Re: back to the original question
KKDL was a very gay-aware station and it was definatly playing on alot of oaklawn radios
> > Ford Motor Company is under scrutiny from the
> > fundamentalist's cause they're advertising in gay
> lifestyle
> > mags. Why does there need to be any separate ad campaigns
>
> > for certain groups? Black, Hispanic, Gay, Lesbian, Trans
> > gender, White, Asian, and so on. You need a car? buy a
> > car! Gays and everyone else drive cars too! why make it
> > special? Is there a new "Ford Philadelphia Model" that
> came
> > out that's not being advertised on Mainstream media? Is
> it
> > fully loaded with features that only someone living an
> > "alternative" lifestyle would enjoy?
> >
> > When it comes to generic items like things we use
> everyday:
> > Personal hygiene, hair care products, house hold items,
> > groceries, cleaning supplies, and so on. How do they
> differ
> > between everyone else using them?
> >
> > Here's a difference. The Black community listens to and
> > watches particular programs. I can see getting everyday
> > items in a spot load that's customized to appeal to them.
>
> > Something they can relate to. Their Demo. Same goes for
> > White and Spanish and other ethnics. I'm not interested
> in
> > Life Insurance being sold by Tom Bosley, but I might
> > reconsider if someone closer to my age was selling it. I
> > get that! Sell to your Demo. Age, that's a real Demo.
> > Race, that's a real Demo. Religion, that's a real Demo!
> > Male/Female, that's a real demo! That's very specific.
> > Gay? Other than the normal verbiage to sell a product,
> what
> > the hell can you say to make it gay oriented? New Gay Mac
> &
> > Cheese! Check out the new festive colors and the noodles
> > are shaped like penises.... That's a hell of a reach!
> >
> > Gays, they're everywhere. They can be any walk of life,
> > they can be watching any TV, listening to any radio. If
> a
> > gay man is watching a spot for Charmin toilet paper, how
> > would you "spice" that up to appeal more to a gay man?
> > (Refer back to the Gay Mac & Cheese.) We all use some of
>
> > the same products and all have to drive a vehicle to get
> > around. We all like to travel. Why do you need to make a
>
> > spot for Disney Land with a lisp versus the one you see
> > everyday? It's a damn amusement park with rides and
> > attractions, either you want to go or you don't.
> >
> > The only exception I can see to the custom making of
> > advertising is when there is a language barrier. You want
>
> > to get you message out.
> >
> > Gays are smart, they get your message on all the big named
>
> > radio stations. If they can find a use for that product,
> > they'll go to the store and purchase it. Next thing you
> > know they'll be pushing "Gay" superstores or mega marts.
>
> >
> > "They" want us to be multicultural and diverse, but they
> > sure do make it hard when they divide us up in to groups
> for
> > specific agendas.
> >
> > Gays like to travel too, either they'll go, or they won't
> > just like straight people and everyone else that walks the
>
> > face of this earth.
> >
> > I can't understand why there has to be a specific type
> radio
> > station / marketing agenda for gays. Any radio station in
>
> > town can pass along a commercial about the Gay Festival
> > coming up this weekend and where to get tickets or a PSA
> for
> > gay community outreach.
> >
> > As for Ford advertising in Gay Mags, I can see that. That
>
> > has a purpose. TV? I can see a gay channel that appeals
> to
> > the life style on cable or satellite, but "Just For Gay
> Men"
> > to make your hair more like it's natural color? So,
> > what.... you're willing to pay an extra $1.50 cause it has
>
> > Gay in the title even though it does the same thing as the
>
> > original?
> >
> > Sorry, I'm tired of everyone being divided up in to groups
>
> > because how we decide to live our lives Vs. our common
> > interest.
> >
> > -Doc
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > I'm one of those "theys" I suppose, and some of us defy
> > the
> > > previous overgeneralization. How a person lives their
> life
> >
> > > matters less to me than whether they're my neighbor. As
> > > such, they get every consideration I do.
> > >
> > > Sadly, that often includes commercial abuse.
> > >
> > > If I have to listen to some of this junk, so do "they"
>
> >
> > >
> > > Jody
> > >
> > > > > > So you're saying politcally active gays are doomed
>
> > to
> > > > die
> > > > > of
> > > > > > the AID?
> > > > >
> > > > > I am proudly ****-agnostic.
> > > > >
> > > > > Orlando tried a gay radio station one time. It
> didn't
> >
> > > > last
> > > > > very long. One in Dallas, I dare say, would not do
> > well
> > >
> > > > > either. The percentage of gays in the area is
> > probably
> > > a
> > > > > couple of percent at best - not enough to support a
> > > > station.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Where's Jagger when we need him?
> > > >
> > >
> >
> DOC you summed it up very well. We seem to go on promoting
> segration and discrimination whether we are cosncious of it
> or not. It's time to put an end to it and just accept each
> other and get along.
