Radio station fined $240,000 for 'smackfests'

"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - New York radio station WQHT has agreed to pay $240,000 to New York State authorities after it sponsored 'smackfest' contests in which young women took turns slapping each other for a chance to win concert tickets and cash. (Video Link)

In a statement, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and State Athletic Commission Chairman Ron Scott Stevens said that the station, which is owned by Emmis Communications Corp., had also agreed to donate $60,000 to a nonprofit group that promotes awareness of domestic violence." (more at link)