{"id":7562,"date":"2015-05-02T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=7562"},"modified":"2015-05-02T12:20:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T17:20:08","slug":"f-bomb-explodes-on-fox-32-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/05\/02\/f-bomb-explodes-on-fox-32-news\/","title":{"rendered":"F-bomb explodes on Fox 32 news"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Bill Bellis at Draft Town<\/p><\/div>\n

The May sweeps opened with a bang on WFLD-Channel 32<\/a> Thursday when an intruder dropped an F-bomb live on the air.<\/p>\n

During a remote from Draft Town at Grant Park, meteorologist Bill Bellis was delivering a seven-day forecast at the end of Fox 32\u2019s 9 p.m. newscast when an unidentified man rushed up behind him and said: \u201cF\u2014 her in the p\u2014.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis happened despite Bill moving to the back of the park and away from the tents were [sic] the crowds were gathered,\u201d producer Beth Boylan Kane noted in her discrepancy report to management.<\/p>\n

The station could be subject to a fine or other sanction from the FCC for airing what is considered a fleeting expletive. Dennis Welsh, vice president and general manager of Fox 32, did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the third time in three weeks the station has been bedeviled by an embarrassing snafu. During last Sunday\u2019s broadcast of \u201cThe Final Word,\u201d a director could be heard cussing off camera. And minutes before air time April 11, WFLD-Channel 32 canceled <\/a>its late newscast because of a glitch in an automated operating system.<\/p>\n

Fox footnote: Last December Bellis was caught on camera flipping the bird<\/a> just before the start of the 9 p.m. newscast. He later apologized to viewers. Here's the video:<\/p>\n