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Ban of Blacks Leads to Suspension: A Birmingham, Ala., radio station today suspended a talk-show host who banned black listeners from speaking on his show because a station employee’s car was broken into and her purse stolen, allegedly by a black man. Berkley Fraser, manager of WERC-AM, went on the air with his apology and said that Tim Lennox was being suspended indefinitely to give the station time to review the situation. Callers to “The Tim Lennox Show” on Wednesday were asked their race before being allowed to talk on the air, station officials said.