tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post6926134101859527437..comments2023-09-08T12:08:39.523-04:00Comments on WBAI: Exile Newsletter: March 15, 2016Chris Albertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-21349669310343669882016-03-21T23:17:05.041-04:002016-03-21T23:17:05.041-04:00Good. Should have happened a long time ago. Ther...Good. Should have happened a long time ago. There is no way to justify having a terrestrial radio station in Manhattan which spends 50% of its air time on fundraising and the other 50% on programming that nobody wants to hear. Pacifica should reap a fortune from the sale, far more than enough to pay all of its outstanding debts as well as the debts of the 2 stations. After those debts are paid, it will still have small fortune on its hands. It can use part of that money to set up high quality internet radio sites to replace the WBAI and WPFW. They can hire on-air talent with actual talent, programming directors with actual experience in radio and marketing people who can reach out to a new audience. Of course, they will probably just burn through the money, but one can dream.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-26534637673289607492016-03-21T17:27:33.472-04:002016-03-21T17:27:33.472-04:00Can you say "K-Love New York 99-5?"?
S...Can you say "K-Love New York 99-5?"? <br /><br />Sure you can!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-58974416257075409082016-03-18T12:50:49.845-04:002016-03-18T12:50:49.845-04:00I'm in agreement with you, Justine. Whatever o...I'm in agreement with you, Justine. Whatever one thinks of such shows, Mr. DiMele lent an air of professionalism to WBAI and he left his time slots in good hands. He also took care of his own premiums, which the listeners deserved, but "management" didn't.<br />Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-6826429148593468182016-03-18T12:37:50.783-04:002016-03-18T12:37:50.783-04:00Why Armand DiMele?
I wasn't a fan of his show...Why Armand DiMele?<br /><br />I wasn't a fan of his show, but it didn't seem that he was connected to the others you mention. Or do you know something I don't (which, of course, is entirely possible)?Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-82505654877499110102016-03-18T12:10:58.094-04:002016-03-18T12:10:58.094-04:00Last night, the PNB voted to have an election by e...Last night, the PNB voted to have an election by email of LSB members for officers and directors which includes Vajra and not Kathy Davis. Even Cerene didn't think it would work but did not object. I don't know what the thinking is here. If you accept Vajra as a member, then they're split evenly and there will be no quorum. In theory, it could be a setup for a recall effort but maybe I'm just being paranoid. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-52027573802289180662016-03-18T07:06:29.285-04:002016-03-18T07:06:29.285-04:00This is so bad so terrible. Such a noble instituti...This is so bad so terrible. Such a noble institution like Pacifica brought down by this Clown Car of meat heats!<br /><br />If I had won the zillion trillion gillion buck lotto. I'd save the network, but on condition that the current so called Democratic Madhouse by-law, and rules be abolished 'all' factions be abolished, and those most responsible for the ongoing problems Honorably Retired. <br /><br />That's the first thing...then the big stuff...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-36968149389299917922016-03-18T01:47:01.469-04:002016-03-18T01:47:01.469-04:00Glad WBAI is falling flat on its face - long overd...Glad WBAI is falling flat on its face - long overdue and well-deserved. BAI has been corrupt for a long time. Many staff were screwed over, including Sydney. Hope Samori, Valerie, Robert Knight, Dred, Armand DiMele, Utrice, etc, are all burning in Hell!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-22368246453831427282016-03-17T18:26:50.964-04:002016-03-17T18:26:50.964-04:00It seems that the only question now is which domin...It seems that the only question now is which domino will fall first? Whether BAI is taken down by Gary Null, its transmitter issues or its board; or whether the KPFA foundation issue isn't resolved or KFPK goes on being, well, KPFA, it will take down the rest of the network and foundation with it. <br /><br />At least, that's how it looks to this admittedly distant observer.Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-26670554570440135052016-03-17T15:14:54.949-04:002016-03-17T15:14:54.949-04:00Have your choice of headache medication at hand......Have your choice of headache medication at hand...<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-77769040115567796872016-03-17T13:42:35.337-04:002016-03-17T13:42:35.337-04:00OK. We have a Gary Null lawsuit, WBAI transmitter ...OK. We have a Gary Null lawsuit, WBAI transmitter issues, Siegel inquiry, KPFA Foundation issue, CPB audit issues, a deadlocked LSB at WBAI, KPFK hijinks and a PNB<br />with bogus affiliate directors, an imaginary ED and Cerene as the lone WBAI member. <br />Wow! Talk about drama. Will they save PFW? Will they send out the premiums before Agarwal shows up? Will there be another impromptu Mozart concert? Stay tuned for the next episode of As Pacifica Turns when we find out what happens at the PNB special meeting tonight. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-84436062152783760192016-03-17T13:07:41.050-04:002016-03-17T13:07:41.050-04:00Ever see flies trapped in a bottle? Reimers and th...Ever see flies trapped in a bottle? Reimers and the Pacifica jokers had the stopper, but the alley cats ate it! Even if all this idiocy is done with station elimination in mind, the perpetrators are ll losers.<br /><br />Those piles of "thank you gifts"? The postage machine ain't working'!Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-87344147056191075072016-03-17T13:01:03.672-04:002016-03-17T13:01:03.672-04:00Um looks like NY, and DC are fucked.
I remember th...Um looks like NY, and DC are fucked.<br />I remember that it was "bai the partially funded, and helped physically build DC. When I first got to 'Bai I was with one of the crews that went down to help.<br /><br />We went down in a rented van with equipment we could spare assorted junk, and happy idealism. We got food on the road at a 7-11 that had just got robbed. We joked there should be an outside vending machine for robbers...they stick the barrel of the gun into it, and 100 dollars in various small bank note, and change would come out...a couple of coke to.<br /><br />Win-win, everybody happy no one gets freaked out or hurt.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914769586760504627noreply@blogger.com