KRXQ Sponsors who mysteriously aren’t sponsors who have no opinion

GLAAD adds to the new list list several additional companies that now claim they weren’t show sponsors. Several companies say they were never sponsors, or they weren’t sponsors in 2009. None of the non-sponsor companies, by the way, seem to have any opinions about the whole abusing transgender kids matter.

Huh.

State Farm’s carefully worded note is particularly, um, unsatisfying. Rather than just saying, “We’re not sponsors, get us off your site,” they ad this little qualifier.

Thank you for your comments regarding State Farm running advertisements on station KRXQ in Sacramento.  We have read your concerns and those of others with similar concerns.  We take very seriously each comment we receive.

State Farm has not advertised on KRXQ in 2009.  Once this particular show ran, we discovered that the station had not removed our company logo from their website and that mistake has been rectified.

So we get you don’t want your logo up there, you don’t want any hate mail, and you take the whole thing seriously…

We wonder what you think about laughing about abusing transgender kids, of course, as you seem to have skipped a dandy chance to voice an opinion on that.

There must be a PR handbook rule, that if you can wiggle out of an accustion of defaming a controversial minority, do so while being careful not to voice support for them. I mean, it makes perfect sense.

But we don’t have to like it.

Non-Sponsors with No Opinion now include:

State Farm

Albertsons

Hawaiian Airlines

Red Bull

Huh.

State Farm’s carefully worded note is particularly, um, unsatisfying. Rather than just saying, “We’re not sponsors, get us off your site,” they throw in this little qualifier.

Thank you for your comments regarding State Farm running advertisements on station KRXQ in Sacramento.  We have read your concerns and those of others with similar concerns.  We take very seriously each comment we receive.

State Farm has not advertised on KRXQ in 2009.  Once this particular show ran, we discovered that the station had not removed our company logo from their website and that mistake has been rectified.

So we get you don’t want your logo up there, you don’t want any hate mail, and you take the whole thing seriously…

We still have to wonder what you think about laughing about abusing transgender kids, of course, as you seem to have skipped a dandy chance to voice an opinion on that.

There must be a PR handbook rule, that if you can wiggle out of an accustion of defaming a controversial minority, do so while being careful not to voice support for them. I mean, it makes perfect sense.

But we don’t have to like it.

Non-Sponsors with No Opinion now include:

• State Farm
• Albertsons
• Hawaiian Airlines
• Red Bull

Filed under: KRXQ Sponsors Respond to Controversy

Sleep Train, Inc. Proudly Joins the Nice List: pulls support from KRXQ

Reply from Sleep Train, Inc.

Thank you for taking the time to write us regarding the comments made on the Rob, Arnie and Dawn show on KRXQ. Rob, Arnie and Dawn have done a good job endorsing for us for many years. However, this time they went too far. We do not condone their comments in any way and we have made it clear to KRXQ’s management, Rob, Arnie and Dawn that their conduct was unacceptable. Sleep Train is proud of our history of diversity and the inclusion of all the communities we serve. As a result, we have pulled our ads off of KRXQ until further notice.

Sincerely, Dale Carlsen

President The Sleep Train, Inc.

Filed under: KRXQ Sponsors Respond to Controversy , "KRXQ sponsor" transgender child controversy support

Guitar Center Drops KRXQ: Joins the Nice List

Finally, it should be noted that yet another advertiser has dropped their contract with the station. Guitar Center Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Norman Hajjar, directly reached out to GLAAD following emails from concerned community members.

Norman has provided us with this statement to share with our readers:

Last Thursday, I asked our media agency to speak to KRXQ about the outrageous comments made by their morning on-air team. I wasn’t satisfied with the station’s response. So we decided to pull our dollars from the station.

It’s simple: wrong is wrong. We don’t want our brand associated with such epic insensitivity.

Guitar Center now becomes the 11th confirmed advertiser to pull their contract from KRXQ.

