NEW YORK -- A New York City radio station thought it would be funny to make fun of the more than 200,000 people who died in the South Asian tsunami disaster.

It didn't take long for the folks at Hot 97 radio to learn people were not amused.

Several New York City Councilmembers gathered on the steps of City Hall to denounce the station which played a song that used racial slurs when referring to Asians and had lyrics about God laughing at those drowning in the waves.

The station ran the song several times last week.

Among the lyrics:

"Go find your mommy / I just saw her float by / a tree went through her head / and now the children will be sold to child slavery."

Now City Council members want the Federal Communications Commission to take action. Queens Councilman James Gennaro said station management has to be responsible for their product.

The station's owner issued an apology after it pulled the song off the air. The station added that the seven-person staff has agreed to contribute one week's pay to the tsunami relief efforts.

On the station's Web site, they stated that they regretted the airing of the song and called the tsunami a "serious and tragic event."