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| 07 Jun 2007 04:42 AM |
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You know, this kind of treatment by radio personalities makes me want to shoot somebody!! That interviewer made Kat very uncomfortable and could not have been more unprofessional. Rather than everybody laughing over the whole mess, they should have been giving somebody their walking papers.
It breaks my heart to hear the hurt and disappointment in Kat's voice when asked why she didn't appear on Idol this season. Bless her heart! Where can we email these people?
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| 07 Jun 2007 05:37 AM |
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I don't think they need emails to tell them how unprofessional and invasive the interview was. The intern obviously hasn't been trained in interviewing and it was a mistake that she got to do the interview. Hopefully she will learn how to do this, and you don't just fire a novice for mistakes she is expected to make. Katharine was obviously upset, but I'm sure she will understand that the error was made on the part of the young girl. Most people would have hung up once they realized she wasn't about to honor Kat's wishes to not get into her personal life, but she hung in there and completed the painful exercise. |
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mercury
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| 07 Jun 2007 06:05 AM |
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That intern interviewer is obviously just trying to be a cheap, lame shock jock rip off. She was purposely asking questions that would make Kat feel uncomfortable. The stupid little b*#ch even said in the equally infuriating radio commentary that she didn't care. I'm so sorry that this crap happened to Kat from my area. Well this probably won't be the last time that Kat has to sit through something stupid like this what with all the lame Howard Stern show wannabe's out there. Hang in there Kat. The world seems to be full of stupid, mean people. |
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jan_k
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| 07 Jun 2007 06:40 AM |
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That has to be one of the most unprofessional interviews I have ever heard. This bunch should be working for TMZ. The only good thing that came out of this is it once again shows everyone the class and moxy of Katharine. She can handle whatever they throw at her. |
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ghart1160
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| 07 Jun 2007 08:04 AM |
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Kat wasn't happy thats for sure. |
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Amanda
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| 07 Jun 2007 08:46 AM |
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looks like the Washington interviews and press were not Kat fans.  |
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maddie
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| 07 Jun 2007 08:46 AM |
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just listened to that interview and i am so pissed off, i could strangle a few of so called dj's from that station. the intern was a total childlike bitch and her coworkers in the background that were sounding like "Ally what were you thinking ?" were in total agreement with how she had handled the interview, giggling and laughing in the background. they are total idiots there and they owe Katharine a Big Apology, but then, if you're an ass, you will always be an ass, so an apology won't be forthcoming any time soon. i am so furious, i could just scream. she doesn't need this crap happening to her. i wish she would've been prepared that they were sending an ass to interview her. you Katharine fans in that DC area or in the area of that station, i hope that if you were a regular listener, that you will now change that station and not listen to it again. they sounded like complete childlike idiots, Howard Stern wannabe's, well y'all came off like buttheads at that station. Katharine, you don't need those types of people, you should've hung up on them, but then again i know the classy person you are and decided to go with it. ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR !!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| 07 Jun 2007 12:21 PM |
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OK...so I don't live in DC but I know incompetency and unproffesionalism when I hear it. I took the time to sign up for their station just so I could send a letter. I don't often get involved in stations outside my area but this nasty interview and follow-up commentary needed to be confronted. Just wanted to share with you what I sent. First I sent a note to "Kane" then followed up with a letter and copy of my message to Kan by e-mailing the program director...who knows...maybe their laughing at my letter as we speak. Here is what I sent... BTW...the e-mail for the program director is
jeffkapugi@clearchannel.com
Dear Jeff,
I am including a copy of a letter I sent to Kane regarding the Katharine McPhee interview. As a fan of Kat's I was appalled by this interview and your willingness to allow an obviously unprofessional and immature person (Ally) to do the interview in the first place. I thought you should know how I (and I'm sure many other of your listeners) feel about the rude way Kat was treated. To top it off, you aired a replay and blow by blow commentary about this interview while women and men were laughing about it in the background. This situation should be an embarrassment to your station. I hope my opinions will be respected more than Katharine was.
