Station should apologize for call-in: advocate
Last Updated: Friday, March 5, 2010 | 6:50 PM MT
CBC News
A women's advocate wants an Edmonton radio station to apologize for a call-in program inviting listeners to say which sports personality they would most like to punch in the face.
The Friday morning broadcast on The Team 1260 aired comments directed against women like Oprah Winfrey and former tennis player Anna Kournikova. Canadian women's hockey player Haley Wickenheiser was also singled out.
"I guess I was flabbergasted,really," said Jan Reimer, provincial coordinator for the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters. "It's this whole idea of tearing down women, of creating violence against someone who has inspired so many. It's disturbing."
All of the comments work against the idea of preventing violence against women, she said, calling for the station and the hosts to apologize.
Monday would be a good day to do that, Reimer suggested, since it's International Women's Day.
The station manager said he's looking into the situation.
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