I'm calling the list of Sinclair advertisers right now. Here's a good sign

[Skinner]

I called Arby's and said I wanted to lodge a complaint. The response of the person on the other end: "About Sinclair Advertising?"

We're starting to get noticed. :thumbsup:

Here's the list of advertisers: http://www.boycottsbg.com/advertisers/Default.aspx

If that address doesn't work, we have a copy of the national advertisers list on our server, here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/archive/sinclair.html

[flamingyouth]

1. Wow, that IS a good sign!

:thumbsup:

[JuniorPlankton]

2. For some reason I can't open the link

Could someone, please, post the list here?
(Partially if it is too long)

:kick: :mad:

[Skinner]

4. The list

7Up 1 914 612 4000 Website
Applebee’s International, Inc. [phone] [phone] Website [email protected]
Arby's 1-800-487-2729 Website
Best Buy 1-888-BEST BUY 612-292-4000 612-291-1000 Website
Betty Crocker 1-800-446-1898 Website
Blue Cross of NC 919-489-7431 Website
BOB's Auto Repair [phone] Website
Brinker International [phone] Website [email protected]
Chili's Grill and Bar 515-226-1744 1-800-983-4637 Website
Circuit City [phone] Website [email protected]
Circuit City 800-843-2489 Website
Consolidated Credit Counseling Services, Inc. 1-800-320-9929 Website
Corona Website [email protected]
Discount Tire [phone] 800-589-6789 Website
Dodge 1-800-992-1997 Website
Domino's Pizza 734-930-3030 Website
Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc 914 612 4000 Website [email protected]
Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc 914 612 4000 Website [email protected]
Dunkin' Donuts 781-961-4020 Website
Educate, Inc. (Sylvan) [phone] fx?410 843-6145 Website
Energizer 800-742-8377 800-383-7323 Website
ESL Federal Credit Union [phone] [phone] Website
Fazoli's 1-859-268-1668 Website
Flesher's Fairview Healthcare 828 628 2800 Website
Ford Motor Company 800-392-3673 Website
GMC 1-800-462-8782 Website
Great Earth Vitamins 1-800-284-8243 Website
Harrah's Casino 1-800-HARRAHS Website
Hyundai 800-826 CARS local dealer Website
Iams Pet Food [phone] Website http://www.iams.com/en_US/jhtmls/consumer_care/sw_TalkToUsIntro_page.jhtml?
Irondequoit Suzuki 585-338-2900 Website
ITT Tech [phone] Website
iwireless 888-684-0500 888-550-4497 Website www.iwireless.com/about_email.asp
JC Penny Website
JetBlue Airlines 913-645-3267 Website
Jim Barkley Toyota 828-667-8888 Website
Johnson & Johnson 732-524-0400 Website
Johnson & Johnson 1-800-355-3013 Website
Kao Brands 203-353-5100 Website [email protected]
Kings Auto Mall 513-683-5440 18 car dealers Website
Kmart Corporation Website
Kraft Foods Website
LoChiatto's Restaurant 828-650-9797 Website
LoChiatto's Restaurant 828-650-9797 Website
Long John Silvers [phone] Website
Lowes 1-800-445-6937 Website
Mall of America - online feedback form Website
Mattel, Inc. 310-252-2000 Website
Mile One Automotive 866-645-3663 Website [email protected]
Miller Brewing Co. 414-931-2000 Website [email protected]
NetZero 1-888-349-0029 Website
Nissan North America 310-771-3111 Website
Papa John's 1-502-261-7272t Website
Patties Panties [phone] Website
Pepsi-Co. Website [email protected]
Pfizer, Inc. [phone] fx: 212 5737851 Website [email protected]
Philips Inc [phone] Website
Procter & Gamble 513-983-1100 Website
Progressive Auto Insurance 1-800-776-4737 440-395-1076 386-947-5158 Website
Progressive Auto Insurance 1-800-876-4031 Website
Red Bull North America 781-961-4020 Website
Rentway, Inc. 1-800-RENTWAY 814-455-5378 Website
S F M LLC 212-262-6300 212-245-5154 Website
SC Johnson Scrubbing Bubbles 1-800-494-4855 262-260-3709 262-260-4402 Website
Select Comfort Corp. 763-551-7000 Website
skogman realty 319-366-6427 319-297-7550 319-363-8286 Website [email protected]
Skyland Automotive 828-667-5213 Website
Sonic [phone] [phone] Website [email protected]
Subaru Website
Subway [phone] [phone] Website
Taco Bell/Yum! Brnads Inc 502 874-2543 1-800-tacobell Website [email protected]
The Dick James Law Firm 800-988-9842 Website
The Wish Center Surgical Program 888-854-9474 937-885-9474 Weight Loss Website [email protected]
ThermoSpas [phone] Website
Time Domain Inc. 888-826-8378 (Sinclair owns equity stake) Website
Time Warner Road Runner of Rochester 585-756-1608 Website
Toyota Consumer Relations 800-331-4331 #3 Website
Tri-Star Health Systems/HCA Mid-America 615-886-5000 615-886-4902 Website [email protected]
Tyson Foods 479 290-4000 Website
Value City Department Stores Inc. [phone] Website http://www.valuecity.com/FeedbackForm.do
Victoria's Secret 1.800.411.5116 937.438.4200 Website
Wal Mart 1-800-925-6278 479-273-4000 Website
Whataburger 361-878-0650 Website

