CORRECTION

A story in Thursday's City & State section about G-105's "Bob and the Showgram" erred in describing a radio stunt at the Mexican Consulate on April 2 in Raleigh. "Showgram" assistant producer Jon Clark, while talking to people outside the consulate, was not wearing a false Immigration and Naturalization Service tag on his clothing, according to a consulate official.

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Indian leaders have accepted apologies from radio station G-105 and are no longer seeking the dismissal of host Bob Dumas and his morning crew for derogatory remarks they made about Lumbee Indians.

But other controversy is brewing with Dumas' "Showgram" because of comments made about Mexicans.

Paul Brooks, chairman of the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs, said the group had a positive two-hour meeting Wednesday with WDCG-FM's general manager, Dick Harlow.

"He gave us his personal assurance that negative stereotypes of American Indians will not be heard again on G-105," Brooks said.

Commission members said Harlow told them of plans for American Indian-related education and outreach that will be aired by G-105 and the three other local radio stations owned and operated by Clear Channel, the nation's largest radio chain.

"The Showgram" crew returned to G-105 Monday after a three-day suspension without pay.

Meanwhile, The Fayetteville Observer reported that on April 2, Dumas took aim at the Mexican Consulate on Six Forks Road in Raleigh. Dumas said the "giant Mexican flag" outside the consulate made him "a little mad."

Joined by Dumas on the air, assistant producer Jon Clark went to the consulate, wearing a T-shirt with "INS" taped to it, to ask people there for proof of U.S. citizenship.

Rodrigo Pintado, documentation officer at the consulate, tried to explain the reasons that Mexicans come there, but Dumas cut him off. "They have zero documentation because they're illegal," Dumas said. Pintado said people requesting a Mexican passport are asked only for their Mexican documents.

"It was an attempt at humor," Harlow said Wednesday. "I didn't hear it, so I don't know how funny it sounded."

On April 4, Tony Asion, executive director of El Pueblo Inc., a nonprofit statewide advocacy and public policy organization, complained by e-mail to program director Randi West.

In an e-mail reply to Asion, Harlow wrote: "I do not understand how the comments could have been heard as insensitive."