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    Quote Originally Posted by zencentury View Post
    As for the moron on the radio, did you contact that station? A typed letter sent through real mail can be a powerful too. Send the same letter to the station's general manager and to the corporate head.
    A couple of years ago, one of our local radio jerks advocated keeping a stash of yoohoo bottles in the car to throw at cyclists. He ranted and raved on the air for a good 15-20 minutes about how bikes didn't belong on the roads.

    The cycling community banded together, wrote the station and then *here's the key* started calling and writing sponsors and organizing boycotts. The station lost a bunch of ad dollars, and the idiots were suspended for a while. This was back when lots of Clear Channel stations were getting in trouble for the same thing...

    For more info see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_and_the_Showgram

    Just an idea.
    Last edited by Blueberry; 05-31-2007 at 06:34 PM. Reason: Add Link.
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