I guess the first thing I would like to say is how completely unprofessional it was of you to allow this intern to conduct an interview in the first place. No matter who she was interviewing she sounded like a 16-year-old mean high school girl. She was not even able to complete her questions and ended many of them with "UMMM" or "Sooo". It was clearly evident that she had no clue what she was doing (or even worse, she KNEW what she was doing) and that she seemed to be intentionally trying to embarrass or hurt Katharine. Kat, the kind person that she is tolerated her rude questioning when a lesser person would have hung up the phone. And then you all sat around and laughed your heads off at this debacle, even implying that she was lying to you about just arriving and not being able to make it to the station!
Shame on you and your station for allowing such an immature and obviously snarky interview to air and putting such an incompetent person in charge of that interview.
And considering the rudeness of your entire team, I wouldn't be at all surprised if you all get a good laugh at my letter; I would HOPE you are better than that interview and follow-up you conducted.
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SoldOnKat
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| 07 Jun 2007 12:50 PM |
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Well said, & well done, "a3boymom"!.
Just as an fyi, I also sent this stations' Program Director an email this morning, (about 4 hrs ago), after listening to this shameful "Hostile Interview". In case you're interested, here's a copy of my own email. (It surprised me a little bit how we each expressed many of the same thoughts, even though we never communicated to each other prior to sending out our respective emails!  )
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Dear Mr. Kapugi,
I wanted to let you know that I just listened to your online webstream of the recent interview that one of your staff on 99.5 FM in DC did with Ms. Katharine McPhee. First of all, I was very disappointed to hear how your staff member, an "intern" named Ali, treated Ms. McPhee. She was both rude & disrespectful to someone who had graciously agreed to do an interview with your station. This is not the way that people should treat each other in general, and it's definitely not the way that "professionals" should conduct themselves while "on the job". This "interview" was conducted in both an unprofessional & a disrespectful manner, and should never have been allowed to happen, much less be "aired" by your station.
Now, you can try to excuse your "interns" attitude & actions by claiming that "she didn't know the rule about not asking personal questions". However the fact remains that even after being told, politely, early on in the interview that Ms. McPhee didn't want to talk about her personal relationships, and that Ms. McPhee was there to talk about "why" she was there in DC, your "intern" refused to let go of her obsession with rudely questioning Ms. McPhee about her boyfriend, whether she's engaged, is she faithful to him, intentionally embarrassing her about not being invited back on American Idol this season, etc, etc, etc... In short, your "intern" gave the distinct impression that she went into the interview with the attitude that she was going to attack Ms. McPhee every chance she got. She went in with an attitude & a set of questions which, even if no "rule" had been previously established, was clearly going to make this a "Hostile Interview". Obviously, she was the wrong person to be giving that interview, and acted in a completely "Unprofessional" manner. In fact, also quite clearly, she is a rude & disrespectful "little girl" who has not yet matured enough to be given a position of responsibility at any place of business, or be in the company of "mature" adults. (How old is this Ali? By her actions, I'd guess she's about, what... 13? 14? At least, that would be her "maturity" level, in my estimation.)
Then, to make matters even worse, when your on-air staff was broadcasting the interview, (Something which also should never have happened!), and some members of the staff were very embarrassed (justifiably so!) about what had taken place, your "intern", Ali, came across as being totally unapologetic about how she'd just mistreated Ms. McPhee! She even stated quite clearly that she "didn't care", & admitted that she'd intended to pursue her rude & unprofessional behavior no matter how Ms. McPhee felt about it. Some of your on on-air staff seemed shocked & embarrassed by what was being broadcast & how this "Ali" had mistreated Katharine McPhee, but others were laughing & clapping & joking about it, like it was some sort of a "Big Joke" to them. Tell me, is this the level of "Professionalism" that's present at your station? Is this the kind of on-air and/or off-air behavior that you encourage? If it's not, then this "intern" should be immediately terminated for her complete lack of judgment & professionalism while "on the job".
