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Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Outed Latino gets some justice, but not a lot

San Francisco Chronicle's Wyatt Buchanan, in Spanish-language radio show must pay for on-air gay prank from a few weeks ago:

[45-year-old Roberto] Hernandez was driving to work in October 2002 when he received a phone call from a man who said that his name was Juan and that he met Hernandez at a San Francisco gay bar. The caller gave Hernandez his phone number and then announced that the conversation was being broadcast live on the "Raul Brindis and Pepito Show," based in Houston.

Hernandez worked for the local station that broadcasted the show, KSOL, [of San Francisco] and sold advertising for the program. He said he was disappointed with the outcome and was so depressed that he could no longer work.

KLTN, the show's originating radio station's contact information from radio-locator.com:

3102 OAK LAWN AVENUE
SUITE 215
Dallas, TX 75219

Phone: 713-407-1415
Fax: 713-407-1400
Raul Brindis y Pepito on-air studio number:

(unknown)

Email Raul Brindis y Pepito at confesiones@correo.univision.com.

Hernandez was awarded $250,000 and nearly $20,000 in economic damages because of the emotional distress that led to seven months of unemployment after quitting his job. He was awarded no punitive damages.

Hernandez said he was most disappointed that Brindis was not punished for his homophobic prank.

The arbitration settlement states Brindis was "warned and never repeated the conduct," though Hernandez's attorneys say the host was only disciplined over broadcasting conversations without consent.

Hernandez's colleague who gave Brindis the cell phone number was fired.

Other links related to the case:

A forum entry at RadioRevista.com, talking of the FCC fine for Univision Radio.

A Google cached item from InsideBayArea.com (The Argus), by Lupita Figueiredo, including

Making fun of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Latinos is not rare at Spanish languageradio [sic] stations. Imitating what is perceived as a "gay" voice is normal and funny to announcers and listeners.

"We have a generation of announcers lacking of knowledge and respect to diversity and tolerance," said veteran Spanish radio announcer Carlos De Marty.

Here's a copy of an earlier article about the situation.

Poplicks.com blog entry

Forum on the topics/SF Chronicle articles at Free Republic

Also see the entries about "jotos" and "maricon" at GLAAD's Language and Reference Guide to Help Cover the Latino/a LGBT Communities.

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