Entercom Faces Trial on Female Kansas City DJ’s Pay Bias Claims

A former morning host of Kansas City radio station KRBZ may be able to prove Entercom paid her less than a male morning host at another station owned by the company because she is a woman, the District of Kansas ruled.

A jury must decide Afentra Bandokoudis’ Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act sex-based pay discrimination claims, the court said. Though the two laws have different tests for proving pay bias, Bandokoudis raised issues for trial under both laws, the court said Monday.

That includes whether KQRC’s Johnny Dare was a head-to-head competitor with ...