Local radio contest-win breast inplants (R rated)

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WKGB in Binghamton is having a contest. All you have to do is enter. How do you enter? Just go down to the station, take your shirt and bra off for the guys, and your in. Or, you can go to the club/bar that is hosting the contest, get up on stage and show your stuff (actually, your lack of) and your entered. Now, the winner will be the woman (did I mention this contest is only open to women over 18?) who shows that she needs this $6000 boob job the most. All who qualify will be required to parade around on stage, topless, as a group, and the one who needs the prize the most will be the winner.

I do not listen to this station. They are crude and vulger. Unfortunately, the guys in the backroom at work do. The women at work are all disturbed by this contest. We range in age from 20 to 59 years of age. This is a healthfood store; we are into prevention, healthy lifestyles, etc. We are into empowering people, and against the media and society telling a young woman that her worth is determined by the size of her breasts. Not to mention that implants are a serious health risk.

As a group, we've requested that the radio station be changed to one that is less offensive/degrading. The owner was happy to oblige. I would like to write the station a letter asap, telling them that we've reset the dial to their competiter, and why. Any thoughts? We have some COUNTRYSIDERS who are much better with words than I, so please help me. Thanks.

-- Cathy in NY (hrnofplnty@yahoo.com), January 17, 2001

Answers

Tell the "backroom" guys that you've switched to a station that has a contest just for them.... they're giving away a prescription of Viagra and a book of lovemaking tips to the first 1000 guys to walk in (after all, it would be hard to choose just, from all of those obviously needy guys, to recieve such a bounty, no?)!

-- Soni (thomkilroy@hotmail.com), January 17, 2001.

Cathy: I would find that offensive, too, and can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to degrade themselves in public to have this done! Soni, I LOVE YOUR ANSWER! Jan

-- Jan in Colorado (Janice12@aol.com), January 17, 2001.

OK, before anyone who has HAD a BJ done gets offended, I didn't mean I think it would be stupid to do so, just to parade around naked to win one. If it makes you feel better about yourself, fine, but don't make a fool out of yourself first! Jan

-- Jan in Colorado (Janice12@aol.com), January 17, 2001.

Cathy, I think it depends on what you want to accomplish. The owner already agrees to your changing the channel in-store. If you just send a letter to the station, they aren't going to care about your reasons and opinions. They thrive on stupid, smirking adolescent stuff like this contest.

I suggest you write a letter to the editor of whichever newspaper you think would be the most effective. When you're ready to mail it, also write a brief letter to radio station, indicating that their station has been turned off in your place of business along with a copy of the letter to the editor. Or maybe wait until the letter is published, then call the station and tell them about it? You will reach far more people and the station will pay more attention if you do something like this. At least I think so.

-- Joy Froelich (dragnfly@chorus.net), January 18, 2001.


Have someone not easily offended listen to the station and make note of their advertisers. Notify local advertisers by letter or phone of your dismay and regretfully conclude that you simply cannot bring yourself to do business with companies that subsidize such actions (sign your name personally, don't get your workplace involved).

" Dear Mr./Ms. ....., I have noted that your company ............. is sponsering advertising on station WKGB. As you may or may not know, WKGB is sponsering a program that I find very offensive. Name of program, DJ's names, any other info. I am dismayed that a company of your stature in the community would condone and subsidize this action. It is with deep regret that I feel I must severe our business relationship. Please let me know if you choose to discontinue your sponsorship so that we may resume our former relationship. Thank you for your consideration of this manner......

Your boss (he/she?) is obviously aware of the hostile work environment laws - the boss would be a good person to complain to the station manager about content re: "Ya know, I can't have your station on at the business anymore 'cause the content puts me and my business at risk." Whatever you do - don't write the DJ's - they'll think it's hilarious and you will be poked fun at - particularly if you use the words empowerment or health risk - I know, I KNOW!! But that's the way it is....

-- Polly (tigger@moultrie.com), January 18, 2001.



