Told to Play Stones, DJ Keeps Them Rolling 2 1/2 Hours

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — A disc jockey ordered to play Rolling Stones music for an hour instead of her choice, the Grateful Dead or Todd Rundgren, barricaded herself in the studio and played the Stones for 2 1/2 hours, the station said today.

The disc jockey, who uses the name Angela Gabriel on the air, played Rolling Stones albums Thursday until WMRY-FM employees used a power drill to remove the lock from the studio door.

Gabriel then left the station voluntarily. “She sort of huffed out,” said Brian Krueger, the station’s general manager.

Krueger described Gabriel, who has worked at the station for three years, as a trusted and responsible employee not given to erratic behavior and said she would not necessarily be fired.