[JuniorPlankton]

5. Thanks!

Let's do some damage

:mad:

[lasttrip]

7. great job skinner. as usual!

:yourock:

[grasswire]

10. some should start at the bottom of the list...

...and work up, to compensate for all who get bogged down after starting at the beginning.

[HuskerDem]

34. I'll go from the bottom up when I hit it.

good idea.:thumbsup:

[democrat_patriot]

16. Just got tires from Discount Tire; called to return them

due to Sinclair. They wouldn't take them of course, said I'll go elsewhere next time.

[Proud2BLiberal]

21. Thanks!

Thanks for the list! I have already emailed our local station and now I can start on the sponsors.

[mac56]

3. Advertisers hate controversy.

They don't want it attached to their product.

[Shopaholic]

15. Man, that was fun!

Point out to them that their customers are no doubt both Democratic and Republican and that by continuing to air their commercials on Sinclair stations they are endorsing Sinclair's blatant political agenda.

[troublemaker]

17. Yup! "I hope your Republican customers are planning to buy twice as much!"

'cause otherwise you're screwed, pal.

[mac56]

20. Oh snap!

as the young kids say nowadays

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

6. I called them..left a message myself

[KharmaTrain]

8. We're Working In The Media Forum

There's a big difference between local and national advertising. I'm trying to compile a list of local advertisers that DU members can approach whose impact on their local stations are far greater than the national ones. Just vision that scene in Private Parts with the manic sales people...that's what I'm aiming at.

Also, there have been a few Sinclair advertisers send me PMs, emails and posts. There are some strategies listed there...not to completely pull their advertising, just reduce it. By cancelling, you lose all contact inside the station. By reducing, you hurt them (especially the sales rep who lives off commission) and they're gonna try all they can to get you back to where you were before.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=109x14363

Here is the thread I'm attempting to coordinate with. For those who'd like to really explore this further and start a discussion on other strategies and keeping the pressure on Sinclair, please join us there. I'd like to assist, but seems like this place is full of chiefs and not enough Indians.

Cheers!

[Zuni]

9. controversy is bad for buisness

any company owner will tell you that the last thing they want is to be attached to a political controversy. It hurts buisness, bad.

[Zuni]

11. I sent e-mails to advertisers

to local channels, to the FCC

[Claire Beth]

12. Thanks...will get on it !

[Boomer]

13. My letter to IAMS

As an owner of three dogs and three cats, I am a steady customer for many of your pet food products.

I'm disappointed, however, to learn that IAMS is an advertiser with Sinclair Broadcast Group, an organization that is planning to air slurs against presidential candidate John Kerry just before the November elections. Sinclair's blatant self-interest in Federal de-regulation of media ownership makes their "news" a clumsy ploy to manipulate the elections in their own favor.

Regardless of which candidate your company may endorse, please show your patriotic support for the democratic process by refusing to support such blatant partisan sabotage.

[troublemaker]

14. What a wonderful letter. Short, sincere, polite and a killer closing line

[progressivebydesign]

26. As a pet owner... who uses Iams.. I wrote almost the same letter.

I mentioned all the same points, and added that I didn't want to support a company that was trying to destroy our democracy. I also wrote that animal lovers are a tightly knit group.. and word travels fast. Unless Iams is owned by a multi-conglomerate.. I think they'll take heed. COOL!!

[Boomer]

31. And yet another....

to Subway this time. Ford, K-Mart and ITT Tech next.

A personal connection really motivates me, so I'm targeting companies that are genuinely a part of my consumer habits: IAMS (I'm owned by 6 pets), Subway (I eat there at least 3-4 times per month), Ford (I own a Ford), ITT Tech (I'm in the computer tech industry) and K-Mart (around the corner, shop there every week).

So if any of these companies ever bothers to check up on my feedback, they'll soon realize that I'm a hard-core member of their customer base.

[madrchsod]

18. one place to e`mail

is chili`s- believe me, they don`t need anymore problems....

