Jamey Singleton and WSLS-TV

[bk77]

I was down in Roanoke over the weekend. A group of us was watching WSLS-TV and the subject of Jamey Singleton was brought up. How he was fired when a nude pic of him appeared on My Space, WSLS said that was against that station's moral clause and so forth.

I have never seen this guy doing the weather when he was on WSLS so I can't comment as to whether or not he was good at his job on-air but I do remember reading online he had a nasty drug problem that made news in that region. I believe this was about a year ( mayble a little less ) than a year ago.

A lot of my friends believe that had Singleton didn't have the drug issues, nude photo or not, chances are he would NOT have been fired from WSLS. I myself side with my friends on this. I just can't see anyone getting the ax ONLY because of a nude pic unless of course the pic contains a sex act or something illegal like a nude pic taken with a child for example. Having never seen the pic in question I assume the pic was just that of Singleton and Singleton only.

One of my friends pointed out that it was actually a third party who took the pic and posted it online and Singleton himself had the pic removed from My Space rather quickly, but of course not quickly enought before WSLS found out about it.
That just makes this that much more bizzare.

Hey, if a simple nude pic can get someone fired and a radio/TV station can scream "violation of the morals clause", well what happens if some anchor/announcer is photographed say getting out of the shower or steam room at the local gym and some pervert takes a pic with their cell phone or whatever and decides to post THAT online without the person's knowledge? Its possible, I read not long ago about some man who was employed at a local gym who actually had installed a cam in the women's locker room. Of course he was fired but not before many of those pics made the rounds online. Should the women whom he photgraphed, should their jobs be in jeopardy if say there employer finds out? I can't see how.

 

[briandavisradio]

The examples in which you give are not the same as Jamey Singleton's case. The examples you cite are of people in which their photo would be taken unbeknowst to them such as with a hidden camera or cell phone etc. In Singleton's case, he actually knew the photo was being taken and, as I understand it, jokingly posed for it as he came out of the shower. Personally, I think he should have been fired over the drug issue. I know people in media who have been fired for much less.

 

[mleach]

Personally, I think he should have been fired over the drug issue. I know people in media who have been fired for much less.

You got that right !!!

Back in the 90s I remember a situation in my hometown where a dj was fired because HE WENT BOWLING !! No kidding !! The problem was that the guy he was bowling with worked for another radio station in the same market and his station had some sort of "policy" where the employees can not assoicate themselves with employees of other radio stations for fear of spreading gossip and station "secrets". He was caught by his station's news director who went bowling with his wife that night and reported this to management. This could happen only in broadcasting !!

About these so called "moral clauses", I believe this is common practice with TV stations. Radio stations OTOH, maybe some do have them but many do not. In all of the years I have worked in radio, I never worked for a place that had one and that includes the few religious stations I have worked at. Looking back now if the radio stations I worked for had such a thing in effect, many of the announcers I had to work with would have been canned years ago and not still be working in the business as is the case today with many of them.