Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Burn baby burn

A disgruntled former radio station employee returned to the studios of 91.7 FM KOOP in Austin,TX and using an illegally copied key,entered the building and torched it!Paul W.Feinstein,24,was a volunteer employee and resigned a week before the January 5th fire after disagreeing with another staff member over the playlist chosen for the overnight broadcast.Feinstein had an internet playlist program of jazz tunes he titled "Mellow Down Easy" and some of the songs were changed on it,which set him off.The fire was the third in two years for this station(previous 2 fires were accidental,not set) and caused $300,000 in damages,mainly in the control room.Feinstein waited for everyone to leave before setting the fire on the control panels with gasoline.The radio station was off the air for almost 3 weeks and Feinstein faces 2-20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted of 2nd degree felony arson.
Talk about "mellow down easy"!Maybe he should have followed his own advice and mellowed out to some jazz music.Instead I think he got drunk and listened to some death-metal!LOL
At least no one was hurt in the fire but I think Feinsteins hoped-for career in broadcasting just went up in smoke!

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