[soleft]

19. Concern - are we creating greater interest

Will more people be curious to see the film the harder we fight it - projecting "Well it must be really bad if they don't want me to see" - therefore people who DON'T see will just assume it's bad

[mac56]

22. Anyone so inclined was going to watch it anyway.

We're after the advertisers here, not the viewers. Advertisers hate controversy.

[troublemaker]

25. Wasn't that why Kerry didn't respond to SBVFT in the first place?

[soleft]

27. true

[Norquist Nemesis]

33. The opposite could be true as well

that these tactics re-energize the base for Kerry. They don't care about seeing the film...they DO care about a fair election and don't want Bush! It might work to push undecideds as well. There are already doubts...otherwise why the discussions throughout the nation which come down to "Do you trust George Bush?" regardless of the subject.

No, I think this is going to backfire BIG TIME.

[sherilocks]

23. great list in this thread

Go to it.

[KellyPaDem]

24. Just talked to Chili's

They guy who answered said that the 515 number is not the one we should be calling. However he did add that the phone has been ringing off the hook this morning. He said he is doing a poll about which state people are calling. Most calls coming in from NY and CA. He had just gotten one from texas and then mine from PA of course.

[seabeyond]

28. do you have the number,. i am from texas, i will call n/t

[Skinner]

29. Yeah, that first number is wrong.

I called the second number, and that guy on the other end read this pathetic prepared statement that "Chili's doesn't support either political party, and Chili's is just trying to get their message out." I politely explained to him that by advertising on Sinclair, they were indirectly supporting the republican candidate, and they were supporting a smear campaign. I also explained that Chili's had a choice about where they spend their advertising dollar, just like I have a choice about where to spend my dining dollar.

I'm never going to eat there again.

[RedEarth]

30. Good news.....but.....if possible we need to call LOCAL ADVERTISERS

take a look at what Josh Marshall says...

October 12, 2004 -- 02:20 PM EDT // link // print)

A brief follow-up on contacting advertisers. I'm already getting reports from the field that many Sinclair advertisers are starting to communicate their concern to Sinclair. If you don't live anywhere near a Sinclair station then by all means make your concerns known to their national advertisers. But from knowledgable folks I talk to, I get the strong impression that the real point of vulnerability are the local advertisers. So if you live in or really anywhere near a Sinclair market that's definitely where to focus.

-- Josh Marshall

and....

October 12, 2004 -- 10:16 AM EDT // link // print)
From a reader ...

I’ve worked in the media business for 30 years and I guarantee you that sales is what these local TV stations are all about. They don’t care about license renewal or overwhelming public outrage. They care about sales only, so only local advertisers can affect their decisions.

Here's how to have an impact on the local Sinclair stations: first, watch the station and make a list of all of the local advertisers. Then, write to the sales manager -- not the general manager, but the sales manager -- and tell him that you're going to contact all of the local advertisers to register a protest about the station airing this program. Be specific -- mention the names of those local advertisers. Then, actually contact them (if you write or email, cc the sales manager). These stations make most of their income (around 60%) from local advertisers and will NOT want to have that income threatened.

This has worked numerous times. A recent example was when a local radio morning show host in North Carolina told his listeners to aim for bicyclists on the road (he was ranting about how cyclists have no right to share the roadways). The station defended him for several days amidst public outcry, until the advertisers, under pressure from outraged cyclists, began to make noise. Suddenly, the station reversed itself, suspended the host for several days, and made him do public service announcements for weeks about sharing the road with cyclists.

This can work! I plan to start tonight!



Sounds right to me.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_10_10.php#003648

[HuskerDem]

32. great sign

will be hitting it as soon as I finish up work

[BUSHOUT]

35. YUM IS MORE THAN JUST TACO BELL...and here's pepsi list..

YUM is Pizza Hut, LJS, KFC, and Taco Bell.

Tell them you will be enacting a LIFETIME BAN for you and your family if they continue to take sides in this election by advertising with Sinclair.

And PEPSI Co. has a long list of products. Print it off and attatch it to your fridge.

