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Savage’s show began to draw heat
in the spring.
Donovan, market manager for
Cumulus Broadcasting’s six Eugene
area radio stations, said while he ap
preciates student input on the issue,
KUGN is concerned with more than
just the University market. Broad
casts by the station are heard by
53,000 different people in a typical
week, and both Donovan and radio
personality Carlin were quick to
point out that most students listen
to music, not talk radio.
Still, with a million-dollar Uni
versity contract at stake, what stu
dent groups think of KUGN could
make a difference, if they pressure
the University and athletic depart
ment to require the station to dis
tance itself from controversial con
tent when the University’s agent,
ESPN Regional, negotiates a final,
exclusive radio broadcast contract
for 2003-2004.
Donovan said the more immedi
ate concern is dealing with people
who enjoyed Savage’s show. He
said the station has already re
ceived hundreds of e-mails and
phone calls from irate Michael Sav
age fans, a trend he said that often
happens when a popular show first
goes off the air.
“I don’t think many in the Univer
sity community understand the ex
tent to which Michael Savage ap
pealed to a lot of residents of Lane
County,” Donovan said. “The
Michael Savage fans regard him as a
stand-alone product” that cannot be
replaced by other conservative
hosts like Rush Limbaugh or
Michael Medved, he said.
Some conservative criticism has
come from students.
“I’m upset about KUGN’s decision
to take Savage off the air and to play
it out like University (groups) had
no input in the decision,” College
Republicans Chairman Jarrett
White said, adding he was worried
the change might become a trend.
“I think this is just a step. Student
groups align themselves against
what they call ‘hate radio,’ then
spout off against groups they don’t
agree with. I don’t think they have a
clue what real diversity is.”
ASUO Co-Multicultural Advocate
Eddy Morales, like Ogan, emphar
sized the student-led efforts against
KUGN weren’t seeking to yank Sav
age from the airwaves.
“We didn’t mind (KUGN) carry
ing the show, but we didn’t want
them affiliated with the University
of Oregon,” Morales said. “It was
really hard distinguishing what was
KUGN and what was University
of Oregon.”
University administration, how
ever, doesn’t think the distinction is
difficult. In a November letter to the
ASUO, which the administration
said is still an accurate description
of its position, University President
Dave Frohnmayer said the separa
tion is clear.
“I am not convinced that anyone
believes the University has any con
nection with KUGN programming or
that of any station beyond the
broadcasts of our athletic pro
grams,” he wrote.
Carlin, who started broadcasting
his new show “CrossTalk” Wednes
day in the coveted 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
timeslot, agreed with Frohnmayer,
saying he doesn’t think there’s any
need to add a disclaimer tag to con
troversial radio programs.
“All talk is understood to be opin
ion, no matter what,” Carlin said. “I
can see their concern about Savage;
he wasn’t my kind of guy, either. But
if students think they should have
control over content, where does
that end?”
By all accounts, the fight over
KUGN’s affiliation with the Univer
sity is far from over. Student
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groups say they will continue to
urge the administration and athlet
ic department to require KUGN to
distance itself in some way from
controversial programming if the
station wants to continue as the
“voice of the Ducks.” Some groups
may even press for removal of that
slogan or bring contract issues to
the University Senate.
Community advocate and former
University Sports Information Di
rector George Beres said his group,
RADIOACTIVists, will pressure the
Athletic Department and University
to deny broadcasting rights to any
station that airs programming that
demeans minorities or promotes
bigotry. And new radio host Carlin
said he expects to weather more an
gry calls from “Savage Nation” fans
and potential irritation from stu
dents as well.
“I’m not sure (student groups are)
going to like me much better than
Savage,” he said. “I’m not going to
call anyone names, but I’m an opin
ionated guy.”
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