Sincerely,
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uplink2
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| 07 Jun 2007 01:07 PM |
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All well put. I emailed as well. Has anyone receive a reply from anyone at the station? |
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SoldOnKat
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| 07 Jun 2007 02:17 PM |
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Thanks. Nope, not a peep or a reply of any kind yet.  |
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kathryn28
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| 07 Jun 2007 05:42 PM |
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hah wellll... I listen to that radio station everyyyy morning and i found out this morning about this interview when they re-played it. ohh my gosh. that intern, ally was soooo bad. So I heard.. Well Kaine said ( the host) that Katharine had her manager call them and tell them her plane was late so she couldnt do an "in studio" interview so they had ally do it. They "knew she was lying" and she said she would do the interview from her "car" instead but there wasnt any noise in the backround and it was really good reception so they "knew she wasnt in her car and she lied" and soo anyway... the interview
oh my gosh the intern was asking all these pesonal questions which katharines manager had specifically told them not too ( ally didnt know that)
and she was asking stuff like her husbands age and her relationships and I was like WHAT THE HECK?? and katharine was like " uhm.. yeah id rather not talk about this"
hah and at the end the interviewer was like " well thanks for taking the time to do this interview katharine!!! bye!!!" and kat, obviously annoyed, was like "...bye." like in a monotone voice.hah dont blame her.
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kathryn28
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| 07 Jun 2007 05:45 PM |
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Posted By maddie on 06/07/2007 8:46 AM
just listened to that interview and i am so pissed off, i could strangle a few of so called dj's from that station. the intern was a total childlike bitch and her coworkers in the background that were sounding like "Ally what were you thinking ?" were in total agreement with how she had handled the interview, giggling and laughing in the background. they are total idiots there and they owe Katharine a Big Apology, but then, if you're an ass, you will always be an ass, so an apology won't be forthcoming any time soon. i am so furious, i could just scream. she doesn't need this crap happening to her. i wish she would've been prepared that they were sending an ass to interview her. you Katharine fans in that DC area or in the area of that station, i hope that if you were a regular listener, that you will now change that station and not listen to it again. they sounded like complete childlike idiots, Howard Stern wannabe's, well y'all came off like buttheads at that station. Katharine, you don't need those types of people, you should've hung up on them, but then again i know the classy person you are and decided to go with it. ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR !!!!!!!!!!!!
hah..I live in the DC area and im definietely a regular listner- every morning.
theyre soo funny though but your right they do owe kat an apology.
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uplink2
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| 07 Jun 2007 06:05 PM |
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I received and email from Kane at Hot99.5 with his repsonse to yesterday's treatment of Kat. They had not replied to my first email and so I sent them one today with some pics of the event. Seems like this was a planned assault on Kat from the beginning.
Typical Shock Jock behavior. very tired and very offensive. Sorry, but I did go off a bit here!
RE: This is who you you were distrespectful to yesterday.
From: Uplink Bill
Sent: Thu 6/07/07 6:46 PM
To: Kane (kane@hot995.com); jeffkapugi@clearchannel.com; raven@hot995.com
You have got to be kidding me? This is your response? Her plane was delayed a Red eye from LA and she was not able to be there in person but called in to fulfill her committment and so you decide to trash her? She could not have BEEN nicer on the phone to the insulting, agenda driven assault by an intern of all things. And I noticed you didn't forward your comments to me to your bosses either.
You have made it quite clear with this email that this was a planned assault on someone who has never done anything to deserve that kind of treatment. My god you are worse than Ally because you feel this was somehow justified! I tried to be respectful to someone who obviously didn't return that courtesy to Kat or to me. And then you quote an article in the Post that has nothing to do with your disrespectful and insulting treatment of a very charming and talented young woman. It was simply a review of the event.
You my friend were simply trying that tired old Shock Jock threatment at someone else's expense and you guys fell flat on your face and looked like fools doing it. I guess insulting listeners is part of your agenda too.
Thanks for your reply.
Bill
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Subject: RE: This is who you you were distrespectful to yesterday.
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 17:26:06 -0500
From: kane@hot995.com
To: uplink
Looks like it didn't go so well for her after the show either. Maybe she should have been nicer and been live as she promised.
Check out the article from Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/06/AR2007060602520.html?nav=rss_politics
Cheers!
-K
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From: Uplink Bill
Sent: Thu 6/7/2007 3:07 PM
To: KAPUGI, JEFF; Sussman, Gillian; Kane
Subject: This is who you you were distrespectful to yesterday.
I just wanted to send you some pics of the woman who was treated so horribly yesterday by Ally and your morning staff. These are from yesterday's event in DC. I wasn't able to listen today to hear if you apologized for her horrendous behavior or that her internship was terminated which she deserved, or that the person who assigned her the interview was terminated. But it would have been nice if you replied to my email to show at least some small respect for your listeners, but I guess when you can't show respect to guests who have agreed to come on your show why would you respect your listeners.