Lay's potato chips
Lays Kettle Cooked potato chips
Wavy Lay's potato chips
Baked Lay's potato crisps
Maui Style potato chips
Ruffles potato chips
Baked Ruffles potato crisps
Ruffles Flavor Rush potato chips
Doritos tortilla chips
Baked Doritos tortilla chips
3D's snacks
Tostitos tortilla chips
Baked Tostitos tortilla chips
Santitas tortilla chips
Fritos corn chips
Cheetos cheese flavored snacks
Rold Gold pretzels & snack mix
Funyuns onion flavored rings
Go Snacks
Sunchips multigrain snacks
Sabritones puffed wheat snacks
Cracker Jack candy coated popcorn
Chester's popcorn
Grandma's cookies Munchos potato crisps
Smartfood popcorn
Baken-ets fried pork skins
Oberto meat snacks
Rustler's meat snacks
Churrumais fried corn strips
Frito-Lay nuts
Frito-Lay, Ruffles, Fritos and Tostitos dips & salsas
Frito-Lay, Doritos and Cheetos snack crackers
Fritos, Tostitos, Ruffles and Doritos snack kits
Hickory Sticks
Hostess Potato
Lay's Stax potato crisps
Doritos Rollitos
Lay's Fries
Natural Lays
Natural Ruffles
Natural Cheetos
Natural Tostitos
Miss Vickie's potato chips
Munchies snack mix

Outside North America
Bocabits wheat snacks
Crujitos corn snacks
Fandangos corn snacks
Hamka's snacks
Niknaks cheese snacks
Quavers potato snacks
Sabritas potato chips
Smiths potato chips
Walkers potato crisps
Walkers Square potato snacks
Walkers French Fries potato sticks
Walkers Monster Munch corn snacks
Gamesa cookies
Doritos Dippas
Sonric's sweet snacks
Wotsits corn snacks
Walkers Sensations
Doritos A La Turca
Lay's Mediteranneas
Red Rock Deli
Kurkure
Smiths Sensations
Lays Artesanas PC
Cheetos Shots
Quavers Snacks
Pepsi-Cola
Caffeine Free Pepsi
Diet Pepsi
Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi
Pepsi Twist (regular & diet)
Wild Cherry Pepsi
Pepsi Blue
Pepsi ONE
Pepsi Vanilla
Diet Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew Code Red
Diet Mountain Dew Code Red
Mountain Dew LiveWire
Mountain Dew Blueshock
Mountain Dew AMP energy drink
Mug
Sierra Mist (Regular & Diet)
Slice
Lipton Brisk (Partnership)
Lipton Iced Tea(Partnership)
Dole juices and juice drinks (License)
FruitWorks juice drinks
Aquafina purified drinking water
Frappuccino ready-to-drink coffee (Partnership)
Starbucks DoubleShot (Partnership)
SoBe juice drinks, dairy, and teas
Sobe energy drinks (No Fear and Adrenaline Rush)

Outside North America
Mirinda
7UP (International)
Pepsi Limón
Kas
Teem
Pepsi Max
Pepsi Light
Manzanita Sol
Paso de los Toros
Fruko
Evervess
Yedigun
Shani
Fiesta
D&G (License)
Mandarin (License)
Radical Fruit

ALL GATORADE DRINKS AND BARS

Quaker Oatmeal
Quaker Instant Oatmeal
Quaker Oatmeal Breakfast Squares
Cap'n Crunch cereal
Life cereal
Quaker Oatmeal Brown Sugar Bliss
Quaker Oatmeal Honey Nut Heaven
Quaker 100% Natural cereal
Quaker Squares cereal
Quisp cereal
King Vitaman cereal
Quaker Oh's! Cereal
Mother's cereal
Quaker grits
Quaker Oatmeal-to-Go
Aunt Jemima mixes & syrups
Quaker rice cakes
Quaker rice snacks (Quakes)
Quaker Chewy granola bars
Qauker Dipps granola bars
Rice-A-Roni side dishes
Pasta Roni side dishes
Near East side dishes
Puffed Wheat
Harvest Crunch cereal
Quaker Baking Mixes
Spudz snacks
Crisp'ums baked crisps
Quaker Fruit & Oatmeal bars
Quaker Fruit & Oatmeal Bites
Quaker Fruit and Oatmeal Toastables
Quaker Soy Crisps
Quaker Bakeries
Outside North America
FrescAvena beverage powder
Toddy chocolate powder
Toddynho chocolate drink
Coqueiro canned fish
Sugar Puffs cereal
Puffed Wheat
Cruesli cereal
Hot Oat Crunch cereal
Quaker Oatso Simple hot cereal
Scott's Porage Oats
Scott's So Easy Oats
Quaker Bagged cereals
Quaker Mais Sabor
Quaker Oats
Quaker oat flour
Quaker Meu Mingau
Quaker cereal bars
Quaker Oatbran
Corn goods
Magico chocolate powder
Quaker Vitaly Cookies
3 Minutos Mixed Cereal
Quaker Mágica
Quaker Mágica con Soja
Quaker Pastas
Quaker Frut

[meganmonkey]

36. Kick

[private_ryan]

37. be specific

find out where the nearest place is and mention it that "I used to frequent your store in xxxx" but I will no longer if you continue to sponsor Sinclair. I printed the list page and will write the location next to it so I have it handy when I call.

[newyawker99]

38. kick

:kick: