After several respectful email back-and-forths (that have been cc'ed to bikies)
between myself and Randy Hawke, (the current programmer at WJJO), we have been
given an opportunity to have our voices heard. (See the forwarded message for
details.) Do YOU have a good idea about a couple of 60-second spots that could
be aired on WJJO regarding educating the public on having respect for their
fellow road-users? I am hoping we can take this seriously (good-natured humor
is welcome) and leave out the retaliation, hate-mongering, etc. that will
continue to fuel the cyclist-bashers out there. Let's take advantage of this
opportunity and start a better campaign!-India
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India Viola
Stretton Lab
Zoology Research Bldg.
1117 W. Johnson St.
Madison, WI 53706
608.262.3336
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"How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge them?"
-Anonymous
"We exist in the bacterial world, not bacteria in ours" -Stuart Levy
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Randy,
I will get back to you with some ideas. I will pass your offer along to the
bikies listserve and will put forth that this be taken seriously (no
retaliation, hate-mongering, purjorative content). I can't promise that folks
will behave, but I do hope that this discourse remains useful. I think we can
begin to make a distinct change toward positivity with a purpose. Education-
replete with good-natured humor is a great place to start.
-India
***********************
India Viola
Stretton Lab
Zoology Research Bldg.
1117 W. Johnson St.
Madison, WI 53706
608.262.3336
***********************
"How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge them?"
-Anonymous
"We exist in the bacterial world, not bacteria in ours" -Stuart Levy
----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Hawke <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:53 am
Subject: Re: Here is my big problem
To: India Rose Viola <[email protected]>
> Agreed and please understand what I mean by dealt with. I can not
> discipline an employee again for something.
>
> Help me. Give me some script ideas for a 60 second education
> campaign.
> I will get it produced and on the air. You are clearly
> more informed on the laws and what you think the message should be.
> I
> think we need two. One aimed at cyclists and one aimed at
> motorists.
>
> Randy
>
> India Rose Viola wrote:
> > Randy,
> >
> > That might seem like the big problem to you, but if you think about
> it, it is actually the little problem. It's easy to furnish the
> corrected facts to people and get them sorted out- and I am all for
> trying to keep the facts straight.
> >
> > I'm not going to tell you what the big problem is... listen to that
> podcast again. Let's not confuse the issues here. I know where I
> stand and I'm not backing down from the request to WJJO for a
> retraction, apology, and committment to do better in the future.
> Because the podcast was left up for a year without any context, folks
> who heard it for the first time yesterday assumed it was
> representative of the programming on WJJO. The person lodging the
> complaint that is troubling you is a justifiably angered listener and
> she is not suggesting any violence or hateful actions. You are not
> just Randy Hawke the individual, you are a decision-maker (choosing
> programming) and representative of WJJO and we expect you to be
> responsible for the station's programming choices.
> >
> > I appreciate that this is a problem that began in August, and might
> seem like water under the bridge to you, but try to imagine someone
> stumbling upon that podcast yesterday. As much as it might have been
> dealt with at WJJO, it clearly hasn't been completely resolved.
> >
> > I like your idea of an educational segment coming out of this. I
> think that would serve everyone well and would be an opportunity to
> end on a positive note.
> >
> > -India
> >
> > "How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge
> them?" -Anonymous
> >
> > "We exist in the bacterial world, not bacteria in ours" -Stuart Levy
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Randy Hawke <[email protected]>
> > Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:16 am
> > Subject: Here is my big problem
> > To: India Rose Viola <[email protected]>
> >
> >
> >
> >> Below is an e-mail that was sent to us and our clients and it is
> >> completely false. She clearly was not listening. The bit did NOT
> run
> >> yesterday. It was old. She has misrepresented us to our clients.
>
> >> She is taking things out on people that did not even work here.
> You
> >> have to understand that this is not fair. They do not have the
> real
> >> story.
> >>
> >> I was listening to 94.1 WJJO this morning in Madison and the
> segment
> >> of the program named: Bike Path of Death: How to take out a
> cyclist
> >> was dedicated to making fun of bikers around 7:20 or so. It is
> the
> >> last tiime I will ever listen to your station or participate in
> any
> >> events you are connected to. The morning hosts talked about how
> they
> >> loved to roll down their windows and yell things at the lame
> bikers
> >> like "nice spandex you fairy!" It went on for a few minutes.
> I've
> >> had many drivers yell things at me or nearly clip me, so knowing
> one
> >> of them is a local DJ bothers me. I am outraged by this
> absolutely
> >> repulsive irresponsible communication and I will no longer listen,
> I
> >> am contacting your sponsors to encourage they pull sponsorship;
> >> clearly you have no regard for safety and promoting such acts of
> >> violence and crime is something I question organizations like Baer
>
> >> insurance would support.
> >>
>
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