-Idiot Story-
93.5 Rock fans claim a station reneged on $150,000. That was the
promise two Quad-City men say a radio station made before they had a
logo of the radio station permanently tattooed across their foreheads, a
lawsuit in Scott County District Court states. But 93.5 KORB has not
paid the $30,000 a year for five years to each of the men as promised,
Richard Goddard Jr. of Rock Island and David Winkleman of Davenport say.
Goddard and Winkleman are suing Cumulus Broadcasting, the parent company
of 93.5 KORB, and disk jockey Ben Stone, also known as Benjamin Stomberg.
Alicia Gieck, the attorney for Goddard and Winkleman, declined comment
when contacted by the Quad-City Times. Craig Levien, the attorney for
Cumulus, said the company is "vigorously contesting" the lawsuit.
"Stomberg made the false promise as a practical joke, so that persons
who responded to the announcement with the intention of receiving
tattoos could be publicly scorned and ridiculed for their greed and lack
of common good sense," the lawsuit states.
Stomberg announced on air on Nov. 29, 2000, that the station would
provide backstage passes and concert tickets to anyone who put a
temporary 93 Rock tattoo on their forehead, documents state. He then
offered $30,000 a year for five years to anyone who got a permanent
tattoo of the logo on their forehead.
93.5 Rock fans claim a station reneged on $150,000. That was the
promise two Quad-City men say a radio station made before they had a
logo of the radio station permanently tattooed across their foreheads, a
lawsuit in Scott County District Court states. But 93.5 KORB has not
paid the $30,000 a year for five years to each of the men as promised,
Richard Goddard Jr. of Rock Island and David Winkleman of Davenport say.
Goddard and Winkleman are suing Cumulus Broadcasting, the parent company
of 93.5 KORB, and disk jockey Ben Stone, also known as Benjamin Stomberg.
Alicia Gieck, the attorney for Goddard and Winkleman, declined comment
when contacted by the Quad-City Times. Craig Levien, the attorney for
Cumulus, said the company is "vigorously contesting" the lawsuit.
"Stomberg made the false promise as a practical joke, so that persons
who responded to the announcement with the intention of receiving
tattoos could be publicly scorned and ridiculed for their greed and lack
of common good sense," the lawsuit states.
Stomberg announced on air on Nov. 29, 2000, that the station would
provide backstage passes and concert tickets to anyone who put a
temporary 93 Rock tattoo on their forehead, documents state. He then
offered $30,000 a year for five years to anyone who got a permanent
tattoo of the logo on their forehead.
I'm sure this little lapse had nowt 2 do with it!!