Looking at how gorgeous, kind and funny Kat is, it is quite obvious that Ally has some real issues to deal with and why she acted so obnoxious. I work in the media and would never ever allow an intern with such a mean and nasty agenda to interview one of my guests. But I guess if you would allow this to happen, then the small act of kindness to reply to these emails would be beyond you.
Respectfully,
Bill
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maddie
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| 07 Jun 2007 08:21 PM |
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Well Bill looks like you and i may have received the same exact reply from this Kane person. i am more angrier now then i was this morning after hearing the interview. i of course will probably respond to this ass of a dj or maybe not, i have to calm down first. and then again maybe i'll never calm down. she doesn't deserve to be treated this way and what the hell, how is she supposed to react to her next appointment after having such a moronic interview by inept interviewers. i don't care who listens to them on a regular basis, i have never found this to be funny, it's so Howard Stern wannabeish. THEY WERE NOT FUNNY, THEY WERE ASSES WITH KATHARINE.......
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Looks like it didn't go so well for her after the show either. Maybe she should have been nicer and been live as she promised.
Check out the article from Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/06/AR2007060602520.html?nav=rss_politics
Cheers!
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Barlo
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| 07 Jun 2007 08:21 PM |
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"She should have been nicer" ????? Are you kidding me? I'm speechless! I can't believe he wrote that!!!
I can understand them airing the interview with the commentary as a way to save a bad interview and still pretend the station has decent people working there. But this email to Bill is beyond entertainment. This is a personal attack on someone they should think is a listerner! And confirmation that they intentionally were rude, mean, and downright childish to Katharine. It's apparently too much to expect an apology from them.
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bcollan
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| 07 Jun 2007 08:54 PM |
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Hey guys, take it easy.
These morning shows are all schtict and no substance. I hate to break it to you, but they PLANNED the interview this way. I'm sure that intern had a well rehearsed script to follow. Everything's a joke to them, and your protests will fall on deaf ears. They really don't give a $$$$ what WE think. If we make too much of a stink, they'll probably drag the whole thing out on the air, maybe even replay the interview while poking fun at Kat and US.
The important things are 1. Kat handled herself well, and didn't say anything embarrassing and 2. Her people keep her away from shows like this in the future.
Yes she was uncomfortable by the questions, but I'm sure she's well Over It by now.
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luv4llntkm
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| 07 Jun 2007 09:18 PM |
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From Jenn (ASiruisObessesion) who posted this on IDF
Here is the latest from KANE :
Okay! Kat fans, PAY ATTENTION:
I'm writing this once because I'm getting increasingly frustrated by e-mails from McPhee fans that don't know the whole story and are writing me angry e-mails.
1) It makes Kat look bad when ever other word in your e-mail about how you thought we didn't handle the interview professionally starts with an F---.
2) Maybe you should realize that weeeeeee were the ones that were promised Kat -- and they didn't deliver.
A timeline:
LAST WEEK - They reached out to us asking if Kat could come on the show to promote an event in Washington DC. We were excited and quickly agreed. They had some requests. First, that we PRE-PROMOTE starting on Monday that Kat was going to be LIVE IN STUDIO to talk about this event. Second, that there would be no personal questions. We agreed.
MONDAY - Her people call us and ask if she can do other radio station interviews, we agree (normally this is a no-go). We just ask that she honor our time of 8:15 live in studio. They reply that she is only going to do a phone interview with a station in Baltimore and maybe something with another station.
TUESDAY - I get an e-mail from her people saying that she won't be able to come in after all because of 'time constraints' (read: they double booked her). I reply that we had a deal, we are holding our end, that's a problem THEY need to work out. We go back and forth until about 7p when they send a 'nevermind, we'll see you tomorrow' e-mail.
WEDNESDAY - We pre-promote Kat (per our agreement) all morning and we get a call at 7:58a and are told that 'Kat's plane was late from LA and that she just landed and would not be able to make it in live.'
She was flying on the red-eye from LA. Don't you think any good media handler would check to see if her plane was on-time EARLY in the day to be sure that she would be available for the interviews that were promised? Why did we only get a 20 minute 'she's not going to be there' heads up?
Also, her phone call was very clear, no cell breakups, car noise, nothing. Sounded like it was from a hotel. Listen and see for yourself (click on-demand).
