Groups call for CBS to fire New York shock-jocks
ASIAN AMERICAN GROUPS CALL FOR CBS TO FIRE NEW YORK SHOCK-JOCKS
[SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle, AUTHOR: Vanessa Hua]
Prominent Asian American civil rights groups in the Bay Area are demanding that CBS Radio fire New York shock-jocks Jeff Vandergrift and Dan Lay, who were suspended earlier this week for making a prank phone call to a Chinese restaurant seen as racist and sexist. The coalition of groups submitted a letter to CBS Radio, calling for the network to improve its guidelines on offensive terms, to communicate periodically with civil rights and community groups and to fire the duo -- who had broadcast on Bay Area airwaves for more than a decade before they went to New York in 2005 -- and their producer at WFNY-FM. The coalition includes the Asian Law Caucus, Chinese for Affirmative Action of San Francisco and Equal Rights Advocates -- all in San Francisco -- along with Oakland's Organization for Justice & Equality and, in New York, the 80-20 Initiative, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the Organization of Chinese Americans. The station's general manager, Tom Chiusano, has agreed to meet with the coalition, but no date has been set.
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