…as if we didn’t have enough already. The truth of the matter is, we actually have an overwhelming majority of people who like ‘The EDGE’ versus people that don’t. The people that don’t like the show are people who don’t get our sense of humor and the style of the topics we talk about. The people that ‘get’ our show, know that we’re a male-oriented program first and foremost. We always have been, from the very beginning (even when we had a female 3rd cohost) and we intend to continue on that trend.
We always get common misconceptions about the show that we’re ‘racist’, and very ‘profane’. The profanity part is a given, being this is the Internet and there is no regulation to what can be said. We understand and agree with that part… but it’s not going to change. Now, the racist part… I can understand this if we were to JUST pick on one race. Whether it be Blacks, Hispanics, Orientals, Caucasians, whatever.. but, it’s not. We pick on EVERY RACE (or most of them anyway). For regular listeners of the show, remember when we did the ‘Glossary of Racial Slurs’ segment? We read racial slurs that were for every race under the sun. Native Americans, Indians, Blacks, Hispanics, Orientals, Caucasians and I believe even certain European ethnic groups as well.
TO CLARIFY for everyone: ‘The EDGE’ and specifically Sal and myself are not racist people. We both have friends of many racial persuasions and do not hate upon anyone in any unfair way. The things we say on the show are purely for entertainment purposes. We may go a bit too far sometimes, but we never say things out of hate.
So, to get to business. Last night, it was brought to our attention that Ron (the owner of radiomaxmusic.com) recieved a SNAIL MAIL letter from a woman who resides in Oklahoma. She complained in her letter about different aspects of our show. So Ron took the time to write her back, also via snail mail. He sent the letter out to her yesterday, but he also took the time to type it out for Sal and myself. So here is Ron’s response to her, in its entirety (with her name and city left out.. she may be a dumb whore, but we respect people’s privacy).
I just read your letter addressed to me and compelled to respond and do so rather pointed and hopefully not offensive. I am going to email this to the hosts of the program and as much as I want to publish on our website, I will refrain as you did not email this nor used a public platform to discuss your views. I thank you for the taking the time to respond and ask that you share this letter with your friends.
Your comments and thoughts were out of line and rather offensive to me. You take the point of view that I am supposed to censor comments from the EDGE program and warn our listeners of offensive programming and include that racist, anti-religious, anti-woman views are expressed. Well, that is NOT going to happen. Our station provides ENTERTAINMENT 24 hours a day and you have the same opportunity that all listeners have to CLICK OUT OF THE PROGRAM, TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER or simply DON’T LISTEN AT ALL.
I have received ALL KINDS OF EMAILS OVER THE last twenty years and they are similar in respect to a religious slant and my being damned to hell etc… Let me tell you that I DO NOT respect any religion nor ask the employees of Radiomax to hold off expression or points of view in talk format programming. If you are so offended and think you are going to actually create a boycott of my station, I wish you good luck. I welcome any attempt and hope you will take this topic to the public so that I can begin a debate live on the station.
Your right winged views are offensive to me personally and I ask that you refrain from sending me any further communication. Exercise your rights and self censor yourself and stop trying to reform others to accept your point of view. As fucked up as they are you have the right to NOT LIKE what we do here, but taking that stance allows me to get into your face with my own point of view.
I am so fucking tired of the right sided views of God and Country. Take the GOD view and shove it up your ass and leave the rest of us who know the truth alone and free to express ourselves. If you think you are going to hear your agenda supported on this station, trust me, that will never happen. I leak out my views from time to time in my music programs, but as the owner of this station, I make that choice. You can tell that my views differ greatly from yours. But this comment, quoted from your letter, “Mr. Kovacs, remove that profane, racist edge program asap and please refrain from making bad comments about our former President Bush….” show your mentality and lack of knowledge. The Edge program is NOT a racist program and I did NOT make comments about Bush, it was a comedy piece. Did you contact the Comedy Central Cable Channel and ask them to stop broadcasting the same sound bite, the place where that was originally aired?
