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More fallout from
'Dear Mr. President'
Popular talk show host
canned for support
By Stephan Archer
� 1999 WorldNetDaily.com
San Diego's No. 1 talk show host, Roger Hedgecock,
has been suspended from his contract with KUSI-TV,
San Diego, for giving favorable publicity to Steve Vaus'
nationwide "Dear Mr. President" ad campaign.
Hedgecock, who is under contract with KUSI to
provide political commentary twice a week, received a
call Wednesday night from the independent news
station saying he was suspended "indefinitely." The
reason given to Hedgecock was that he had violated his
contract.
Hedgecock refutes the notion that he violated his
contract with KUSI because the contract states he is to
provide conservative political commentary twice a
week for the station. This, Hedgecock says, is what he
was doing.
"I guess I'm a casualty of this 'Clinton' media because I
tried to put this ("Dear Mr. President" campaign) on the
air," Hedgecock said.
At KOGO, Hedgecock hosts a daily talk show as well.
During his talk show yesterday, Mike McKinnon,
owner of KUSI, called Hedgecock's show from his car
and announced over the air that Hedgecock had
violated his contract with KUSI.
In reply to McKinnon's statement over the air,
Hedgecock said that he had promoted many things
before, and had always received approval for them. He
says he had also received approval to air a supportive
commentary of the "Dear Mr. President" campaign.
In response, an indignant McKinnon told Hedgecock to
"clean out your ears."
Vaus, a singer and songwriter, and the creative driving
force behind the "Dear Mr. President" campaign,
witnessed the production of the show and said that he
could see "steam" coming out of Hedgecock's ears.
"This is censorship plain and simple," said Vaus.
"What it is, is a news station daring to censor me
because I would dare to criticize the president," said
Hedgecock.
The "Dear Mr. President" campaign features kids
reading letters to the president asking him for help and
advice after being caught lying or cheating. The spots
are currently airing as paid commercials in New York
City and Washington, D.C. In addition, hundreds of
other stations have donated airtime.
Two stations, though, have refused to sell any airtime to
the campaign -- the No. 1-rated WHUR in
Washington, D.C., and WFAN, the flagship station of
the "Imus in the Morning" program. However, based on
letters that the "Imus" computer bulletin board received,
it may be a bad idea not to sell airtime to the campaign.
The program's bulletin board received hundreds of
letters asking producers why they hadn't aired the "Dear
Mr. President" campaign on the show.
Commenting on the many people that have sent letters
to various radio stations demanding the campaign be
aired, Vaus said, "People are saying that they haven't
had a voice. They say that they look at the polls, but the
polls don't reflect any of their feelings. 'Finally, here is
an opportunity for me to be heard,' they say."
Vaus said that he's averaging about 20 radio interviews
a day due to the campaign. He's also receiving about
the same number of people requesting free copies.
The campaign is being funded by donations -- and out
of Vaus' own pocket. More information is available on
his Website.
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