tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post8738405864793097444..comments2023-09-08T12:08:39.523-04:00Comments on WBAI: Sober look at the rubbleChris Albertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-57624452790669908682017-01-31T14:57:37.142-05:002017-01-31T14:57:37.142-05:00Chris -
Thanks for the site BTW!
A frequency swap ...Chris -<br />Thanks for the site BTW!<br />A frequency swap would provide capital to move WBAI into the 21st Century. But you're correct about current management...they would most likely squander any proceeds from such a sale/swap.<br />It is painful to watch stations around the country fall victim to opportunists and folks who need mental health evaluation. This country needs reasoned and organized opposition, now more than ever! WBAI and Pacifica are the natural choice to lead the effort but both are paralyzed by infighting and simple ignorance of what it really means to be a "progressive."Tom Taylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-17431207359825581262017-01-30T18:04:29.963-05:002017-01-30T18:04:29.963-05:00I am not sure if WBAI uses its HDs, but I believe ...I am not sure if WBAI uses its HDs, but I believe they might have done so at one time (A Catholic channel comes to mind)..Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-68210041672381762992017-01-30T18:00:17.941-05:002017-01-30T18:00:17.941-05:00Whatever it really costs to keep WBAI on the air t...Whatever it really costs to keep WBAI on the air these days is money down the drain, because the listeners have left. <br /><br />I don't believe that a frequency swap will do any good unless the station also undergoes a total cleanup. The better host/producers can be brought back, but I think they number no more than three.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-86328812976369071132017-01-30T17:26:55.245-05:002017-01-30T17:26:55.245-05:00Does WBAI use it's HD channels? If not...why??...Does WBAI use it's HD channels? If not...why???!! There could be another three formats geared for individual communities at little cost. I might mention the community station in Atlanta does not operate with HD either which is a pity...Tom Taylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-21298927484170818942017-01-30T17:23:45.685-05:002017-01-30T17:23:45.685-05:00Why do you dismiss a signal swap outright? That fr...Why do you dismiss a signal swap outright? That frequency is worth $75 million and that money could be better used to advance progressive principles and causes than running a radio station with "50,000 watts!"<br />Study the demographics. Radio listening is getting older every day. My kids, the oldest in college, the youngest a teen, NEVER listen to the radio. All 5 have Spotify accounts for music and GBs of music on their phones.I work for a student run college station which used to have a 20 share with kids 12-18...my kids have NEVER heard of it!!<br />A re-think is needed for all progressive factions on how to best use media to advance the cause. I promise you that the fighting at WBAI is doing nothing to advance race relations and equality!Tom Taylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-84564854038458756242017-01-05T23:35:47.576-05:002017-01-05T23:35:47.576-05:00The PNB meeting is obsessing on the issue of write...The PNB meeting is obsessing on the issue of write-in candidates. I've heard of filibustering but this is ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-1308814094045066272017-01-05T21:35:11.984-05:002017-01-05T21:35:11.984-05:00I'm surprised, SDL—what on earth makes you so ...I'm surprised, SDL—what on earth makes you so cynical?<br /><br /> "Education at the Crossroads" is going off now, but "Bashir," the idiot producer/host ran himself off the road a long time ago, so now it's just another excuse to fill air time. This evening's show was ostensibly to promote a friend's upcoming astrology celebration (something life-changing is in retrograde). We were promised that this mission-drifting WBAI joke will soon arrange to have an exciting astrology bash downstairs. They might even invite this Strayhorn guy—another con artist.<br /><br />My though was that, between this woman from New Jersey and Strayhorn, the outlook for WBAI will no longer be a secret.<br /><br />It's Trump's thugs on a very small, ostensibly insignificant scale.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-67314729410245992122017-01-05T20:47:28.171-05:002017-01-05T20:47:28.171-05:00An article on this atrocity.
