Sacramento Radio Show Comes Clean
Filed by: Kelley Winters
June 12, 2009 9:30 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/06/sacramento_radio_show_comes_clean.phpAfter three days off the air, the Rob, Arnie and Dawn Show returned to KRXQ FM radio Thursday morning to apologize for defamatory remarks about transpeople on their May 28 broadcast. Hosts Rob Williams and Arnie States outraged the transcommunity and civil justice advocates two weeks earlier by suggesting shame and even violence to punish gender variant youth, calling them "freaks," "abnormal" and "idiots." A Call to Action by GLAAD and an outpouring of community protest led more than 10 major advertisers to drop sponsorship of the program.
On May 7, content on web sites for the show and the station were replaced a message expressing regret for these remarks but falling short of apology. The statement announced, "We will say what needs to be said this Thursday." The Thursday broadcast included community advocates Kim Pearson, Executive Director of TransYouth Family Allies and Autumn Sandeen, correspondent for the Pam's House Blend blog site, who first broke the story. Show owner Rob Williams began the broadcast stating,
