The problem of an acoustic wave incident on a rigid sphere “loaded” in a narrow azimuthal region is considered. The solution appears as the superposition of the field scattered by the unloaded sphere and that radiated by an active slot coincident with the load, with the radiation strength of the slot related to the loading characteristics in the combined problem. By varying the loading impedance, wide degree of control over the scattering behavior of the sphere can be achieved even when only “passive” loads are permitted. Numerical results are presented.