[NEohioPAL]Take Action: Write/Call WFNY, CBS Radio to demand the firing of DJs JV and Elvis
mike melville
melville783 at adelphia.net
Tue Apr 24 14:18:07 PDT 2007
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Mr. Wu is right! I think its time that every stereotype, insensitive =
joke, public satire topic and point of insult be protected. This of =
course means that we should band together everyone from the southern =
states to boycott Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy, the white =
suburbanites that are the butts of many insensitive African American =
jokes on the way they talk, People of Middle Eastern and Indian descent =
to protest their portrayal as convenience store employees, and the Irish =
for being civil servants and drinkers. OR we can just take a step back =
and look at the big picture- There is a right to offend people, and =
there is a right to say offensive things. The right to offend, or go for =
the cheap laugh can be easily remedied. Don't listen. The ratings drop =
and they are released. That simple. My question is this- Did you =
personally hear the episode, live as it aired? Did it really offend you =
personally? Did you find yourself as offended by the restaurant scene =
in "A Christmas Story"?
I can appreciate that it was poor humor, bad taste, and actually not =
that funny. But this is a slippery slope here, with the question being =
asked: Where does it end? What is happening is censorship by threat of =
financial blackmail. Do what we want or we boycott. So what happens when =
a group with a voice gets together and says " We don't think that you =
should show love scenes in Romeo and Juliet, drinking in "The Lost =
Weekend" and we want Mark Twains "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" =
edited to remove the vernacular of the day". And they buckle. You have =
now hurt artistic license.
We have the FCC to regulate what is to be considered "airable material" =
for TV and radio. Lets not give them more reasons to limit what we can =
see and hear.
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From: Johnny K. Wu=20
To: ocagc at yahoogroups.com=20
Cc: OCAGCboard at yahoogroups.com ; neohiopal at lists.fredsternfeld.com=20
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:11 PM
Subject: [NEohioPAL]Take Action: Write/Call WFNY, CBS Radio to demand =
the firing of DJs JV and Elvis
Take action and insist that DJs JV and Elvis and their producer(s) be
fired! Radio station and CBS contacts and sample letter below.
These DJs and their producers are responsible for the offensive radio
segment aired on WFNY 92.3 FM (New York City) on 5 April 2007, and
re-aired on 19 April 2007.
The segment features a prank call made by station DJs JV and Elvis to
a Chinese restaurant in which they make numerous comments that demean
Asian Pacific Americans, women, and the gay community. During the
six-minute segment, the DJs address restaurant employees as "Asian
lady" and "Chinese man"; make demands for "lots of Asian food, son of
a bitch"; and ask for "shrimp flied lice" and "some old dung."
The DJs also accost one woman on the phone, saying, "Should I come to
your restaurant so that I can see you naked. that way I can see your
hot Asian spicy ass." They tell another restaurant employee, "You are
a very nice Chinese man. probably can't drive for shit, but who
cares." The DJs also call one employee "faggy."=20
Full press release here:
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CONTACTS:
Thomas Chiusano, President and General Manager, WFNY 92.3 Free FM
tchiusano at 923freefm.com
40 W 57th St, Fl 14
New York, NY 10019-4001
(212) 314-9231
John Mainelli, Program Director, WFNY, 92.3 Free FM
john.mainelli at cbsradio.com
WFNY-FM=20
40 W 57th St, Fl 14
New York, NY 10019-4001
(212) 314-9230
Leslie Moonves
President & CEO
CBS
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019-6188
Karen Mateo, CBS Vice President of Communications
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
(212) 846-7638
karen.mateo at cbsradio.com
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LETTER TO WFNY GENERAL MANAGER FROM OCA-NEW YORK, LONG ISLAND,
WESTCHESTER/HUDSON VALLEY AND NEW JERSEY
April 22, 2007
Thomas Chiusano
President and General Manager
WFNY 92.3Free FM
40 West 57th Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10019-4001
Dear Mr. Chiusano:
The New York City metropolitan area chapters of the Organization of
Chinese Americans --New York, New Jersey, Long Island and
Westchester/Hudson Valley are outraged at a segment aired on The Dog
House with JV & Elvis that involved a prank call to a Chinese
restaurant. The prank call was extremely racist, vulgar and sexist.=20
To that end, OCA-NY is demanding an immediate on-air apology by JV &
Elvis, by their producer, by you and an immediate firing of JV & Elvis
and their producer.
