After just 2 years at Power 99's morning slot, Loraine Ballard Morrill, a Clear Channel Radio spokeswoman, confirms that Tarsha "Jonesy" Jones is "no longer an employee of Clear Channel Philadelphia."
Her abrupt termination almost IMMEDIATELY followed a lawsuit filed in Common Pleas Court by a Tracey Parson, who says she and her Kiddie Kare day care business were repeatedly defamed by the radio host in early October.
Jonesy the self-proclaimed "Most controversial diva in radio," - the popular morning radio personality for Clear Channel's Power 99 - formerly worked on Radio One's 100.3 The Beat and had been suspended over comments about Whitney Houston's family. At Hot 97 in New York she was suspended over "The Tsunami Song," a parody of the tsunami that devastated Sri Lanka.
Earlier this year, February 2011, Jonesy accepted a call-in from a listener who claimed to be pregnant with NFL star wideout Chad Ochocinco. Shortly after the phone conversation, the station posted a photo of a different woman than the caller. The pictured woman, who was not pregnant, also filed a suit against Jones and Clear Channel.
The controversial figure is known for raking in higher ratings on her respective lineups. Undoubtedly, with this change, the urban populations of Philadelphia/Delaware/New Jersey face a void in morning radio.
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