[NEohioPAL]Take Action: Write/Call WFNY, CBS Radio to demand the firing of DJs JV and Elvis

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I am an African American and I also feel that callous and vindictive remarks should all be handled in the  same manner, no matter what the race.  When people are attacked verbally and made to feel less than human, I fail to see the humor.  Sure, there have always been jokes about races, genders, etc. because we should always be able to laugh at ourselves, but being downright nasty is never funny.  
ewe
GMG <gigihellas5555 at yahoo.com> wrote:
    I do think this is a bit absurd to be so upset about....  especially when comedians joke every day about almost every race....  If we can't joke about races, then we shouldn't have gender jokes either, nor sexuality jokes, nor political jokes, and the list will go on and on until comedians will have nothing to work with and they will go out of business.

  On the other hand, I think it is totally unfair, that when a 'particular' race gets offended (and I will not say which race) - the entire country goes into uproar and apologies must be publicly stated.  Yet, when other races are offended, nothing needs to be done.  Why can't the standards be the same REGARDLESS of the race?

"Johnny K. Wu" <johnny at mdifilm.com> wrote:
        st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }                      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." 

Full press release here:
http://www.ocanational.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=207&Itemid=94

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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 
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. 
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." 

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. 

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. 

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>I am an African American and I also feel that callous and vindictive remarks should all be handled in the  same manner, no matter what the race.  When people are attacked verbally and made to feel less than human, I fail to see the humor.  Sure, there have always been jokes about races, genders, etc. because we should always be able to laugh at ourselves, but being downright nasty is never funny.  ewe GMG <gigihellas5555 at yahoo.com> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV>I do think this is a bit absurd to be so upset about....  especially when comedians joke every day about almost every race....  If we can't joke about races, then we shouldn't have gender jokes either, nor sexuality jokes, nor political jokes, and the list will go on and on until comedians will have nothing to
 work with and they will go out of business.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On the other hand, I think it is totally unfair, that when a 'particular' race gets offended (and I will not say which race) - the entire country goes into uproar and apologies must be publicly stated.  Yet, when other races are offended, nothing needs to be done.  Why can't the standards be the same REGARDLESS of the race?</DIV> <DIV> "Johnny K. Wu" <johnny at mdifilm.com> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)" name=Generator><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:SmartTagType name="PostalCode" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType
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 style="Z-INDEX: 1; FLOAT: left"> <DIV id=ygrp-text> <DIV style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt">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 (<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1: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." Full press release here: <A href="http://www.ocanational.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=207&Itemid=94">http://www.ocanational.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=207&Itemid=94</A> --- CONTACTS: Thomas Chiusano, President and General Manager, WFNY 92.3 Free FM <A href="mailto:tchiusano%40923freefm.com">tchiusano at 923freefm.com</A> <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">40 W 57th St</st1:address></st1:Street>, Fl 14 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">New
 York</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">10019-4001</st1:PostalCode></st1:place> (212) 314-9231 John Mainelli, Program Director, WFNY, 92.3 Free FM <A href="mailto:john.mainelli%40cbsradio.com">john.mainelli@cbsradio.com</A> WFNY-FM <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">40 W 57th St</st1:address></st1:Street>, Fl 14 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">New York</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">10019-4001</st1:PostalCode></st1:place> (212) 314-9230 Leslie Moonves President & CEO CBS <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">51 West 52nd Street</st1:address></st1:Street> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">New York</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">10019-6188</st1:PostalCode></st1:place> Karen Mateo, CBS Vice President of Communications 1515 Broadway <st1:place
 w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">New York</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">10036</st1:PostalCode></st1:place> (212) 846-7638 <A href="mailto:karen.mateo%40cbsradio.com">karen.mateo@cbsradio.com</A> --- LETTER TO WFNY GENERAL MANAGER FROM OCA-<st1:State w:st="on">NEW YORK</st1:State>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">LONG</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">ISLAND</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, WESTCHESTER/HUDSON VALLEY AND NEW <st1:place w:st="on">JERSEY</st1:place> April 22, 2007 Thomas Chiusano President and General Manager WFNY 92.3Free FM <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">40 West 57th Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, 14th Floor <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">New York</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NY</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">10019-4001</st1:PostalCode></st1:place> Dear Mr. Chiusano: The <st1:City
 w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City> metropolitan area chapters of the Organization of Chinese Americans --<st1:City w:st="on">New York</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:State>, <st1:place w:st="on">Long Island</st1:place> 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. 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." 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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Rutgers</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> 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. 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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place> 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 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Sincerely, Vicki Shu Smolin President, OCA-NY <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florence</st1:place></st1:City> Chen President, OCA-New <st1:place w:st="on">Jersey</st1:place> Cc: Leslie Moonves, President and CEO, CBS Dan
 Mason, President and CEO, CBSRadio Gladys Yan President, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">OCA-Long</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Island</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Jeannette Wang President, OCA-Westchester<o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> MATTERS OF THE HEART SHOULD ALWAYS BE ABOUT LOVE.

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