In the segment, the caller begins by telling the first restaurant
employee, "I would like some Asian food, son of a bitch", as well as
to the second employee "I would love to have lots of Asian food, son
of a bitch." He then tells a the restaurant's female employee,
"Should I come to your restaurant so I can see you naked? " and
continues, "That way, I can see your hot Asian spicy ass." As the
caller goes on, he tells yet another employee that he would like to
some "flied lice," but not "some old dung" and indicates that "I am
training in Kung Fu, bitch" before ending with "Tell that hot Asian
girl answering the telephone, I'd like to tap her ass."=20
What is especially disturbing to the Asian American community is that
the segment first aired on April 5 - just a day after Don Imus
referred to the Scarlet Knights, the Rutgers University women's
basketball team, as "nappy-headed hos." Even more infuriating is that
after CBS rightly fired Don Imus on April 12, JV & Elvis aired the
segment AGAIN on April 19. It is apparent that not only did JV &
Elvis not learn anything from the Don Imus scandal, but CBS and
CBSRadio decided that Asian Americans are easy prey for racist radio
broadcast.=20
Our chapters are founding members of the Coalition Against Hate Media,
where we were successful in the firing of HOT 97 DJs for the "Tsunami
Song." that mocked dead victims of this disaster. The airing of your
segment is not so different from the time "Star" of the "Star and Buc
Wild" Program on Power 99 threatened an Indian call center operator by
calling him a "filthy rat eater." Star was suspended due to pressure
by the Asian American community. The Organization of Chinese Americans
will not tolerate any media that attempts to stereotype and harm our
community.
In addition to our above demands, we would like to meet with you and
your team immediately, along with other Asian American organizations,
to ensure incidents like this do not happen again. Until this matter
can be resolved to the satisfaction of the Asian American community,
we will ask all your advertisers to withdraw their support for your
station.
Founded in 1973, OCA is a national non-profit, non-partisan
organization dedicated to advancing the social, political and economic
well-being of Asian Pacific Americans. With a national headquarters
in Washington DC and over 80 chapters and affiliates across the
country, OCA embraces the hopes and aspirations of the nearly 12
million Americans of Chinese and Asian/Pacific Islander ancestry in
the United States.=20
Sincerely,
Vicki Shu Smolin
President, OCA-NY
Florence Chen
President, OCA-New Jersey
Cc: Leslie Moonves, President and CEO, CBS
Dan Mason, President and CEO, CBSRadio
Gladys Yan
President, OCA-Long Island
Jeannette Wang
President, OCA-Westchester
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Mr. Wu is right! I think its time =
that every=20
stereotype, insensitive joke, public satire topic and point of insult be =
protected. This of course means that we should band together everyone =
from the=20
southern states to boycott Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy, the =
white=20
suburbanites that are the butts of many insensitive African American =
jokes on=20
the way they talk, People of Middle Eastern and Indian descent to =
protest their=20
portrayal as convenience store employees, and the Irish for being civil =
servants=20
and drinkers. OR we can just take a step back and look at the big =
picture- There=20
is a right to offend people, and there is a right to say offensive =
things. The=20
right to offend, or go for the cheap laugh can be easily remedied. Don't =
listen.=20
The ratings drop and they are released. That simple. My question is =
this- Did=20
you personally hear the episode, live as it aired? Did it really offend =
you=20
personally? Did you find yourself as offended by the restaurant =
scene in=20
"A Christmas Story"?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I can appreciate that it was poor =
humor, bad taste,=20
and actually not that funny. But this is a slippery slope here, with the =
question being asked: Where does it end? What is happening is censorship =
by=20
threat of financial blackmail. Do what we want or we boycott. So what =
happens=20
when a group with a voice gets together and says " We don't think that =
you=20
should show love scenes in Romeo and Juliet, drinking in "The Lost =
Weekend" and=20
we want Mark Twains "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" edited to =
remove the=20
vernacular of the day". And they buckle. You have now hurt artistic=20
license.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We have the FCC to regulate what is to =
be=20
considered "airable material" for TV and radio. Lets not give them more =
reasons=20
to limit what we can see and hear.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Djohnny at mdifilm.com =
href=3D"mailto:johnny at mdifilm.com">Johnny K. Wu</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Docagc at yahoogroups.com=20
