Monday, December 14, 2015

KPFA has a fleetin' meetin'...


Once again, we have a meeting of the mindless and the hapless, but this time it comes from what once was Pacifica's wellspring, KPFA. Needless to say, it has run dry. In terms of accomplishments, there is no difference between this LSB and the ones in the hinterlands (including NYC), but where we have cronies pacing with sledgehammers and pulling chairs from under fellow members, these West Coasters do their coasting with a song. That's right, this faction show yearns for a runway, bursts into song, listens to a politically oriented motion, hates it, and adjourns with whoops and hollers. These people are minimalists who sing, dance, and get off the pot (porcelain, that is).

Indigopirate submitted this and, as always, he takes aim and hits his mark:

KPFA Local Station Board December 12, 2015
Summary of Points of General Interest

In a world in love with bullets… look – bullets!

[Exciting, isn’t it? – Bullets as substitutes for thought, prioritization, strategy – just like conducting a war in Iraq or Afghanistan or the South China Sea with Powerpoint presentations!]

Let there be bullets…

The network showed a ‘miniscule’ surplus for the year ending 30 September, but that’s largely the result of the nearly $1,000,000 bequest.

Pretty much everywhere but at KPFA, fund-raising totals are dropping – steepest in New York [WBAI], and to a lesser degree at all other stations.

That drop is a long-term trend ‘That I don’t think anyone has a special plan for reversing.’

‘There might be some money… we haven’t been aware… I can’t go into detail…’ and further vague references are made to mortgages and hope is expressed that with a CFO in place he/she may help.

There has been no forward movement as yet with respect to an Executive Director hire.

The other four stations [other than KPFA] are declining… conversely, we have a manager here [KPFA] who has clearly shown a turnaround is possible. Other stations should learn from those lessons – ‘how they can learn from KPFA how to run a radio station, and a network’.

There is a statement with respect to factionalism and the accompanying assertion that ‘working behind the scenes to help bankrupt other stations’ isn’t helpful.

Some people express doubts as to whether or not KPFA’s finances and overall condition are as positive as claimed.

~ ‘indigopirate’
It's all here

15 comments:

  1. Well, that was exciting and educational. No, it was repetitive. They seriously need to get a reality show in the works.

    I actually preferred the meditation premium a little while ago on WBAI. The thing I learned about that guy's technique is that it will teach me to toot my own horn like never before.

    SDL

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    1. A capella singing is demanding. It sounded like one con artist interviewing another, more successful one. I wonder if Reimers has received any insider complaints for his decision to bring Bates back? There ought to have been a walk-out.

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    2. A walk-out? And risk losing their precious airtime? Remember that these nitwits have a revolution to fight, from the safety of the WBAI sound closet.

      It IS interesting how certain people are filtering back - Bernie White, Cerene Roberts, Tony Bates. I wonder who could be next?

      The funny thing about this beg-a-thon is how many premiums are about making money. So much for socialism!

      SDL

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    3. There was talk of someone coming in from California to handle the beg-a-thon. Is that Tony Bates? Wasn't he out there after his tenure at WBAI? Or am I thinking of someone else?

      SDL

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    4. It occurred to me the other day that Bates is the heralded beggar-in-chief.

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  2. Unrelated: I am listening to Peter Bochan;s Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday special. Outstanding. If he does a 100th birthday special for Dick Haymes, I'll donate. But not yet.

    KGT

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    1. Bochan is good. I'm sure he will find another outlet when WBAI tanks.

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    2. Unfortunately, it will be WNYC. He can do better than that.

      KGT

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  3. gloria j brown ... reminding us again how african americans are suffering .
    News flash .. I got my own fucking problems . And so does everybody else .

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  4. I caught a bit of Null while having lunch and had to pause my chewing when I heard him say (about himself), "I cured AIDS." The man is either insane, a charlatan or a mix of both, but he certainly has no credibility. Now there is no point in ever listening to anything he ever has to say again. If he really cured AIDS, he'd be a billionaire in a week.

    SDL

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    1. Interesting. Then that probably WAS Null I saw walking across the park pond across the street.

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  5. Chris: I've got the clip where Gary "Jonas Salk' Null says he cured AIDS. What is your email again?

    KGT

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  6. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government by David Talbot.

    $150.00 from Amy Goodman.

    $18.44 from Amazon

    Talk about a good capitalistic mark-up!

    SDL

    P.S. Just as I am about to send this post, several other premium shows are interfering with The $2,000 Woman's premium.

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    1. A "markup" for someone who wears no "makeup".

      KGT

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