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"Letters are totally ignored," claims Whittington, who says her organization was unable to find many local companies advertising with Clear Channel. "There's no way you can put pressure on local companies that may be sponsoring a station or a show."

Michelle Grosenick, the general manager of Clear Channel Seattle, says she doesn't recall receiving any complaints from NOW. If she had, she says, she would have responded. Nevertheless, if KJR, the Funky Monkey, or any other Clear Channel station were to change its ways, it would probably fall to an employee to make it happen, Whittington says.

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Woodward is not about to be that employee. The Bigger Dance doesn't bother her, she says. Neither does any of the other content at KJR. She had an idea of what to expect when she took the job, and she's never had a gender-related incident at the station. But she does agree with The Oklahoman's Carlson that women in the industry are put under a microscope when it comes to knowledge and credibility.

"You have to know what you're talking about," says Woodward. "But I knew that was the case when I got into it."

As it turns out, Carlson has been on Woodward's show a couple of times. "I remember thinking: good questions, good variety, good insight," says Carlson. "It really seemed like she knew what she was doing. She's got a fairly vast sports background, and I think that shows. She's done her homework, she knows what she's doing, and I think that comes across fairly easily to people who are listening."

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