Let's Get 'The Jersey Guys' Fired For Good.

Hitting Where it Hurts

2005-05-16T10:27:00.000-07:00

So thanks for the update guys, there has been great progress.

http://www.nj.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1115789953104890.xml?starledger?nnj

Hyundai, Cingular Wireless and Applebee's have all dropped advertising for Jersey 101.5 because of the Jersey Guy's comments. This is a nice boon for activists and clearly shows that we are headed in the right direction. There is an upcoming meeting between activists and the station managers on Wed, 19th. Let's show them some more angry advertisers so the activists will have more barganing power.

from the NJ.com article:

"Asian-Americans have always been seen as a passive group that won't speak up too loudly," said Veronica Jung, executive director of the Korean American League for Civic Action. "This flies in the face of that. The message is that we will no longer be the voiceless model minority. We represent significant buying power and a large consumer base, and we'll use that weight."

I totally heart you Veronica.

Send more tips and info and I will post what I can. Keep the work up!

Today's Star-Ledger has an article about the current demands from community (I think they should go further and ask for dismissal). [link]
-thanx Cruz

Sponsors List

2005-05-09T21:51:00.000-07:00

I love blogs. A kind blogger has made a list of sponsors for Jersey 101.5

Let's let them know what kind of crap they are paying for!

Bank of America
Verizon Wireless
Applebee's
Asbury Park Press
Boar's Head Ham
Centex Homes
The Cancer Centers (Atlantic Health Systems)

ceaseracism.blogspot.com/ already has a drafted letter to the CEO of Bank of America. It's an excellent way to start contacting sponsors. We're not going to get the 'Jersey Guys' off the air until we put pressure on their sponsors. Let's show them that racism is unacceptable.

Update

2005-05-05T20:11:00.000-07:00

Well I'm finally done with school (forever) so I can work on this site again. Thanks to everyone who emailed about the stuff they've found, that information has now been posted.

-Where's the list of sponsors?
Just my 2cents about the 'activist movement,' we're not going to get anywhere by sending emails of outrage. Sure we've gotten people aware but apologies are easy to make. The Asian-American community needs to make it clear that it won't be pushed around by two radio idiots. The issue is about putting financial pressure against all the programs on 101.5, "The Jersey Guys," and the advertisers. It should NOT be limited to demanding apologies. We need to target advertisers to 101.5 and tell them that they are catering to a program that spews hate. We need to mobilize a boycott of local businesses that advertise on Jersey 101.5. Where's the threat for 101.5? They need to fear what we are doing and it starts with the dollar. Anyone in Jersey want to help out with that?

Also, the site has now moved to http://jersey101.blogspot.com/ for easier updates, rss feeds, and for blogging power. Old site is out like the Nets. Please link here.

To celebrate the launch of this site, some fun stuff:

please distribute everywhere

101.5 Management, Owners

2005-05-04T20:19:00.000-07:00

Owners:
101.5 Radio is owned by Millennium Radio Group, which
is a portfolio company of UBS Americas Capital:

http://www.ubscapitalamericas.com/news/millen2.html

UBS Americas Capitals' partners and executives (and
their email addresses) can be found at the following
link:

http://www.ubscapitalamericas.com/contact.html

Thanks "Double Clutch"

Managers
the people who run millenium radio group (which owns nj 101.5)....supposedy e-mails to the program director at the radio station aren't going through.

dan.sullivan@mrgnj.com, pam.shannon@mrgnj.com, cheryl.hintzer@mrgnj.com, kathy.frasier@mrgnj.com, tina.mcgarry@mrgnj.com, carolann.gardler@mrgnj.com, mike.ruble@mrgnj.com, joe.mitchell@mrgnj.com, beth.roach@mrgnj.com, joe.bonanni@mrgnj.com, pam.cappelluti@mrgnj.com, fran.northridge@mrgnj.com, melissa.gonzalez@mrgnj.com, karen.kuhn@mrgnj.com, sonny.spear@mrgnj.com, tom.mcnally@mrgnj.com, jennifer.doughten@mrgnj.com, kristen.lucca@mrgnj.com, leo.kirschner@mrgnj.com, chris.coleman@mrgnj.com

Thanks Serena

From Asian Media Watch

2005-05-02T20:32:00.000-07:00

To listen to the audio:
go to http://www.asianmediawatch.net/jerseyguys/
Windows Media ASX File [here]

We also invite you to join Asian Media Watch and the Coalition Against Hate Media. You may join us an active volunteer or simply sign up to support us in spirit. Visit stophatemedia.org to register.

