UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Chicago billboards use Blagojevich's face

|
 
WKQX-FM in Chicago is using Rod Blagojevich's face on a billboard with the slogan "He never listens." (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)
WKQX-FM in Chicago is using Rod Blagojevich's face on a billboard with the slogan "He never listens." (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey) 
License photo
Published: May 3, 2012 at 4:11 PM

CHICAGO, May 3 (UPI) -- A Chicago radio station is using the face of jailed former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in its billboard advertisements.

The Clear Channel billboards advertising the WKQX-FM news station feature the former governor's signature big hair and face with a caption reading, "He never listens," Crain's Chicago Business reported Thursday.

"We wanted to have something that we thought would be fun and get people's attention," said John Gehron, a spokesman for radio company Merlin Media LLC, which is run by former Tribune Co. Chief Executive Officer Randy Michaels.

Sheldon Sorosky, a lawyer representing Blagojevich, who is serving a 14-year sentence on corruption charges, said Merlin Media should have sought his client's permission before putting his face on their billboards.

"I don't think they got Rod Blagojevich's consent to do this," Sorosky said. "The question is what do we do -- we haven't made any decision yet, but it clearly seems to be a violation of the law."

Topics: Rod Blagojevich, Randy Michaels
Recommended Stories
© 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional Odd News Stories
Your Daily Horoscope
The almanac
1 of 17
Tornado recover efforts underway in Moore, Oklahoma
View Caption
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin talks to victims from the May 20 tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, May 22, 2013. The EF-5 tornado cut a path of destruction approximately 17 miles by 1.3 miles wide and left 24 people dead. UPI/J.P. Wilson
fark
How to steal the mini-bar like a boss
You've lost faith in our systems, witnessed a parade of lies and deceit. So you look for comfort,...
Charles Ramsey awarded free McDonalds for life, which will now be about six months
Newspaper investigation concludes that soldiers with injuries, PTSD, are being drummed out of the...
Ginger columnist ponders a future without redheads, whose genetic mutation will soon come to a natural...
Battle to keep people with money out of the Bronx is a success