Radio host suspended after reusing old Trump interview

An Atlanta radio host is admitting that an interview he aired with Donald Trump on Tuesday did not actually take place this week.

Steve McCoy, a morning radio host at News Radio 106.7, says he repackaged an older interview with the GOP front-runner because the Trump campaign wouldn’t let him ask any policy questions during a planned Monday interview.

{mosads}The campaign later cancelled the Monday sit-down and McCoy now admits he aired an older interview on his program Tuesday.

“[The interview] came with some restrictions, I couldn’t ask anything about his current policies and that they had the right to X out any questions that I did ask and we got through about three minutes of it. So here it is now, my call with Donald Trump,” McCoy said on air Tuesday as he played the interview.

“There’s Donald Trump from yesterday our conversation with him,” he said at the end.

On Thursday, McCoy admitted to reusing the interview, but denied saying on the air that the interview was new, Buzzfeed News reported.

McCoy has been suspended from the radio station.

“I had interview scheduled but it didn’t come through so I used an old interview. I got suspended and I’m taking my punishment,” McCoy said.