Please get your head out of your ass and please find another medium to listen to.
Please go away and go fuck yourself!
Best Regards,
Ron Kovacs
Program Director & Owner
So there it is, the response by Ron to this woman from Oklahoma. (NOTE: the comments mentioned in the response about former President Bush were in response to a comedy piece on RadioMax, and not related to ‘The EDGE’)
Ron basically said everything we would have said… in the way we would have said it. That’s basically the moral of this entire story… if you don’t like what you hear or see on our show (or anyone else’s) TURN IT OFF and quit your bellyaching.
That’s basically all there is to say about the issue. Please feel free to leave your comments below, and thank you for reading this.
Thanks for listening to The EDGE.
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Ron Kovacs sounds like a man I could work for! Props to you, Mr. Kovacs!
Props definitely go to Ron. He stood up for us and laid the hand down on this dumb bitch from Oklahoma. Sal and I just laughed when we got his email with this response last night. Too many softees out there who get butthurt too easily.
That was beautiful! Its nice to see a station owner grab his balls LIKE A MAN and tell it how it is! If all radio was like him. These RETARDED special interest groups wouldn't have a platform to spew their opinionated garbage.
I wish all the religious institutions & their followers would keep their opinions to themselves. "Separation of church & state". If you want to bring your "church" opinions into "state".. Then pay taxes to the state!
Mike
Way to go Ron! I think the small minded people will never change but we should never bend to their will.
If they want to be all God-y and proper go listen to Joel Osteen's podcasts and skip the Edge. What they do not understand is that everyone has freedom to do what they want. We don't tell them what to do but they feel the need to tell us what to do.
FUCK THAT SHIT.
This is the most ridiculous post I've ever read. Ron have you ever heard of professionalism? Obviously not. The person who the letter to you was obviously upset and may have wrote horrible things but as a radio station how could you respond in such an immature and unprofessional way. In fact you didn't even need to respond. I'm personally not right winged but this radio show is appalling at times and I can't believe people actually listen to this station. I'm not trying to completely bash the station but this isn't exactly quality entertainment. It's trash. You probably won't read this or take any of what I'm saying into account, but if you get anything out of this, you and your show hosts are also out of line. I don't see the point of broadcasting you have haters. Every entertainment medium has haters. But everyone else doesn't feel the need to tell everyone they have haters and single out people. This whole post in my opinion makes you look unintelligent.
That's just my 2 cents, do with it what you will.
You obviously haven't listened to our show. So let me introduce myself. I'm Hammy. I host a show called Brainstu Radio, right here on EdgeFM. We laugh at Autistic kids and wish people would get hit by drunk drivers every time we turn the mics on. While you may have your own 2 cents in your brain, I can't speak for Mike and Sal, but I'm positive they, along with us, don't give a fuck with what you have to say.
Some dumb cunt sent a stupid lengthy email complaining about the programming, when all it took for the "offensive language" to go away, was a click in that little X on the corner of the window. You do that, guess what? THE OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE GOES AWAY! Ron only said what EVERYONE thinks with a simple logical thought. You claim to not be right winged about this, but you sure as hell decided to voice your two cents about The Edge being "appalling". Your a hypocrite just like the piece of shit who sent that hate mail in the first place. Go fuck yourself. Thank you.
'Sam" .. like the article says, if you don't like it .. don't listen. I'd love to be affiliated with EdgeFM as I believe it stands for what I personally want and DO put out on the air on my own radio show. Typically, internet radio isn't your typical mom and pop radio .. it's not Cousin Brucie spinning 50s and 60s hits .. it's entertainment talk radio. Hosts like Howard Stern, Opie and Anthony, Ron and Fez, Bubba The Love Sponge, etc make their living taloring their on-air personalities to a certain demo – that demo likes the content and continues to listen. I feel the reaction Mr. Kovacs relayed to this "listener" is in the right, considering the tone of the reply from what the original letter seemed to have said. If you are going to attack your craft, it is in your right to defend yourself and your craft. Losing this female listener and I assume YOU, will only give room for the station to acquire 10 more who will like what they hear. If you don't like it, click the little red "X" in the corner of the browser window and listen to YOUR kind of entertainment
Rob
Co-host CWERadio
CWERadio.com
I understand that, I'm not listening to this radio station. I get the whole "If you don't like it, don't listen to it." But the way that woman was treated by a radio station was wrong. It's one person against an entire fan base. To single her out and bash her is wrong. Why even respond to her? It's unneeded. That's all I'm trying to say.
Sam,
If any person on any professional level, whether it be radio, teaching, construction, or any other field, dishes it out nasty criticism, a response should be expected.nobody has a right to criticize without getting a rebuttal. Does this listener from OK pay us? No. Do we owe her anything? No. Do we force her to listen to what we have to say? Not at all. It sure as hell seems that she knows plenty about us though. If this woman could dish it out harshly, she should have expected a response in this matter.
Just like you trashed my station, it's my turn to answer back. You sir, are a waste product. Just like the bitch that started this, you had to also put your two cents in, which is welcome, but it won't happen without us defending ourselves. I don't even have to assume. I know, you are a low-life loser with no friends, sex life, or self esteem. It's one thing to take time out to listen to The Edge for entertainment purposes, but it's another to sit back and listen when you don't enjoy for an amount of time to be able to judge it. That, Sam, makes you a creepy loser. Our show is a comedy show, and as a matter of fact, we are one of the highest rated shows week after week on Ron's fine station. There's a reason for that, and it's not because of losers like you that sit in womens underwear at a computer desk in their parent's basement, and listen to The Edge, while jacking off to Full House on Nick at Night. I know that's what you do. I don't have to guess. You're a disgusting human being that needs to stay off this website. Creep.
As for the woman. You are a disgrace. I am on the total opposite side of the political spectrum as Ron, but he and I are professionals, and respect one another. I hope you don't label yourself a conservative, because if you do, you are far more idiotic that anyone could imagine. One of the main beliefs of a Conservative is that ANYONE, no matter what they believe, has the right to speak freely. If someone wants to bash George Bush, Barack Obama, Jesus Christ, or that scumbag Sam, so be it. Just like Ron said, "taking that stance allows me to get into your face with my own point of view." My point of view is that if you have the time to do a letter writing campaign to an internet radio station, you should be castrated as a means to prevent you from contaminating the rest of our planet with scum such as you and Sam. Get a life, or jump in a coffin and die. <3
Probably Sam….Husband of Jess from Oklahoma
http://newsok.com/man-wearing-adolf-hitler-t-shir…
Probably Sam….Husband of Jess from Oklahoma
http://newsok.com/man-wearing-adolf-hitler-t-shir…
Team NJSal!
I have to say that either Sam is a flaming homosexual, or a dumb bitch that needs to shut her trap. She/he needs to learn their role and get back to the kitchen where they belong. I should impregnate her to remind her of her real duties.
Awesome letter Ron! People like that think they are making things better when they are the ones going backward. People like her have no respect for anyone who’s different than they are, thus trying to change something, (in this case the show), when there’s nothing wrong with it.
Usually, the ones who are very religious go against the words they so much preach. I thought the bible says not to pass judgment and accept everyone for who they are. Yet, they are quick to pass judgments when they don’t know shit.
They need to realize that not everyone has the same type of humor and interest. Many people listen to The Edge because it’s entertaining to them. If you don’t like it or understand it, CHANGE the station. Click it off! They are doing no harm. It’s a different type of humor which I enjoy myself.
Like The SuperVixen said …. FUCK THAT SHIT!
Don’t try to change us cause we’re not trying to change you.
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