I was trying to get some traffic information one day while driving in my truck (for those of you folks out there in the boonies, count your considerable blessings that you don't have to live around Puget Sound and have to drive on I-5 to get anywhere)...anyway, I turned on a Snohomish County radio station. They were having a contest to see which female contestant could swallow a (hmmm, kids viewing these threads, aren't there?) let's say plastic prosthesis to what depth in her throat. Lots of laughing, ha ha. Lots of contestants. I was so outraged, I almost ran my truck off the road! Not so much at the radio station, or even the stupid )(@^$((@) radio hosts, but at ANY woman who would demean herself to such a STUPID low, just to get attention. Where is her self-respect????

I am no prude, by any means....believe me! But until women make up their minds to stop doing all this **** for whatever reason, idiots will continue to exploit them. And those idiots should be ashamed of themselves.

-- sheepish (WA) (rborgo@gte.net), January 18, 2001.


Cathy, Find some extra-large size prophylactics and make them available. The guys will wonder why they don't fit but won't admit it to anyone.

Leave pamphlets lying around for penile implants and spray-on bald spot paint.

Or, like Soni suggested, get them some Viagra but make them placebos and they'll think they are hopeless cases.

Women who would parade for that contest deserve the kind of guys that would support it.

Just tell the station manager what you've told us...that because of this degrading contest they are running, your place of employment has switched radio stations.

-- Heather (heathergorden@hotmail.com), January 18, 2001.


Polly's right. I thought of them dismissing your letter, laughing at it. I DIDN'T think that they might read it on air and make fun of it. Definitely address any letter to the station manager, not the DJ's, and be very brief, just that you no longer listen to their station because of this contest.

-- Joy Froelich (dragnfly@chorus.net), January 18, 2001.

One of the City radio stations had a "cosmetic surgery" contest. The winner wanted breast reduction surgery. Go figure.

-- Gary (gws@redbird.net), January 19, 2001.

one of our local stations had a similar stupid contest ,i am definatly not politicaly correct ,but find such foolisness repulsive and not shure which is worse the boys fixiated on breast,or the girls who would have implants to be popular(i have been told women dress and show off with outher women in mind ) they would pay 6000 to have more udder thansome of my dairy cows LOL oh how horid i just insulted the cow it would have better sense.these things are best ignored.i see no reason for plastic surgery unless somone is disfigured due to some disease or acident.as a man who apriciates looking at women it is much more interesting since they do not all look alike oh and bye the way i enjoy looking at my wife most of all :)

-- george darby (windwillow@fuse.net), January 19, 2001.


I know how you feel, I once attended the testicle festival in Montana.

-- hillbilly (internethillbilly@hotmail.com), January 22, 2001.

I'll throw in another angle - employment. Some strippers at high class 'gentlemen's clubs' can make over $100,000 a year in cash tips. Think this is high? Say they work five nights a week for 50 weeks and average $200 in tips an evening. That's $50,000 right there. I suspect there is a strong correlation between their breast size and tips.

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), January 23, 2001.

Oh darn, I just knew I picked the wrong vocation. Gee, where can I sign up? Oh that's right, I'm too old anyway! Oh, and I'd have to get surgery. I guess I'm just jealous, huh? ;)

Exotic dancers and sports figures make the most money. We have our priorities straight, that's for sure!!

-- sheepish (WA) (rborgo@gte.net), January 23, 2001.


I don't know, Ken's probably right about some dancers getting that much (and the correlation of breast size), but I doubt that's the case for most of them.

Just like actors -- the "stars" get the big bucks, but most of them are just struggling along trying to get enough jobs to get by.

Cathy, what did you decide to do about this, letters and such?

-- Joy Froelich (dragnfly@chorus.net), January 23, 2001.


Something I never could figure out... why are they called "gentlemen's" clubs? Never heard/saw many "gentlemen" at them. What about "gentlewomen" clubs? What/who would be in *them*? Just puzzlin' out loud...

-- Gailann Schrader (gtschrader@aol.com), January 24, 2001.


When and where is the next contest?I am from Chicago.

-- Melissa Briscolino (tbriscolino@home.net), January 16, 2002.

I am from missouri and i need a boob job but you have no contest locally so i think you should do one here in my home town for the ones who can not travel to do the contest.

thank you

-- Cynthia Ann Wright (cgm@onemain.com), February 11, 2002.


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