXDJ-FM disc jockeys got the Cuban leader on the line in June by claiming to be aides to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Using a recording of Chavez, they fooled Castro into exchanging pleasantries, then broke in and called him a murderer. “You fell for it,” they said. Castro replied, “I haven’t said [expletive]. Go to [expletive],” then hung up. The Federal Communications Commission said broadcasting the exchange violated a rule against putting someone on the air without permission. The station has a month to pay up or appeal.
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