tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post2352650938679779077..comments2023-09-08T12:08:39.523-04:00Comments on WBAI: Pacifica in Exile - September 25, 2016Chris Albertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-54801030392937893832016-09-26T15:04:57.743-04:002016-09-26T15:04:57.743-04:00re KPFK union busting, er, staff layoffs: Sock pup...re KPFK union busting, er, staff layoffs: Sock puppet Radford was 1) being "advised" by legal counsel Dan Siegel and 2) Lydia Brazon sent the order to make all full-time staff into part-time staff, thus it was her direct action that caused violations of the SAG-AFTRA union contract. Lydia was acting iED while John Proffitt was on vacation and who they're now trying to blame. It was her Lydia's responsibility to send the financial books to the union that they requested. And thus the $50,000 penalty from the arbitration was Lydia's fault (presumably on advice from legal eagle Dan Siegel). Lydia said at the last KPFK LSB meeting that the NO would take care of the $50,000 penalty "if it could pay for it." Which it clearly can't. <br /><br />Lydia Brazon has done enormous damage to KPFK in the last three years of her majority. The question is: why? Who benefits? Kim Kaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01044084254606857646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-54128483965719605452016-09-26T14:46:27.500-04:002016-09-26T14:46:27.500-04:00I wonder how the real owners of this recorded mate...I wonder how the real owners of this recorded material feel. I would not be surprised if selling some of these tapes does not constitute a breach of a law, or two.<br /><br />WBAI's DVD/CD duplicating machine was quite clearly used to infringe copyright.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-3715113076161238412016-09-26T14:33:15.998-04:002016-09-26T14:33:15.998-04:00Very sad.
"Mr Kokoschka, it just happened ag...Very sad.<br /><br />"Mr Kokoschka, it just happened again (sad, so sad)<br />They struck the museum like a hurricane (sad, so sad)<br />All of our culture, it's dead and it's gone (sad, so sad)<br />From Babylon, baby, back to Babylon (sad, so sad)"<br /><br />Chumbawumba, "On Ebay".<br /><br />And you can see them now on Ebay -- search for "kpfa archive master" -- there are 16 items, all with auctions ending this evening. Better hurry!<br /><br />Sad, so sad -- today it's the archives, tomorrow the microphones. What am i bid?<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-53715978535361840752016-09-26T13:46:32.145-04:002016-09-26T13:46:32.145-04:00Depends on a number of factors.
If the carrier is ...Depends on a number of factors.<br />If the carrier is off the air, then the SCAs are not on the air.<br />Depending on how WBAI gets the signal to the transmitter is the next question. If the exciter and SCA generating equipment is at the ESB, then the SCAs could still be on the air, if their method of delivering audio is intact. If all of the WBAI stuff is fed to the ESB by a microwave Studio to Transmitter Link, and it is a Multiplex signal (stereo, pilot, SCAs) already all combined it would depend on whether the STL is still up,if the SCA programming is still intact. If the programming is fed by phone lines, and they are down, it may be off the air.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-53960497290728023982016-09-26T13:24:00.032-04:002016-09-26T13:24:00.032-04:00Those Pacifica tapes being auctioned will probably...Those Pacifica tapes being auctioned will probably be better cared for in private hands, when you think about it.<br /><br />Do you think Radford will eventually use The Twinkie Defense?<br /><br />I'm wondering if WBAI's silent carrier affects the two SCA sidebands for the Spanish and Italian Catholic stations they have on them. I don't know the technology of how the SCA broadcasts are added to a station's signal. I would imagine if WBAI's transmitter is actually shut off, they too will be off the air. However, in the case of the carrier being on but silent, I wonder if they are piped through to the sidebands independent of WBAI's stream.<br /><br />SDL<br /><br />SDL<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-41044643086338108362016-09-26T13:16:15.066-04:002016-09-26T13:16:15.066-04:00It is 1:15 PM on Monday, Sept. 26, and WBAI is sti...It is 1:15 PM on Monday, Sept. 26, and WBAI is still off of the air.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923529377801599376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-45345829635160486652016-09-26T12:10:14.850-04:002016-09-26T12:10:14.850-04:00Amazing and true—which makes it even more amazing....Amazing and true—which makes it even more amazing.<br /><br />As I post this response, Michael, the station has been off the air for over 2 hours and it appears thare is no stream, either.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-58176248520615508942016-09-26T12:01:22.275-04:002016-09-26T12:01:22.275-04:00Let me get this straight. Radford makes unilateral...Let me get this straight. Radford makes unilateral cuts, loses the arbitration, blames J. Profitt for not showing the books to the union and then demands that the other stations pay for her mistakes by deducting the settlement from central services payments. Amazing. Perhaps its KPFK that should get the LMA instead of WBAI. <br /><br />Even with all the issues at WBAI, our deficit roughly equals what we would have received in CPB funds. While the PNB complains about a transmitter contract at WBAI that they approved, they have nothing to say about the actions at KPFK which have a greater impact on the network including a potential signal loss in Malibu and Santa Barbara. When the PNB finishes their special meetings on WBAI, I hope they have one for KPFK so I can hear from those like KPFK LSB candidate Bella De Soto who support shifting the cost of the settlement to the network.Michael Ochoanoreply@blogger.com