Asian Media Watch is proud to be a member and supporter of the Coalition Against Hate Media (CAHM).

We hope you will join us in our latest campaign to hold media companies such as Hot 97 and NJ 101.5 fully accountable for promoting bigotry and hatred.

Sincerely,

Asian Media Watch SM
A CAHM Member Organization
Web: www.asianmediawatch.net
E-mail: alerts@asianmediawatch.net

Coverage, Future of this Site

2005-04-28T23:58:00.000-07:00

"Our talk show hosts give strong opinions, and we've been doing it for 15 years," -Station Manager Eric Johnson

Blatant racism should NOT be tolerated by a public talk show host. There is no place for a pair of bigots to be spewing racist comments and letting radio stations profit from their remarks. This is a call for a boycott, let's stop listening to 101.5, let's contact their advertisers and tell them they are supporting a racist agenda. Let's not sit still for one more second because these racists need to learn that America is more than just them.

The response is huge. 24 Hours and 1500 unique visitors to this page based on word of mouth. People from all over the web are starting to take action and its easier now than ever:

APAC's Pre-Written Emails via Citizenspeak.org: [here]

Use the links to the left to make your phone call,

Coverage:
Angry Asian Man 04.27.05: [here]
Asian-Americans protest radio hosts' remarks [The Star Ledger (NJ Newspaper)]

Edit: one of the names of the "Jersey Guys" is Ray Rossi and not Rich Rossi

Future of this site,
It's exam week here at school and I plan on rebuilding this webpage from scratch. I'm planning on making some graphical banners and such so people can link up their blogs.

Stuff I'd like:
Lists of advertisers, advetiser contact information, more contacts at Millennium Radio New Jersey, petition links, pictures of protests, ideas/strategies. I will post as I recieve them. I'm also probably going to move to blogspot soon. Please email.

Let's Get 'The Jersey Guys' Fired For Good.

2005-04-27T21:00:00.000-07:00

Craig Carton and Rich Rossi, known as "The Jersey Guys" made derogatory and insensitive remarks towards the Asian Pacific Islander American community during the April 25, 2005 broadcast of their show. What started as comments against Jun Choi , a Korean American who is running for Edison, NJ mayor, turned into an outright attack against Asian America.

Read some excerpts of the show below...

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Craig Carton: I'm using Jun Choi [said in fast-paced, high-pitched, squeaky voice] as an example of a larger problem.

Ray Rossi: and you know…

Carton: We're forgetting the fact that we're Americans.

Rossi: You know that he's going to get the… whatever that vote is

Carton: And here's the bottom line... no specific minority group or foreign group should ever ever dictate the outcome of an American election. I don't care if the Chinese population in Edison has quadrupled in the last year, Chinese should never dictate the outcome of an election, Americans should.

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Carton: We're bending over backwards to cater to fringe groups of people and I don't like it!

Rossi: As long as we understand where you're coming from… with the, uh poker table group...

Carton: Well go to AC for one week and try and get a table… ' ching chong, ching chong, ching chong [Mimics Chinese accent..] hehe you hit it on 17 you stupid bitch… the dealer's got a 5..im holding an 18…what're you hitting for… you know? They do it all day and night…they got their little beady pocketbooks with the little beads on it… they take out wads of 100s… ching chong ching chong [accent] they don't know how to play the game… eh, honey i got a 13 and I'm playing against a 6…

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Caller: You just said it all, the last couple of … callers, I guess they don't know that they live in America and we're being overrun. I had just moved out of Edison because of what has happened in the past 10 years… Orientals are all along, the whole complete route 27. And Indians have taken over Edison in north and all over.

Carton: Damn Orientals and Indians .

Caller: I..i moved out..36 years I've lived in Edison

Carton: And what was the biggest problem you had with the Orientals and the Indians?

Caller: I can't handle them! There's no American people anymore.

Carton: Eh..

Caller: There shoving us the hell out!

Carton: It's like you're a foreigner in your own country isn't it?

Download the Transcript [PDF]