May 26. 2004
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Deejay Yanked from KBOO
c o n tin u e d
fr o m F ro n t A I
The first com plaint, which Berry
“W hen we started, there w as no defines as harassm ent, cam e about a
other outlet for black music,” said year ago, when Merrick asked Berry
for copies o f the songs he plays.
B ern.
Berry complied with a play list and
It took a personal investm ent o f
thousands o f dollars in music pur M errick approved the songs. Berry
chases over the years to bring cur said. Additional requests for play
rent A frican-Am erican music to his lists continued alm ost monthly for a
year, until M errick told Berry his
listeners.
"It w asn’t until the 90s that record show was being monitored by the
com panies supplied stations with station’s board o f directors.
M errick could not be reached for
current music from black musicians,”
comment.
he said.
“KBOO has a programming char
For his first eight years at KBOO,
Kevin and his brother Ken never ter that attempts to transcend a higher
m issed a show or pledge drive and standard o f broadcast ethics," said
helped raise tens o f thousands of Victoria Stoppiello, K BO O ’s acting
station manager.
dollars for the station.
She w ould not say if or how Berry
On the missed pledge date in ques
tion, Moflday, April 5. Berry says he violated that ethic, calling his term i
had a family em ergency and was nation a “private personnel matter."
She read from the station's mis
given an excused absence by the
sion
statement, saying, "W e choose
pledge drive supervisor.
But he said KBOO Program Direc not to broadcast racist, homophobic
tor C hris M errick cited the absence or sexist music that demeans human
as the reason to end his service, and beings.”
According to Berry, he only plays
then in a subsequent letter said the
“misogynist and hom ophobic lyrics radio versions o f songs, music that
o f music you have played, lead m e to has already been cleansed o f lyrics
decide that your program as a whole dem eaning to gays and women.
Berry has filed an appeal to the
is not acceptable.”
Com plaints over music content station, th o u g h he is uncertain
were not a surprise to Berry, w ho has whether he w ishes to return.
“After putting in all these years, I
had several run-ins with Merrick over
feel like it’s sort o f a slap in the face,”
his show.
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c o n tin u e d fr o m AI
stop is not the time to make that
com plaint. This is a life and death
situation, and 1 want you to com e out
o f this alive.”
Robinson later joined a panel dis
cussion with several lawyers, state
Sen. Avel Gordly, an African-Ameri
can law m aker w ho represents north
east a n tf southeast Portland, and
mayoral candidate and form er police
chief T om Potter.
Missing from the discussion were
m em bers o f the Portland Police Bu
reau. Ernest E. Estes, a forum orga
nizer, said multiple invitations had
been extended to Police C hief Der
rick Foxworth o r a representative
from his staff.
“It w as a disappointm ent,” Estes
said. "This is not a minority com m u
nity issue. This is a minority com m u
nity and police issue."
A Police Bureau spokeswom an
said the chief chose not to attend.
Associated Press contributed to
this article.
he said.
His appeal is currently being con
sidered by the station m anager and
will be reviewed by a personnel com
mittee and the board o f directors.
Meanwhile, KBOO’s staff partici
pated in cultural sensitivity training
called "Living with Diversity” with
local acclaim ed consultant Eddy
Collins.
Before the meeting, Stoppiello
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ners who vote for a political candi
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