We have here a fairly sharp, conceivably illustrative, arguably (perversely) entertaining clash of perspectives...
Perhaps worth a listen...
Perhaps not...
~ 'indigopirate'
An unvarnished blog that dips into the past and comments on the present of WBAI-FM, a once significant, intelligent New York radio station that for years has suffered chronic abuse from within and now nears extinction. Your comments are welcomed and will not be censored.
Finally some honest talk from Maxie. No resources, no money, no audience members, sales receipts being used as membership data and people wonder why he can't fix the programming. He pretty much admitted he has idiots working for him but he can't or won't pull the trigger. Its time for some actions to follow that tough talk. While he is working on his flowcharts, the clock is ticking and the numbers in money and listeners is getting worse by the day.
ReplyDeleteSo they have sales receipts - Name, address, email, phone number, maybe the premium they are owed.
ReplyDeleteElection results show a whopping 830 returns for WBAI - that part it has to be in electronic format already
Between the two, there's the start of the member list. Start keying the rest of the demographics (favorite show, school, political affiliations, etc).
This is not rocket science folks.....
This whole exchange was priceless. Grace thinks waving her magic wand, er, passing a motion means anything. I give Maxie tons of credit for pushing back on these ignorant blowhards on the board.
ReplyDeleteSeems Maxie wants to get the numbers in order to be able to get rid of the dead wood....
ReplyDeleteGee Mr.PD / manager / producer, your not meeting the job requirement, not to mention your shows have no listners...
......Unfortunately we will need to let you go to