Finally, check any flight tracking website. The last non-stop redeye flight landed at Dulles at 5:57a. USAIR 6508 and United 82. The next non-stop wasn't until around noon.
We got a call that Kat was live in studio at the Baltimore station shortly thereafter from a listener. How did she make it from Dulles to Baltimore (btw, you have to pass near Rockville to get to B'more) in less than an hour at 8a with rush hour traffic?
These are facts. No spin.
Slam us, go-head. We agreed to have her on, we followed the rules. They didn't tell the truth. Kat could have had a little more fun with Ally. She could have said "You guys know you're not supposed to ask me personal questions... what's wrong with you?" Rather she just got mad.
I don't blame her.
I don't blame us either.
PS: Before you tell me it was "God and the weather" it was perfect in LA when her flight took off. No rain, nuthing. Matter of fact, LA is in their worst drought in YEARS. The mayor is asking people to take less showers!?!
PPS: There were no delayed flights (other than a Com-Air from Syracuse, NY that was 12 minutes late) at Dulles that morning. Nothing more than 12 minutes late.
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| 07 Jun 2007 10:41 PM |
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| 07 Jun 2007 11:08 PM |
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I think we should put Kane in a room with Dan McPhee and lock the door for about ten minutes. Mama can handle the intern.
It sounds like Katharine's people pulled a fast one and she got caught in the middle of something. I remember her saying somewhere that she checks her blackberry to find out what she's doing next, and she probably has zilch to do with the actual details, so she probably just did whatever her handlers said to do. Turns out they've double booked her or something, and she's the one who has to face the music, so to speak. I don't know what to make of Kane's contention that there were no delayed flights that day so she had to have been in on the deception. ("She's not as innocent as you think.") In fact we really don't know what happened. I just know I've always absolutely hated those shows where the radio personalities ambush people and play stupid tricks on them. But at least those are usually done with a little more respect for the ambushee, who usually laughs about it when they reveal themselves. This was just plain revenge. |
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| 07 Jun 2007 11:17 PM |
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Posted By luv4llntkm on 06/07/2007 9:18 PM
From Jenn (ASiruisObessesion) who posted this on IDF
Here is the latest from KANE :
Okay! Kat fans, PAY ATTENTION:
I'm writing this once because I'm getting increasingly frustrated by e-mails from McPhee fans that don't know the whole story and are writing me angry e-mails.
1) It makes Kat look bad when ever other word in your e-mail about how you thought we didn't handle the interview professionally starts with an F---.
2) Maybe you should realize that weeeeeee were the ones that were promised Kat -- and they didn't deliver.
A timeline:
LAST WEEK - They reached out to us asking if Kat could come on the show to promote an event in Washington DC. We were excited and quickly agreed. They had some requests. First, that we PRE-PROMOTE starting on Monday that Kat was going to be LIVE IN STUDIO to talk about this event. Second, that there would be no personal questions. We agreed.
MONDAY - Her people call us and ask if she can do other radio station interviews, we agree (normally this is a no-go). We just ask that she honor our time of 8:15 live in studio. They reply that she is only going to do a phone interview with a station in Baltimore and maybe something with another station.
TUESDAY - I get an e-mail from her people saying that she won't be able to come in after all because of 'time constraints' (read: they double booked her). I reply that we had a deal, we are holding our end, that's a problem THEY need to work out. We go back and forth until about 7p when they send a 'nevermind, we'll see you tomorrow' e-mail.
WEDNESDAY - We pre-promote Kat (per our agreement) all morning and we get a call at 7:58a and are told that 'Kat's plane was late from LA and that she just landed and would not be able to make it in live.'
She was flying on the red-eye from LA. Don't you think any good media handler would check to see if her plane was on-time EARLY in the day to be sure that she would be available for the interviews that were promised? Why did we only get a 20 minute 'she's not going to be there' heads up?
Also, her phone call was very clear, no cell breakups, car noise, nothing. Sounded like it was from a hotel. Listen and see for yourself (click on-demand).
Finally, check any flight tracking website. The last non-stop redeye flight landed at Dulles at 5:57a. USAIR 6508 and United 82. The next non-stop wasn't until around noon.
