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

Tue Apr 24 14:56:59 PDT 2007

We will never control the actions or words of others.
What we can do is control our reaction to it and not
give these people anymore attention than they deserve
for their ridiculous humor. Most of us on here are
artists and entertainers, we should be the ambassadors
for free speech and expression regardless of it how
much it offends us. We should remember the principles
and ideals behind what the entertainers are doing.
American soldiers went over to Iraq to overthrow a
dictator who would have killed or tortured a person
who spoke a word he didnt agree with. Have those men
and women died to protect Iraqi freedoms only to come
home and find Americans freedoms taken away? We have
no privacy, no safety in our schools. We are losing
the freedoms we are trying to protect and enforce
around the world. Free speech was not intended to make
everyone happy and it often offends. I'm sure the King
of England wasnt very happy with what he heard the
colonists talking about. But thats what America is
about.  There are hundreds of movies and songs and
plays and books that are demeaning and stereotypical
of all races and lifestyles. Thats what happens when
you have free speech. You hear wonderful things,
inspirational things and quite frankly you hear things
you never wanted to and certainly dont agree with. 
You dont like it, dont listen to it. dont read it. 
but dont rally to take away the right for people to
say what they want. What is happening to this country?
People get charged with terrorism for hanging up
cartoon posters... radio hosts get fired for saying
things twice as nice as what most lyrics are saying
nowadays.. where does it stop?  I didnt like. I wont
listen to it. But I respect their right to do it.
People have died for their right to do it.
 "Johnny K. Wu" <johnny at mdifilm.com> wrote:

> 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.ocanatio
>
<http://www.ocanational.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=207&It
> emid=94>
>
nal.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=207&Itemid=94
> 
> ---
> CONTACTS:
> 
> Thomas Chiusano, President and General Manager, WFNY
> 92.3 Free FM
> tchiusano at 923freefm
> <mailto:tchiusano%40923freefm.com> .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@ <mailto:john.mainelli%40cbsradio.com>
> 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@ <mailto:karen.mateo%40cbsradio.com>
> cbsradio.com
> ---
> 
> 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
> 
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