WABB Pulls Chris Brown Off The Air

Local R&B station WABB is pulling the plug on one of the country's hottest artists.

Chris Brown was arrested February 8 for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend Rihanna, leaving severe bruises to her face. Brown issued the following statement saying he's sorry for what happened.

"Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired. I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a better person. Much of what has been speculated or reported on blogs and/or reported in the media is wrong. While I would like to be able to talk about this more, until the legal issues are resolved, this is all I can say except that I have not written any messages or made any posts to Facebook, on blogs or any place else. Those posts or writing under my name are frauds."

The District Attorney's office has yet to decide whether to file charges. But WABB has already reached its verdict. The station has decided to temporarily pull Brown from it's day-to-day rotation.

“Personally, I think Chris Brown is a talented young artist, but at the end of the day, I cannot support him at this time with the allegations against him, however he is still innocent until proven guilty, and at that time we will re-visit this situation, and I think the listeners of The Gulf Coast agree with me,” said Program Director Chris Michaels. “We are a female-oriented radio station, and we here at WABB have to stand up for women of domestic violence. It is not okay to assault women, and we hope that temporarily suspending Chris Brown’s records from WABB will send a message that celebrities are not above the law.” 

We'll have more on this story tonight on News 5 at 10:00.