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<p>BLOOMSBURG &#8212; WHLM radio of Bloomsburg is losing advertisers and its downtown studio has become the site of protests after one of its DJs posted video of himself attending a white supremacist rally in Virginia last weekend.</p><p>Late Tuesday, the station announced it was suspending Dave Reilly without pay.</p><p>Earlier, protesters held signs outside the studio and sang civil rights anthems.</p><p>&#8220;We really do not want to be giving a platform to people who spew hate,&#8221; one protester said.</p><p>Another added: &#8220;It&#8217;s just a really awful feeling to see what Dave turned into. This wasn&#8217;t the Dave I knew, the things he&#8217;s been saying on the radio recently.&#8221;</p><p>Reilly allegedly took video that shows white supremacists marching with torches at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Friday.</p><p>His Twitter account has been deleted, but not before he tweeted from the rally over the weekend.</p><p>Bloomsburg University has announced it will no longer advertise with the station.</p><p>Meanwhile, WHLM released a statement saying the company &#8220;denounces, detests, disavows, condemns and has never condoned any form of racism, white supremacism, bigotry or political violence towards anyone or any group.&#8221;</p><p style="text-align: right;"><em> &#8212; Fox 56 News</em></p><style>
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Bloomsburg DJ suspended after attending white-power rally