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Introduction
In early 1994, Barry Manilow became entangled in a high-profile legal dispute with Los Angeles radio station KBIG 104.3 FM. On February 8, he filed a lawsuit seeking $13 million in damages and an additional $15 million in punitive damages, arguing that the station had harmed his professional reputation. The issue centered on a 30-second advertisement that began airing on January 31, which encouraged listeners to tune in specifically because the station did not play Barry Manilow’s music. Represented by attorney C. Tucker Cheadle, Manilow brought the case to the Orange County Superior Court.
Just two days after the suit was filed, KBIG agreed to pull the commercial. However, Manilow’s legal team did not immediately withdraw the $28 million lawsuit, leaving the dispute unresolved at the time.
Another legal matter surfaced involving Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Philip Espinosa, who filed a lawsuit against Manilow over the sound level at a concert he attended on December 23, 1993. Espinosa claimed the event left him with persistent tinnitus—ringing in his ears—after what he described as excessively loud audio that “nearly blew his ears out.”
The suit sought unspecified damages and named multiple parties: Manilow, his production company, an Arizona concert promoter, and the city of Tucson, which operated the convention center where the show took place.
By July 1997, the case was settled. Reports indicated that Manilow resolved the matter by donating $5,000 to the American Tinnitus Association, bringing the dispute to a close.