Short Answer: Contact WMAL advertisers and let them know you support Michael Graham!

Long Answer: Read the rest of this post.

You probably aren't up to date on what's going on with Michael Graham this week because you're boycotting WMAL, right?

Well, I can tell you as of this morning he's still not on. But he's not forgotten.

This is from Joel Mowbray's column in the local paper of record:

To provide cover -- and further perpetuate the myth that CAIR and other American Muslim organizations are genuinely "moderate" -- various fundamentalist Muslim leaders recently issued a fatwa against "extremism" and "terrorism." It was classic CAIR obfuscation: It condemned terms that were intentionally not defined. Not coincidentally, no terrorist organizations were named. Sadly, many media outlets were snookered.

The question is: will WMAL be snookered? The station, for its part, refuses comment, with one official calling it a "human resources issue." And the station has never acknowledged that CAIR was responsible for its decision. So it is possible that something else may be at play. There are even some signals that the host might be back behind the microphone before long. At press time, he had not been reinstated.

(Background here and here.)

His Web site (link in the top right column) is down the past few days. The Support Michael Graham site implies there is something ominous about this, but at worst I'm guessing he had a hosting problem and is in the process of moving it. Maybe it was using shared space on one of WMAL's servers.

If you have some free time this weekend and feel like getting in someone's face about Michael Graham, the WMAL team will be at the Virginia Wine Festival this weekend.

HA! Just kidding! Don't go to the festival to abuse the WMAL booth employees. Go there to drink the wine and leave the minute you find yourself standing next to the booth, weaving ever so slightly back and forth while glowering at the hapless staff. THEY DID NOT FIRE MICHAEL GRAHAM AND PROBABLY IN FACT LIKE HIM.

The first week after his suspension, Michael and the family went on a vacation - which had already been planned - to Hawaii. Since his suspension, CAIR has been busy trying to ensure he never gets back on the air at WMAL, and has also taken aim at Geoff Metcalf, who was Michael's replacement that week and is still filling the morning slot.

You'll see if you follow that link, CAIR has assembled a list of WMAL advertisers, marked 'PLEASE POST, COPY AND DISTRIBUTE', targeted for pressure. Michael's supporters also should make use of the list CAIR has conveniently compiled.

CAIR has already managed to get one advertiser to pull its ads from WMAL - but very tellingly this advertiser does not wish to be identified. Hardly a groundswell of pro-CAIR sentiment, and this should be considered solid confirmation of the fact that DC-area business owners know their customers. So let's speak up, fellow customers, shall we?