>
KKDL was a very gay-aware station and it was definatly playing on alot of oaklawn radios
> > Ford Motor Company is under scrutiny from the
> > fundamentalist's cause they're advertising in gay
> lifestyle
> > mags. Why does there need to be any separate ad campaigns
>
> > for certain groups? Black, Hispanic, Gay, Lesbian, Trans
> > gender, White, Asian, and so on. You need a car? buy a
> > car! Gays and everyone else drive cars too! why make it
> > special? Is there a new "Ford Philadelphia Model" that
> came
> > out that's not being advertised on Mainstream media? Is
> it
> > fully loaded with features that only someone living an
> > "alternative" lifestyle would enjoy?
> >
> > When it comes to generic items like things we use
> everyday:
> > Personal hygiene, hair care products, house hold items,
> > groceries, cleaning supplies, and so on. How do they
> differ
> > between everyone else using them?
> >
> > Here's a difference. The Black community listens to and
> > watches particular programs. I can see getting everyday
> > items in a spot load that's customized to appeal to them.
>
> > Something they can relate to. Their Demo. Same goes for
> > White and Spanish and other ethnics. I'm not interested
> in
> > Life Insurance being sold by Tom Bosley, but I might
> > reconsider if someone closer to my age was selling it. I
> > get that! Sell to your Demo. Age, that's a real Demo.
> > Race, that's a real Demo. Religion, that's a real Demo!
> > Male/Female, that's a real demo! That's very specific.
> > Gay? Other than the normal verbiage to sell a product,
> what
> > the hell can you say to make it gay oriented? New Gay Mac
> &
> > Cheese! Check out the new festive colors and the noodles
> > are shaped like penises.... That's a hell of a reach!
> >
> > Gays, they're everywhere. They can be any walk of life,
> > they can be watching any TV, listening to any radio. If
> a
> > gay man is watching a spot for Charmin toilet paper, how
> > would you "spice" that up to appeal more to a gay man?
> > (Refer back to the Gay Mac & Cheese.) We all use some of
>
> > the same products and all have to drive a vehicle to get
> > around. We all like to travel. Why do you need to make a
>
> > spot for Disney Land with a lisp versus the one you see
> > everyday? It's a damn amusement park with rides and
> > attractions, either you want to go or you don't.
> >
> > The only exception I can see to the custom making of
> > advertising is when there is a language barrier. You want
>
> > to get you message out.
> >
> > Gays are smart, they get your message on all the big named
>
> > radio stations. If they can find a use for that product,
> > they'll go to the store and purchase it. Next thing you
> > know they'll be pushing "Gay" superstores or mega marts.
>
> >
> > "They" want us to be multicultural and diverse, but they
> > sure do make it hard when they divide us up in to groups
> for
> > specific agendas.
> >
> > Gays like to travel too, either they'll go, or they won't
> > just like straight people and everyone else that walks the
>
> > face of this earth.
> >
> > I can't understand why there has to be a specific type
> radio
> > station / marketing agenda for gays. Any radio station in
>
> > town can pass along a commercial about the Gay Festival
> > coming up this weekend and where to get tickets or a PSA
> for
> > gay community outreach.
> >
> > As for Ford advertising in Gay Mags, I can see that. That
>
> > has a purpose. TV? I can see a gay channel that appeals
> to
> > the life style on cable or satellite, but "Just For Gay
> Men"
> > to make your hair more like it's natural color? So,
> > what.... you're willing to pay an extra $1.50 cause it has
>
> > Gay in the title even though it does the same thing as the
>
> > original?
> >
> > Sorry, I'm tired of everyone being divided up in to groups
>
> > because how we decide to live our lives Vs. our common
> > interest.
> >
> > -Doc
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > I'm one of those "theys" I suppose, and some of us defy
> > the
> > > previous overgeneralization. How a person lives their
> life
> >
> > > matters less to me than whether they're my neighbor. As
> > > such, they get every consideration I do.
> > >
> > > Sadly, that often includes commercial abuse.
> > >
> > > If I have to listen to some of this junk, so do "they"
>
> >
> > >
> > > Jody
> > >
> > > > > > So you're saying politcally active gays are doomed
>
> > to
> > > > die
> > > > > of
> > > > > > the AID?
> > > > >
> > > > > I am proudly ****-agnostic.
> > > > >
> > > > > Orlando tried a gay radio station one time. It
> didn't
> >
> > > > last
> > > > > very long. One in Dallas, I dare say, would not do
> > well
> > >
> > > > > either. The percentage of gays in the area is
> > probably
> > > a
> > > > > couple of percent at best - not enough to support a
> > > > station.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Where's Jagger when we need him?
> > > >
> > >
> >
> DOC you summed it up very well. We seem to go on promoting
> segration and discrimination whether we are cosncious of it
> or not. It's time to put an end to it and just accept each
> other and get along.
>