We got a call that Kat was live in studio at the Baltimore station shortly thereafter from a listener. How did she make it from Dulles to Baltimore (btw, you have to pass near Rockville to get to B'more) in less than an hour at 8a with rush hour traffic?
These are facts. No spin.
Slam us, go-head. We agreed to have her on, we followed the rules. They didn't tell the truth. Kat could have had a little more fun with Ally. She could have said "You guys know you're not supposed to ask me personal questions... what's wrong with you?" Rather she just got mad.
I don't blame her.
I don't blame us either.
PS: Before you tell me it was "God and the weather" it was perfect in LA when her flight took off. No rain, nuthing. Matter of fact, LA is in their worst drought in YEARS. The mayor is asking people to take less showers!?!
PPS: There were no delayed flights (other than a Com-Air from Syracuse, NY that was 12 minutes late) at Dulles that morning. Nothing more than 12 minutes late.
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anyway, Kane is an IDIOT, that i can say, there was no need to treat her that way. they should have cancelled the whole interview period if it bothered them so much, instead they decided to send the intern and all along they knew what this intern was going to ask, so please Kane don't pretend to be shocked at your interns unclassy questions, you probably wrote them out for her, cause you felt dissed by Katharine.
oh well, sure hope Katharine's people learned something from this if anything, don't let an intern named Ally interview you again or any intern for that matter......... |
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bcollan
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| 08 Jun 2007 12:17 AM |
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Please calm down guys!
Sending hate mail to Kane won't help Kat at all.
There will just be negative consequences for her.
Express your disapproval if you want, but just make sure to write an intellegent, cogent and non-confrontational note.
Maybe even include a Kit-Kat bar! 
We want them to feel bad about what they did.
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| 08 Jun 2007 01:08 AM |
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"We got a call that Kat was live in studio at the Baltimore station shortly thereafter from a listener. How did she make it from Dulles to Baltimore (btw, you have to pass near Rockville to get to B'more) in less than an hour at 8a with rush hour traffic?"
This is exactly the problem, who was the listener and where is the interview "Live" from Baltimore. How many people can actually confirm this? One person, sorry but that is not good enough. These people are just trying to place the blame somewhere else.
Oh, and I work for United Airlines. If she came on flight 82, it did land at 6:00 a.m., but #1 it is not like Dulles is the fastest airport to get through #2 The United Flights land at a separate terminal from the main one and generally the gates are a pretty far walking distance from the people movers that take you back and forth, then let's not forget about waiting for luggage #3 Back to the live thing, maybe she was on the phone with Baltimore and if she had wanted to go to Baltimore, and I will double check this, but I am certain that there are red-eyes into BWI (Baltimore Washington International "Airport") #4 If she landed at 6:00 then there is absolutely no way in rush hour to get to Baltimore by 8:00 much less into the D.C. area , I have been driven by van many times (after the red-eye flts.) and we are lucky if we reach the outskirts of D.C. in less than an hour and a half. #5 The only way to check which flight she arrived on would be to check the passenger manifest and they would not be able to get that for security reasons. United Airlines personnel would not give it to them. So my point is, unless many other people actually heard a live feed on the Baltimore station at the time they claim and they clearly have not shown they have direct knowledge from the Baltimore station that this happened at that exact time (that she was live in the studio!) then they owe someone a huge apology |
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CRB
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| 08 Jun 2007 01:14 AM |
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Posted By bcollan on 06/08/2007 12:17 AM
Please calm down guys!
Sending hate mail to Kane won't help Kat at all.
There will just be negative consequences for her.
Express your disapproval if you want, but just make sure to write an intellegent, cogent and non-confrontational note.
Maybe even include a Kit-Kat bar!
We want them to feel bad about what they did.
Exactly, calm down and do this the right way.
I feel the way to handle this is listen to the stream of Kane's show and write down every sponser that runs multiple advertisements during his show, note especially the ones that use him as a spokesperson.
Keep your letters short and to the point. VERY IMPORTANT, do not vent! Figure three paragraphs max of three of four sentences. Tell them what the problem is.
Now you've know where these radio stations live: Advertisement Dollars. Send an email or snail mail letter to the company who pays Kane's keep. The people who put food in his mouth and be sure to include a link of that Kat interview with commentary and ask them is this the sort of material that I support by using your product, buying your service or whatever and tell them simply I'll get mine somewhere else . I find this unacceptable and I hope you as an advertiser do too.
