[Seattle-editorial] FEATURE PROPOSAL: KQBZ homophobia

[Lance Larkin]

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--- jonathan lawson <jonathan at indymedia.org> wrote:
> just a quickie.
> 
> subtitle: CORPORATE MEDIA HOMOPHOBIA
> title: KQBZ Pressured to Clean Up Hate Speech
> 
> The Seattle Gay News reports that KQBZ "The Buzz"
> has agreed to clean up 
> the station's "Ron and Don" morning show, after the
> program's <a 
> href="http://www.sgn.org/2002/07/19/nw.htm">rampant
> verbal gaybashing</a> 
> had drawn criticism from groups including the Gay
> and Lesbian Alliance 
> Against Defamation (GLAAD) and the Seattle Human
> Rights Department.
> 
> <p>KQBZ is owned by broadcasting giant <a 
>
href="http://www.entercom.com/text/markets.html">Entercom</a>,
> whose 
> Seattle holdings also include KNDD "The End," KMTT
> "The Mountain," KISW, 
> KIRO-AM, KBSG "Oldies 97.3" and KNWX-AM.
> 
> <p><a href="http://www.sgn.org/2002/08/02/">read the
> full story here</a>.
> 
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