One of the country’s most popular Hip Hop stations, Power 106 in L.A., is currently without a morning show host after Nick Cannon announced he was stepping back, for an unknown period of time. Cannon has been under fire for anti-Semetic remarks he made on his podcast last month. Meruelo Media owns the station. We received this statement from the company last night…
“Nick Cannon apologized for the pain he caused on a recent podcast interview. While the remarks were not part of our radio content, nor lived on any of the platforms associated with Meruelo Media, as a minority-owned media company, we take these matters very seriously.
“Nick has decided to take some time off to reflect and create an action plan. Meruelo Media supports his decision and his process of reflection. As such, The Nick Cannon Morning show on KPWR Power 106 will be on hiatus for the near term.
“Meruelo Media condemns all expressions of hate, racism, bigotry and anti-Semitism.”
I would not put this guy back on the air apologies not accepted. After hearing first hand what he said there is no way I would trust him in front of a microphone. He lost the privilege.
I agree, Sanford.
In this Cannon case, the comparison I make is with the NFL. When the Kaepernick nonsense started there, three seasons ago, and spread to other players, I turned my back on the NFL and have never looked back. Some of my friends would say, this past season, that it looked like the NFL players had gotten past their kneeling, so I should come back to watching the games. I declined, because I knew that, even if we were no longer seeing them kneel, the poison was still in their hearts and minds and would probably always be there.
Sure enough, this year, we hear that the kneeling and disrespect from the NFL players — and now the coaches, as well — will be back. And the corrosive behavior has spread to the NBA and NASCAR. So, I’m not patting myself on the back, here, but I knew there would be no turning back, on my part, to the NFL…and, now, to the NBA, too. So many of them are so full of hate, it’s not something that will just suddenly change and disappear. That being the case, I will have none of it…ever again. And, the same with toxic people like Nick Cannon, ‘Charlamagne tha God’, etc.
Enough!!!