Then contact Clear Channel Communications and tell them how you feel about this use of the public airwaves for Kane going after Katharine's personal life via the figleaf cover of the intern interview. Tell them as a radio listener and fan this material is beneith the high standards that Clear Channel usually has. Morever, having Kane in the prestigious morning slot at one of their top stations and on their weekly natiional Open House Party program hurts all the good on-air people at CCC stations by association.
This Kane guy is the scum of the earth. First setting this up, then using the intern as a front for his sleazy questions and then putting that podcast interview with commentary up at Hot 99.5 and finally saying essentially that Katharine "had it coming" to her because she didn't make it in studio.
Every bit of anger you feel is justified. Just channel it in the right ways and we can raise a bit of Kane ourselves. |
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Gregoriancant
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| 08 Jun 2007 03:17 AM |
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I second the advice of those who promote using sanity here and condemning sending profane emails. Somehow I don't think anybody from Katharinefans is using that language (just to represent us here in a legal way  )--because the people here may be fighters, but we aren't out to try to start a civil war. And if anybody did, it was probably in the minority. I just want to make that clear so KMF doesn't get dragged through the mud on a future show by this station in case they're looking in. (Of course they are!  )
The situation here and the war of words between media and the people may be the lowest point I've ever seen on radio to be quite blunt. I understand that getting ratings can be extremely competitive in that business. Nevertheless, someone has to spring a step forward here to turn a coin before radio stations get too far down a slippery slope. I hope that D.C. station is reading this so they'll just stop it with the accusations--realize that Kat doesn't control her own business single-handedly...and live up to the initial bargain of apologizing. If an apology from the radio station occurs (and, yes, they should be first)--I'm sure Kat's people will apologize in return.
If only program directors could bring in some creative minds to create material that doesn't involve doing things like this just for the alleged entertainment value. It saddens me every day to see DJ's and other entertainers resort to stupidity just to get people to watch or listen to something. And then when it backfires with a scenario like this, it's about as bad as it gets. The lack of care in keeping some level of dignity just boggles my mind sometimes.
Only this radio station can fix their own problem. Of course, they're probably fueling the flame even more to get ratings up. And, the contradiction here is that more people will probably tune in to hear the show next week to see how this plays out if they choose to drag it out. I hope they'll just choose to forget it while apologizing behind-the-scenes.
I don't want to insinuate anything here--but sometimes I wonder if the reason Kat's team didn't want her at this studio is because they suspected they'd pull some kind of crapola in this vein. DJ's who have always catered a little too far to the shock jock side are probably a bit iffy on a lot of celebs' lists...
And a quick P.S.--A 13 or 14-year-old is way too young to be an intern in my opinion. |
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Kit-Kat
Katharine Friend
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| 08 Jun 2007 10:59 PM |
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Wow that e-mail is $$$$. PLEEEEEASE.
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| I find it so funny how people are so easy to judge people they don't know, but think they have the right to scrutinize others because those "others" are celebrities. From Britney Spears to Katharine McPhee radio hosts and magazines will always make unfair statements and allegations. I am fans of both Britney and Katharine, two totally different artists, but I find that whether you are a icon or a promising newcomer from a hit reality show, the punches and jabs will come and never stop...but I have news for the haters, they won't stop either so you can take your opinions and give them to people that care, because the fans are like, SO over it. |
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gran29
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| 10 Jun 2007 12:15 PM |
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I sent an email to Kane when I heard about the interview. I heard back almost immediately and he was very nasty. He said, and I quote, "she is not as innocent as you think she is", among other things. WTH does that mean? How old is that guy? 13? He's pissed at her people so they're rude to her? I'm glad people are writing to ClearChannel. There is no excuse for that kind of behavior.
I should add that I was respectful of him. I asked how they could let an intern conduct an interview in such a manner. I thought maybe he was not happy about it since it is his show and made him look bad by association. But I guess that kind of behavior is acceptable to him. Sad!!!! |
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luv4llntkm
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| 11 Jun 2007 09:23 AM |
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MSNBC has picked up the story. |
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McObsessed
Katharine Fanatic
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| 11 Jun 2007 09:48 AM |
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The so called "interviewers" are a bunch of self-centered idiots. |
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