stlbikefed : Message: on KTRS right now . . . bike hatin' galore

This is on the air now, 9:30 am Friday morning

McGraw Millhaven is saying bikes don't belong on the roads, cyclists are "morons" who take their life in their hands, etc.

The normal raging. I'd be p!ssed off but it's the same old hash.

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This is on the air now, 9:30 am Friday morning Listen online - http://www.ktrs.com McGraw Millhaven is saying bikes don't belong on the roads, cyclists are...

David Fiedler
dwfiedler2002

Jan 25, 2008
3:36 pm

OMG.... they are rolling out every old complaint and sterotype. Someone from the BikeFed needs to call in. Just overheard "there is not one single bicyclist...

Adam Woehler
awoehler

Jan 25, 2008
3:42 pm

... There is no point in calling in to crap shows like this. Millhaven is not interested in debate or learning, nor are his listeners (most of us included)....

Chris Cleeland
cleeland

Jan 25, 2008
3:54 pm

I may have sent over a news release to the news department about the bike swap yesterday... that may have triggered it? carrie Chris Cleeland...

Carrie Z
clzukoski

Jan 25, 2008
4:07 pm

... Can we get a Bicycling U. S. Attorney to file charges on all the callers? He should be able to use the same laws as the guy with a noose in Jena. ...

Mike Schwab
maschwab

Jan 25, 2008
4:36 pm

Let them call in and vent. As long as they get use to us and realize that if they kill a biker while texting, smoking, and drinking coffee behind the wheel,...

Adam Woehler
awoehler

Jan 25, 2008
4:07 pm

KTRS is at least partially billed as a "sports radio" station. They might be interested to know that according to the National Sporting Goods Association...

Patty Vinyard
pvinyard2002

Jan 25, 2008
4:34 pm

You know, to start out the conversation with, "Did you see the painted bike lane on Lindberg? Who would ride their bike on that? They'd have to be crazy?"...

Adam Woehler
awoehler

Jan 25, 2008
4:41 pm

... Is that how it started? Yes, I can agree with it, too. But, the question to ask is "why *wouldn't* a person ride their bike there? (me or anybody else)...

Chris Cleeland
cleeland

Jan 25, 2008
5:09 pm

On digest, too messy to respond to anyone individually, but-- Jebus, people! Listen to yourselves! "somebody from the bike fed should call in . . ." "no use...

hnk
hkap790

Jan 25, 2008
5:50 pm

Perhaps the STLBike fed can write a letter to the stations asking for equal time on a future show to reply to the comments. ... -- Kerry L. Nikolaisen "You can...

Kerry Nikolaisen
knikolaisen@...

Jan 25, 2008
6:39 pm

I encourage you to look up Mr. Milhavens Biography... Credits include his Emmy Award winning show "Get Hooked On Health" how ironic.......

Henline, Dave (DWIZ)
dave.henline@...

Jan 25, 2008
6:45 pm

On Jan 25, 2008 12:45 PM, Henline, Dave (DWIZ) ... Are you sure that's not "Get Hooked on Hate"?...

Chris Cleeland
cleeland

Jan 25, 2008
8:23 pm

Well, I really wish that we were a "city of millions." Actually we're a metropolitan area of millions and it's not coincidental that most of the crazies seem...

Harold Karabell
karabell@...

Jan 25, 2008
6:01 pm

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