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Date: January 09, 2002
To: Friends and Supporters From: Bill Johnson
Subject: ADA'S ongoing monitoring of the Howard Stern radio show
DOES MONITORING AND LETTER WRITING MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
We believe the answer is clear.
In 1996 (AFA of Michigan), began monitoring the Howard Stern radio show in Grand Rapids. It was the only location where ADA (operating at the time as AFA of Michigan) was
monitoring Stern. In 1996, Howard Stern added eleven new stations. Stern often talked about building a radio network of 200 stations. He was making major advances.
In early 1997, we began to monitor Stern in Detroit, and we added several more stations throughout the year. Howard Stern picked up 9 new stations.
In 1998, we estimate that our monitoring project reached maturity by the middle of the year monitoring 22 various cities. In 1998, Howard Stern added 12 new stations most of them
by August 1998. Stern added Denver in November 1998.
In 1999, Howard Stern picked up only one station adding Atlantic City, New Jersey in November. Stern also lost a station in Minneapolis/St. Paul. In 1999, Howard Stern had a net
gain of 0.
In 2000, Howard Stern added one station late in the year adding Greenville,NC (WXNR). Stern also lost 8 stations for a net loss of -7. In 2001, Howard Stern added seven stations -
Dallas(Infinity), Cincinnati(Infinity), Buffalo (Infinity), Reno, Seattle, Sacramento (Infinity), Phoenix (Infinity), Stern also lost 9 stations for a net loss of -2. At the end of the year, Stern had 41 stations
remaining on his radio network.
As you can see from the projections above, through 1998, ADA was attempting to put in place a broadbased monitoring of a wide variety of radio stations that would foster a
widespread contact with the vast majority of Stern’s national advertisers. By 1999, we began to see that Stern’s radio network was no longer increasing. By 2000, radio stations began dropping Stern because
advertisers were shying away from Stern.
THERE IS MUCH MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
The advertisers listed below have been frequent advertisers of the Howard Stern Show.
Please help us in contacting the advertisers listed below. and note that Priceline.com and Vermont Teddy Bear still remain as hardcore advertisers of Stern's daily radio show.
HARDCORE STERN SHOW ADVERTISERS - JANUARY 2002
- Priceline.com Inc
Chrm. Richard S. Braddock 800 Connecticut Ave Norwalk CT 06854 Phone: 203-705-3000
- Terra-Lycos Inc.
Mr. Robert Davis 400 Totten Pond Rd. Bldg #2 Waltham MA 02451-2000 Phone: 781-370-2700 www.lycos.com
- Wrenchhead.com
Mr. Gus Conrades 108 Corporate Park Drive, Suite 101 White Plains, NY 10604 Phone: 877-973-6624
- FreeCreditReport.com
Consumerinfo.com Attn: CEO One City Blvd West, Suite 401 Orange CA 92868
- Twisted Tea and Sam Adams Beer
Boston Beer Company Mr. Martin Roper 75 Arlington Street Boston MA 02116 Phone: 800-372-1131 email: response@samadams.com
- Vermont Teddy Bear
Ms. E. Robert P.O. Box 965 Shelburne VT 05482 Phone: 800-829- BEAR email: tomc@vtbear.com (Tom Clark) or in@vtbear.com (investor relations)
- Nissan Motor Corporation
Pres. Nimouru Nakamura 18501 S. Figueroa Street Carson CA 90248 Phone: 310-532-3111
- Anheuser-Busch Companies
Chrm. August A. Busch III One Busch Place St. Louis MO 63118 Phone: 314-577-2000 www.anheuser-busch.com
- Body Solutions - Mark Nutritionals, Inc.
Attn: CEO 13311 San Pedro Ave. San Antonio TX 78216 Phone: 800-416-3995
For further information, contact:
American Decency Association Bill Johnson, President P.O. Box 202 Fremont, Mi 49412
Ph:231-924-4050 Fax:231-924-1966
www.americandecency.org
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