http://www.telegraph...An article on this atrocity.<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/05/norway-become-first-nation-switch-fm-radio-shift-digital/<br /><br />It was bad enough last year when France, Luxembourg and, I think, Germany killed their AM stations.<br /><br />Some is, or will be, making money off these closures. I bet people will start being charged for radio service yet.<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-50556333558146345212017-01-05T17:30:21.948-05:002017-01-05T17:30:21.948-05:00Thank you, Ed.Thank you, Ed.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-51710747087313245012017-01-05T15:56:10.780-05:002017-01-05T15:56:10.780-05:00Next week, Norway will go digital. No more FM rad...Next week, Norway will go digital. No more FM radio. Switzerland will go digital in 2020.<br /><br />Digital radio allows many more radio stations.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00188739057515366200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-43181521013362657482017-01-04T10:47:41.186-05:002017-01-04T10:47:41.186-05:00I agree - I can't stand Sommer's holier-th...I agree - I can't stand Sommer's holier-than-thou self-righteousness. His show is my second fastest turnoff, after Wolff's "economic" update.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-64921453031703443992017-01-04T03:34:55.215-05:002017-01-04T03:34:55.215-05:00I would rather have Vajra. Scott slams you over th...I would rather have Vajra. Scott slams you over the head with his leftist politics like Mimi. He can also bore you to death. I shouldn't make fun of his twang. He is like Gary Null and Mimi- ones who verbally beat you up for not being as compassionate as they are. He is a reasonably serious Jew, and the first go round, Met Council fervently endorsed Dinkins. The second go round, Met Council also fervently endorsed Dinkins, I called up and asked, "How could you when He Kept the cops back for three days on EASTERN Parkway in Crown Heights during the pogrom? He said that was bad information from police commissioner Lee Brown and it wasn't Dinkin's fault". Yimach shmo vezichro- shem reshaim yirkav. I'll translate that if you want me to.<br /><br />KGTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-28535844257735007652017-01-04T03:01:14.161-05:002017-01-04T03:01:14.161-05:00Housing is a good subject for WBAI to have in the ...Housing is a good subject for WBAI to have in the program schedule—are you saying that Sommer doesn't do his homework, or is it the Brooklyn accent that bothers you? Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-42406585900999339452017-01-03T20:37:55.186-05:002017-01-03T20:37:55.186-05:00An unoffical WBAI poll:
Can anybody stand Scott So...An unoffical WBAI poll:<br />Can anybody stand Scott Sommer? or can't stand him but think his info is valuable? or love him but can't stand that "Steam Heat" song from the "Pajama Game"? or love everything about "Housing Nope-Book" except that nasal voice "fwum Bwuklin"?<br /><br />KGTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-48593534075380820092017-01-02T20:48:36.688-05:002017-01-02T20:48:36.688-05:00Same old drivel from Ochoa. Notice he never says a...Same old drivel from Ochoa. Notice he never says anything about Reimers, Bates or WBAI management? Yeah...<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-39466361101668145362017-01-02T11:17:18.340-05:002017-01-02T11:17:18.340-05:00Jim and I have different approaches but we agree o...Jim and I have different approaches but we agree on the basic problem. This program grid just does not work and needs to be updated. We need an honest program evaluation system designed to create a program grid that appeals to a broader audience. More listeners means more members which means more revenue. Programmers making an honest effort have nothing to fear from evaluation. It can only increase their audience and protect them from arbitrary actions to pre-empt, re-schedule or cancel their programs. <br /><br />Programmers can start now by adopting what I'm calling a continuous fundraising model for lack of a better term whereby they start airing ID checks and fundraising appeals that fit the context of their program. This would allow us to move beyond those long dedicated fundraisers which not only pre-empt them but produce diminishing returns.<br /><br />We also need to work to retain members once we recruit them. The entire election process was hampered by the lack of accurate membership data. Simply maintaining an accurate list can increase revenue by bringing in dues from lapsed members and voluntary contributions. <br /><br />I agree with Jim about not working with those on the opposing faction who are not acting in good faith. However, I do believe there are people of good faith on the opposing faction who are fed up with their own members who pay lip service to opposing a sale while working for a LMA. You can hear it in the voices of members during PNB meetings. We need to reach out to them and find ways to cooperate instead of just trying to dictate with fragile majorities.Michael Ochoanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-85088599546782173482017-01-02T06:20:45.862-05:002017-01-02T06:20:45.862-05:00"People only like to hear what reinforces the..."People only like to hear what reinforces their assumptions and propositions and folks here are no different." ewhat I always say about people. Why do you think right wing AM talk shows did so well?<br /><br />Producers aren't going to raise any hell, holy or otherwise. Their lives are their air time, and they aren't risking being fired.<br /><br />Dingeman is just another one of these LSB morons who is out for his own ends. Notice how not a single LSB jerk has come out and said fire Reimers, who is WBAI's #1 problem and enemy? That is all you need to know.<br /><br />SDLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com