Some have questioned whether my claim that Gerry Rempel and I had something to do with Michael Savage's disappearance from the Eugene airwaves is self-serving or disingenuous. I offer as "exhibit  A" this statement  from the Register- Guard by the management of KUGN, regarding when they had decided to get rid of Savage. Note that, at the time, the ONLY organized attempt to get Savage off of KUGN was what Gerry and I were doing on the "stophateradio.org" website.

While a whole lot of people have generated a whole lot of sturm und drang over the issue, we quietly did the work through the spring and summer that ultimately ejected Savage from the airwaves. 

I point this out reluctantly, because tooting my own horn is intensely distasteful to me, but the necessities of political candidacy demand that I do so: that you might understand HOW I work. Behind the scenes and very effectively. As Harry Truman said, it's astonishing how much you can get done if you're willing to let others take the credit.

-- Hart Williams

By G. MICHAEL DONOVAN

THERE WERE TWO overriding issues that resulted in the removal of Michael Savage from KUGN-AM radio's airwaves.

The first had to do with our desire to provide Eugene with a dependable broadcast forum for discussion of the many issues that face our local community. KUGN, first and foremost, is a news-talk station with licensed responsibility to serve Lane County. We felt we needed live, local programming during the period from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., when people are driving home from work - our second most-listened-to time slot of the day.

We have felt that way for some time. We began our search for an afternoon talk-show host in earnest back in August . [...]

G. Michael Donovan is market manager for Cumulus Broadcasting in Eugene. KUGN-AM radio is one of the company's stations.