DALLAS (Reuters) - A Dallas radio station has fired two disc jockeys who sparked a panic among Britney Spears fans with a phony report that the teen pop star was killed in a car crash with boyfriend Justin Timberlake, the radio station said on Tuesday.
Police and fire officials in Los Angeles were deluged with phone calls after two San Jose-based deejays, known as Kramer and Twitch, claimed a source told them Spears was dead and Timberlake, a member of the teen heartthrob band 'N Sync, was in a coma after a crash in Los Angles.
They aired their fake report during a nighttime show on Dallas hard-rock station KEGL-FM last Tuesday. KEGL is owned by San Antonio, Texas-based Clear Channel Communications.
Spears' publicist quashed the rumor the next day with a statement that the 19-year-old and Timberlake, 20, were in "great health."
"They were let go on Monday," Gabrina Soliz, a spokeswoman for Clear Channel Communications, said about Kramer and Twitch.
Soliz said the Britney scare was not the only reason for the firing, but declined to elaborate. Executives at the radio station were not immediately available to comment.
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Police and fire officials in Los Angeles were deluged with phone calls after two San Jose-based deejays, known as Kramer and Twitch, claimed a source told them Spears was dead and Timberlake, a member of the teen heartthrob band 'N Sync, was in a coma after a crash in Los Angles.
They aired their fake report during a nighttime show on Dallas hard-rock station KEGL-FM last Tuesday. KEGL is owned by San Antonio, Texas-based Clear Channel Communications.
Spears' publicist quashed the rumor the next day with a statement that the 19-year-old and Timberlake, 20, were in "great health."
"They were let go on Monday," Gabrina Soliz, a spokeswoman for Clear Channel Communications, said about Kramer and Twitch.
Soliz said the Britney scare was not the only reason for the firing, but declined to elaborate. Executives at the radio station were not immediately available to comment.
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