[offtopic] 105.9 The Lazer

[cruller]

I have started compiling a list of advertizers on the lazer and have posted
some of them at:

http://home.unicom.net/~cruller/

The page is butt fugly & I need to take their logo down lest I get sued.
Purhaps I'll just point to it on their site.

The point is that no amount of email will get the Zimmer group to change the
format.  However choking their money supply will,  i.e. the ad dollars.  If
the advertiser's revenues go down and they can equate that with a format
change then they can bring pressure to bear/bare.  After all the advertisers
have the leverage, not the listeners.

Jerry

Derek Moore wrote:

> Hey folks... I just thought I'd relay an email to all you in KCLUG. It's
> been a pretty big topic of discussion over in KULUA [Kansas Unix & Linux
> Users Association (kulua.org)].
>
> If you've never listened to The Lazer [105.9] and you don't care much at
> all about modern rock or local music then you can just ignore this thread
> and I apologize for the offtopic post. But if these topics do interest you
> then I urge you to read on and also pass this on to anybody you think
> might care...
>
> Thanks,
>
> /*  Begin Signature File  */
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> @sig = ("Derek Paul Moore",
>         "derekm at madcowi.com",
>         "I don't do Microsoft.",
>         "I started with nothing & I still have most of it left.");
> print ("$sig[0]n$sig[1]n$sig[2]n$sig[3]n");
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 00:42:23 -0500 (CDT)
> From: James Williams <williamj at sky.net>
> Reply-To: kulua-l at kulua.org
> To: KULUA <kulua-l at kulua.org>
> Subject: [OFFTOPIC] the Lazer
> Resent-Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 00:44:27 -0500
> Resent-From: kulua-l at kulua.org
>
> If you're not into modern rock or local music and you've never listened to
> the Lazer (105.9 FM), you can disregard this message.  I apologize for the
> offtopic post, but I this is something I feel must be said.
>
> For everyone else, I'm sure you know as well as anyone that the Lazer
> recently changed formats to a top 40 station.  With the addition of the
> Lazer, there are now 6 stations in the area playing top 40 music, and none
> that play modern rock (at least none that play it exclusively).  I know a
> lot of people have given up and think nothing can be done about this, but
> I disagree.  I have set up a petition at "http://www.virtex.org/lazer" to
> protest the change.  I know other people have set up petitions and failed,
> but what makes this one different is that for every signature received, an
> individual email will be automatically sent to the Lazer.  So, for
> example, instead of receiving one petition email with 1000 signatures,
> they will receive 1000 emails plus the petition.  This method worked
> wonders for overturning the "know your customer" act, and I have faith it
> will work here, too.
>
> All you have to do is enter your name and email, and the rest will be done
> for you.  I have attached a copy of the email below which gets sent to the
> lazer for anyone who is interested.  What I need you guys to do is both
> sign the petition, and help spread the word to as many people as you can
> so they can sign the petition as well.  Thanks in advance.
>