Radio Shows On-Air Suicide Call Divides Audience

A Dublin radio station is under fire after its handling of an on-air suicide call that lasted more than one hour and trended on Twitter in Ireland.

The caller, identified as Jay, eventually came down from the bridge he was standing on when he called the radio talk show and demanded to be put on air.

While the nightly FM104 Phoneshow was being broadcast, alarmed listeners across Dublin tuned in as the caller informed host Jeremy Dixon that he was standing on the ledge of an overpass, holding a knife.

As Dixon attempted to talk the man down on air, the Irish police force, known as the Gardai, were called to the scene. So were the man's parents. Traffic was halted. According to reports…
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