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  • WTVN officials apologize for words (The Wimps Cave In To the Illegals)

    06/12/2010 8:26:53 AM PDT · by buccaneer81 · 9 replies · 313+ views
    The Columbus Dispatch ^ | June 12, 2010 | Encarnacion Pyle
    WTVN officials apologize for words Talk-radio's plan to give away trip to Phoenix seen as insensitive Saturday, June 12, 2010 02:50 AM By Encarnacion Pyle THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH A local talk-radio station has apologized for insensitive language it used to promote a giveaway of a trip to Phoenix after Columbus' mayor suspended city travel to Arizona to protest a new immigration law, city and community representatives say. Columbus officials said WTVN (610 AM) pledged this week to work with the city to build better community relations after the controversial promotion. The apology reportedly came on-air last week and during a...
  • WTVN, Columbus' contest prize: trip to Phoenix, "where Americans are proud and illegals are scared"

    05/28/2010 7:48:49 AM PDT · by raccoonradio · 12 replies · 385+ views
    radio-info.com ^ | 5/28/10 | radio-info.com
    Immigrant groups are asking the Clear Channel talk station for an apology, says the Columbus, Dispatch. A group named Reform Immigration America says the promotion, inspired by the mayor’s decision to suspend travel, is insensitive and offensive. WTVN offered a prize package that included trip to Phoenix, hotel, “a few pesos” and the chance to “spend a weekend chasing aliens and spending cash in the desert.” WTVN PD Mike Elliott says the promotion’s not racist: “It’s not a race thing. It’s a legal thing. If you're breaking the law, it doesn’t matter where you're from.” The station even encouraged Columbus...