LISTEN: Radio Host Quits Live on Air

A Norwegian radio reporter quit on the air last Saturday after complaining about her job and saying she wouldn't read the day's news because -- get this -- "nothing important has happened" anyway.

Pia Beathe Pedersen, who worked at the station for 18 months, accused the radio station bosses of putting too much pressure on the staff. In her two-minute live resignation rant, Pia said she was "quitting and walking away" because she "wanted to be able to eat properly again and be able to breathe." She ended the rant by saying there wouldn't be any news.

The audio is above. This is the translation provided by the person who uploaded it.

Good morning. My name is Pia Beathe Pedersen. What I am about to do now is really scary. I am being disobedient and I might get a serious bollocking, but I can't see any other alternative way of doing this. This is above all a message to Hans Tore Bjerkås. My chief executive. A fellow I see as cool. I trust him and see him as a man with integrity. Hans Tore you must help your employees are not okay. Certainly not here in østlandssendingen. I have written my opinions on østlandssendingen and NRK and that I just published on our website. I have been thinking about how to do this for a couple of days. I considerd sending Bjerkås an email or publish something in the newspaper, but then I thought the only way to make sure its published is to write a blog. Then I was told that it was me to read the news today. For a couple of days I then considered what to do. I concluded that this is the best way. I asked one person that i completely trust if he thought I should do what I am doing this way. He said no. emh. I am doing this on my own initiative and is fully responsible. I am just doing the best I can do. I am so sick of being angry and upset. I just don't want my stomach to hurt anymore. I want to be able to eat properly and to be able to breathe again. I realized that it's me that is most important in my life. I have understood that I can expect other people to look after me. I have to do that myself. That's why I decided to do this. I got nothing to loose. I hope NRK will listen. I hope this will lead to something good. The news will not be read but I can tell you that nothing important happened. I hereby resign and leave the premises. Thanks and goodbye.

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