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| Radio Pacifica on the ropes |
| 2015-09-13 |
| Feuding and ideological extremism have driven some of the US’s flagship leftwing radio stations to the brink of collapse, according to two veteran broadcasters. Ian Masters and Sonali Kolhatkar, hosts of the Los Angeles-based KPFK, said its parent network Pacifica Radio, the country’s oldest public radio network, was putting pressure on staff to reduce their hours and pay, leave or work for free, alienating listeners and approaching a point of no return. “This is the end. They’re running out of road,” Masters told the Guardian. He accused managers and board members of promoting conspiracy theories – including those related to the “truth” about 9/11 and claims about cancer and HIV. “They’ve run this place into the ground.” Kolhatkar, who hosts a daily show called Uprising, accused KPFK of betraying its progressive heritage and violating a union agreement by replacing paid employees with volunteers. “It’s Walmart-isation. It’s up to listeners to save this network from ruin.” More at the link |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #7 Ya mean Pro-Gulag, Death Camp Commies + aligned Far Lefties. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-09-13 21:05 |
| #6 SteveS, zero, the radio is inside all of us man. It's like listen and the vibes will, like yes. The squareville minions fear the inner radio, worrying they may have a Franki Vali day at the Annual Meeting and like mess up the give outs in front of the CEO d00d. But guess what man, the CEO likely got Lesley Gore running at volume 11 in his hed. So man the answer is 11 give or take. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-09-13 19:57 |
| #5 These guys were Trotskites back in my Berkeley days in the sixties. The real hippie radio station was KTAO in Los Gatos, sometimes a bunch of guys would come over with a bunch of beer and sit around and sing foc's'le songs and sea shanties. With gusto. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-09-13 13:48 |
| #4 Q: How many hippies does it take to run a radio station? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-09-13 11:09 |
| #3 It’s Walmart-isation That's up there with calling conservatives Nazis. No real context other than a pejorative, as the Nazis were the Leftest National Socialist Workers Party and had nothing to do with conservatism. Likewise, regardless of the hate propaganda of the union lefties as at Pacifica (or work for free), Walmart pays its employees for their work, has provided more work to unskilled workers than all the social handout programs of the left, and has provided access via low price to materials and medicines that otherwise would not be accessible to lower income families. For the Left, all they have to sell is hate. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-09-13 08:40 |
| #2 won't work for free, huh? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-09-13 08:06 |
| #1 The shadenfreude is strong from this one. Read some of the comments on the article, they are hilarious in a "Through the Looking Glass" sort of way. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-09-13 07:55 |