Sinclair Advertisers in Cincinnati

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

This is culled from tonight's local news broadcast -- the watching of which was a barf-making experience, so I hope you all appreciate this!

LOCAL

Champion Windows (346-4600)
Time Warner Cable (489-5900)
Dawson Heating & Cooling (281-3311)
USS Nightmare (859-261-8500)
TK Constructors (Ph. 346-7600/Fx. 346-7612)

NATIONAL
Prudent Choice Health Discount Plan (800-316-0794)
Cancer Treatment Centers of America (888-54-6193)
Rallys
Yoplait
Arby's
Bisquick
General Steel Corp (an AAR Advertiser!) (800-457-5227)
Devry University (800-817-2632 / 7educate.com)
Globe Life (800-832-3642)
Pillsbury (pillsbury.com)
Cambridge Credit Counseling (800-639-3243)
Saturn (Saturn.com)

My advice, since this is a WB Station and probably has all of about five viewers, is to remind the advertiser that there are more than a quarter million Democratic voters in the greater Cincinnati area -- far more than are actually watching the station -- and that in today's competetive business environment, they can't afford to outrage and offend half of their potential customers.

Be polite and understanding -- remember it's not even the decision of the local affiliate to air "Stolen Honor" and it's certainly not the decision of the advertising. But be firm. Remind them that we're not going to take this lying down and that their choices will have repurcussions.

As more contact information becomes available (like e-mail addresses) please post it.

Remember that when you send a letter or e0mail to an advertiser, be sure to copy the station's sales manager, Eric Lazar, at [e-mail] -- nothing like knowing that people are out their fucking with your bottom line.

To be honest, I don't think there's anything that can stop this from happening. The Smith Brothers are majority owners in the station, and nothing outside of a minority shareholder lawsuit has a prayer of derailing their plans. What we can do is that the counter-message be that thousands of decent and sober business people across the country don't want to be associated with this thing.