Sorry to disagree Jon but this subject has been actively covered on the Oldroads web page and they have quite a few members making submissions and are getting responses. Apparently the authorities (FCC?) are putting these people on the mat. There are hearings scheduled. A concerted effort on behalf of concerned cyclists can indeed influence the media to mind it's "P's and Q's".
What these guys said on-air was reprehensible. If they get removed from air it will have a ripple effect on DJ's...it's a small world. It's not really appropriate to be be so thoroughly dismissive of people trying to make a difference...especially when it concerns your own personal safety.
Warren Young 20 years in broadcast media and counting... Toronto
Jon Schaer wrote:
>Waste of time. Bicyclists are a non-entity in the eyes of the general US
>public, and way to small to show on the Clear Channel radar. If similar
>threats or encouragements had been made against minorities, or the
>handicapped, or the elderly, or children, those stations would probably be
>off the air, and maybe fines, and maybe a license suspension for Clear
>Channel. Major punishment by the Feds and some pocketbook emptying would be
>the only thing Clear Channel would respond to, and that won't happen. We are
>spit in the ocean. The "on-air" apologies and PSA's are a joke. It would
>take 10 years of that to undo the damage those morons did in 5 minutes.
>Accept that you in a micro-recreation in this country and get on with
>enjoying it however you can.
>
>You may feel better by acting, but it's a futile effort in the big picture.
>
>Jon Schaer
>Columbus, OH