Filed under: KRXQ Sponsors Respond to Controversy

Bank of America Dumps KRXQ

Bank of America becomes the forth sponsor to pull out of KRXQ over the Transgender Child Abuse Show. (aka The Rob, Arnie and sadly-blameless Dawn show.)

We are having an impact!

As Kim Pearson says, this is the Transkid family’s Stonewall moment.

These guys figured we were on such fragile ice, that they could call us, the parents of non-conforming children, rotten worthless, weak and crazy—and get away with it. They didn’t need to apologize. Plenty of GLB people themselves are a bit concerned about us. Gender identity isn’t sexual preference, and being a victim of persecution doesn’t make you immune from persecuting others.

We thank everyone who has written a letter, who has shared this site, it’s contents, this story.

Keep the pressure on.

Children’s lives hang in the balance.

Filed under: KRXQ Sponsors Respond to Controversy

Bank of America’s letter explaining it’s decision to pull support from KRXQ

In response to your inquiry, I would like to express our thoughts to you regarding Bank of America’s decision to discontinue advertising on the station and show in question.

Bank of America is proud to be a leader in supporting diversity and continues to be widely recognized for our progressive workplace practices and initiatives to promote inclusion. This commitment to equality and diversity informs every aspect of our enterprise, including our approach to advertising. As a result, we adhere to a set of media buying guidelines for syndicated programming and for local stations that promote inclusion and help our company reach a broad range of diverse customers.

Bank of America prides itself on fostering a corporate culture that is inclusive of all the communities we serve. Our customers, clients and associates speak different languages; support different family structures and life situations; and have unique and personal financial requirements. In order to meet the diverse needs of our customers, we require a variety of products and services, marketing and a diverse workforce that demonstrate and reflect our awareness and appreciation of who our clients and customers are.

We hope the immediate actions that we have taken demonstrate our longstanding support of diversity, and we hope you inform members of your organization of the steps that we have taken to address your concerns.

Thank you for your inquiry and bringing this to our attention.

NOTE: Bank of America was the 4th sponsor to withdraw support from KRXQ.

In response to your inquiry, I would like to express our thoughts to you regarding Bank of America’s decision to discontinue advertising on the station and show in question.

Bank of America is proud to be a leader in supporting diversity and continues to be widely recognized for our progressive workplace practices and initiatives to promote inclusion. This commitment to equality and diversity informs every aspect of our enterprise, including our approach to advertising. As a result, we adhere to a set of media buying guidelines for syndicated programming and for local stations that promote inclusion and help our company reach a broad range of diverse customers.

Bank of America prides itself on fostering a corporate culture that is inclusive of all the communities we serve. Our customers, clients and associates speak different languages; support different family structures and life situations; and have unique and personal financial requirements. In order to meet the diverse needs of our customers, we require a variety of products and services, marketing and a diverse workforce that demonstrate and reflect our awareness and appreciation of who our clients and customers are.

We hope the immediate actions that we have taken demonstrate our longstanding support of diversity, and we hope you inform members of your organization of the steps that we have taken to address your concerns.

Thank you for your inquiry and bringing this to our attention.

Filed under: KRXQ Sponsors Respond to Controversy , "Bank of America" KRXQ transgender child controversy

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Pulls Support from KRXQ

NOTE: We are adding posts from other sites intended to document the timeline, the process by which the GLBTQ community was force KRXQ to take responsibility for their damaging statements.

From Pam’s Blend:

From Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

The company is responsible for well, Dr. Pepper and Snapple along with 40+ brands including 7UP, Country Time, Crush, Hawaiian Punch, Mott’s, Orangina, Welch’s and Yoo-hoo.

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc gave us the following statement to share with our supporters:

We found the segment to be offensive and as a result, we are pulling our Snapple advertising from the station.Thanks again for bringing this to our attention.

Filed under: KRXQ Sponsors Respond to Controversy