href=3D"mailto:ocagc at yahoogroups.com">ocagc at yahoogroups.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A =
title=3DOCAGCboard at yahoogroups.com=20
=
href=3D"mailto:OCAGCboard at yahoogroups.com">OCAGCboard at yahoogroups.com</A>=
; <A=20
title=3Dneohiopal at lists.fredsternfeld.com=20
=
href=3D"mailto:neohiopal at lists.fredsternfeld.com">neohiopal at lists.fredste=
rnfeld.com</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 24, 2007 =
12:11=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NEohioPAL]Take =
Action:=20
Write/Call WFNY, CBS Radio to demand the firing of DJs JV and =
Elvis</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<P style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" =
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Take action and insist that DJs JV and Elvis =
and their=20
producer(s) be<BR>fired! Radio station and CBS contacts and sample =
letter=20
below.<BR><BR>These DJs and their producers are responsible for the =
offensive=20
radio<BR>segment aired on WFNY 92.3 FM (<st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City>) on 5 April 2007,=20
and<BR>re-aired on 19 April 2007.<BR><BR>The segment features a prank =
call=20
made by station DJs JV and Elvis to<BR>a Chinese restaurant in which =
they make=20
numerous comments that demean<BR>Asian Pacific Americans, women, and =
the gay=20
community. During the<BR>six-minute segment, the DJs address =
restaurant=20
employees as "Asian<BR>lady" and "Chinese man"; make demands for "lots =
of=20
Asian food, son of<BR>a bitch"; and ask for "shrimp flied lice" and =
"some old=20
dung."<BR><BR>The DJs also accost one woman on the phone, saying, =
"Should I=20
come to<BR>your restaurant so that I can see you naked=85 that way I =
can see=20
your<BR>hot Asian spicy ass." They tell another restaurant employee, =
"You=20
are<BR>a very nice Chinese man=85 probably can't drive for shit, but=20
who<BR>cares." The DJs also call one employee "faggy." <BR><BR>Full =
press=20
release here:<BR><A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.ocanational.org/index.php?option=3Dcom_content&tas=
k=3Dview&id=3D207&Itemid=3D94">http://www.ocanatio<WBR>nal.org/in=
dex.<WBR>php?option=3D<WBR>com_content&<WBR>task=3Dview&<WBR>id=3D=
207&Itemid=3D<WBR>94</A><BR><BR>---<BR>CONTACTS:<BR><BR>Thomas=20
Chiusano, President and General Manager, WFNY 92.3 Free FM<BR><A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:tchiusano%40923freefm.com">tchiusano at 923freefm<WBR>.com</A=
><BR><st1:Street=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">40 W 57th =
St</st1:address></st1:Street>, Fl=20
14<BR><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">New =
York</st1:City>, <st1:State=20
w:st=3D"on">NY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode=20
w:st=3D"on">10019-4001</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><BR>(212)=20
314-9231<BR><BR>John Mainelli, Program Director, WFNY, 92.3 Free =
FM<BR><A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:john.mainelli%40cbsradio.com">john.mainelli@<WBR>cbsradio.=
<WBR>com</A><BR>WFNY-FM=20
<BR><st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">40 W 57th=20
St</st1:address></st1:Street>, Fl 14<BR><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City=20
w:st=3D"on">New York</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st=3D"on">NY</st1:State> =
<st1:PostalCode =
w:st=3D"on">10019-4001</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><BR>(212)=20
314-9230<BR><BR>Leslie Moonves<BR>President & =
CEO<BR>CBS<BR><st1:Street=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">51 West 52nd=20
Street</st1:address></st1:Street><BR><st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City=20
w:st=3D"on">New York</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st=3D"on">NY</st1:State> =
<st1:PostalCode =
w:st=3D"on">10019-6188</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><BR><BR>Karen=20
Mateo, CBS Vice President of Communications<BR>1515 =
Broadway<BR><st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">New York</st1:City>, <st1:State=20
w:st=3D"on">NY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode=20
w:st=3D"on">10036</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><BR>(212) 846-7638<BR><A =
=
href=3D"mailto:karen.mateo%40cbsradio.com">karen.mateo@<WBR>cbsradio.<WBR=
>com</A><BR>---<BR><BR>LETTER=20
TO WFNY GENERAL MANAGER FROM OCA-<st1:State w:st=3D"on">NEW =
YORK</st1:State>,=20
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">LONG</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType=20
=
w:st=3D"on">ISLAND</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,<BR>WESTCHESTER/<WBR>HUDSO=
N=20
VALLEY AND NEW <st1:place w:st=3D"on">JERSEY</st1:place><BR><BR>April =
22,=20
2007<BR><BR>Thomas Chiusano<BR>President and General Manager<BR>WFNY =
92.3Free=20
FM<BR><st1:Street w:st=3D"on"><st1:address w:st=3D"on">40 West 57th=20
Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, 14th Floor<BR><st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">New York</st1:City>, <st1:State=20
w:st=3D"on">NY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode=20
w:st=3D"on">10019-4001</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><BR><BR>Dear Mr.=20
Chiusano:<BR><BR>The <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">New =
York=20
City</st1:place></st1:City> metropolitan area chapters of the =
Organization=20
of<BR>Chinese Americans --<st1:City w:st=3D"on">New York</st1:City>, =
<st1:State=20
w:st=3D"on">New Jersey</st1:State>, <st1:place w:st=3D"on">Long =
Island</st1:place>=20
and<BR>Westchester/<WBR>Hudson Valley are outraged at a segment aired =
on The=20
Dog<BR>House with JV & Elvis that involved a prank call to a=20
Chinese<BR>restaurant. The prank call was extremely racist, vulgar and =
sexist.=20
<BR>To that end, OCA-NY is demanding an immediate on-air apology by JV =
&<BR>Elvis, by their producer, by you and an immediate firing of =
JV &=20
Elvis<BR>and their producer.<BR><BR>In the segment, the caller begins =
by=20
telling the first restaurant<BR>employee, "I would like some Asian =
food, son=20
of a bitch", as well as<BR>to the second employee "I would love to =
have lots=20
of Asian food, son<BR>of a bitch." He then tells a the restaurant's =
female=20
employee,<BR>"Should I come to your restaurant so I can see you naked? =
"=20
and<BR>continues, "That way, I can see your hot Asian spicy ass." As=20
the<BR>caller goes on, he tells yet another employee that he would =
like=20
to<BR>some "flied lice," but not "some old dung" and indicates that "I =
am<BR>training in Kung Fu, bitch" before ending with "Tell that hot=20
Asian<BR>girl answering the telephone, I'd like to tap her ass." =
<BR><BR>What=20
is especially disturbing to the Asian American community is =
that<BR>the=20
segment first aired on April 5 =96 just a day after Don =
Imus<BR>referred to the=20
Scarlet Knights, the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName=20
w:st=3D"on">Rutgers</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> =
women's<BR>basketball team,=20
as "nappy-headed hos." Even more infuriating is that<BR>after CBS =
rightly=20
fired Don Imus on April 12, JV & Elvis aired the<BR>segment AGAIN =
on April=20
19. It is apparent that not only did JV &<BR>Elvis not learn =
anything from=20
the Don Imus scandal, but CBS and<BR>CBSRadio decided that Asian =
Americans are=20
easy prey for racist radio<BR>broadcast. <BR><BR>Our chapters are =
founding=20
members of the Coalition Against Hate Media,<BR>where we were =
successful in=20
the firing of HOT 97 DJs for the "Tsunami<BR>Song." that mocked dead =
victims=20
of this disaster. The airing of your<BR>segment is not so different =
from the=20
time "Star" of the "Star and Buc<BR>Wild" Program on Power 99 =
threatened an=20
Indian call center operator by<BR>calling him a "filthy rat eater." =
Star was=20
suspended due to pressure<BR>by the Asian American community. The =
Organization=20
of Chinese Americans<BR>will not tolerate any media that attempts to=20
stereotype and harm our<BR>community.<BR><BR>In addition to our above =
demands,=20
we would like to meet with you and<BR>your team immediately, along =
with other=20
Asian American organizations,<BR>to ensure incidents like this do not =
happen=20
again. Until this matter<BR>can be resolved to the satisfaction of the =
Asian=20
American community,<BR>we will ask all your advertisers to withdraw =
their=20
support for your<BR>station.<BR><BR>Founded in 1973, OCA is a national =
non-profit, non-partisan<BR>organization dedicated to advancing the =
social,=20
political and economic<BR>well-being of Asian Pacific Americans. With =
a=20
national headquarters<BR>in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City=20
w:st=3D"on">Washington</st1:City> <st1:State=20
w:st=3D"on">DC</st1:State></st1:place> and over 80 chapters and =
affiliates=20
across the<BR>country, OCA embraces the hopes and aspirations of the =
nearly=20
12<BR>million Americans of Chinese and Asian/Pacific Islander ancestry =
in<BR>the <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">United=20
States</st1:place></st1:country-region>. =
<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>Vicki Shu=20
Smolin<BR>President, OCA-NY<BR><BR><st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place=20
w:st=3D"on">Florence</st1:place></st1:City> Chen<BR>President, OCA-New =
<st1:place w:st=3D"on">Jersey</st1:place><BR><BR>Cc: Leslie Moonves, =
President=20
and CEO, CBS<BR>Dan Mason, President and CEO, CBSRadio<BR><BR>Gladys=20
Yan<BR>President, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName=20
w:st=3D"on">OCA-Long</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType=20
w:st=3D"on">Island</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><BR><BR>Jeannette=20
Wang<BR>President,=20
OCA-Westchester<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV><BR>
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