The one on KPFA that makes me puke is Guns and Butter, and all the Griffie nuts. Avis on 6/3/06 8:58 PM, Altaf Bhimji at altafb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > If the morning show at KPFA was "flagship" maybe i'd not complain... > but it most often sounds like NPR --- i've given examples b/4 on this > list... actually it was for 7:00 A.M. not 8:00... > > in anycase, the move was approved by the local board, and program > council --- but was stopped because of internal issues... that i > mentioned earlier... The point I was trying to make is --- who > exactly has the power at this stations? If the local board that are > elected (remember democracy?) cannot make these decisions, then who > does...? And if the local board does not have this authority... then > what is the point of having a station board in the first place? Or, > "democracy" for that matter... If I want to see changes at the > station --- who do i "lobby" Philip Maldory? do i have to go talk > with each of the programmers? that is just plain absurd --- that is > why we struggled for elected boards - that could make such decisions > - instead of individuals with their individual powers. > > Altaf > > On Jun 3, 2006, at 8:40 PM, pamela somers wrote: > >> That cuts right into the middle of morning drive time, which is >> considered prime time at any station, as a station's morning show >> is usually a flagship program. Amy tried to do the same thing at >> WBAI. She was not successful. /P >> >> >> >> Altaf Bhimji wrote: >>> I have not given up on Pacifica - my dial is still tuned to 94.1 >>> KPFA ---- At the same time, I honestly do not fully comprehend the >>> various factions and politics 'cause I have not been fully >>> involved for a couple of years now... although I do have >>> intentions of going to a People's Radio radio group that is here >>> in the Bay Area who are attempting bring some life back to the >>> original movement. The thing is, so much of these changes we need >>> to see (such as those identified in the Sam Husseini article I >>> sent earlier) are so bogged down that it is like trying to move a >>> big huge boulder with both hands tied behind one's back... I >>> understand that much of the issues we need to deal with are the >>> same as a few years back... But whenever there have been moves, >>> for example at KPFA - we have life long programmers who've >>> seriously held things back... such as a very basic change of >>> having Democracy Now at 8:00 morning drive time, instead of at 9 >>> --- when most everyone is already at work... This move was >>> approved by the local board, and it never got implemented. When I >>> see such incidents, then it is like I feel that I, as a listener/ >>> member, am totally disempowered... that my elected board can't >>> even implement any changes... then who controls the station? >>> Philip Maldory? I think at stations such as KPFA, and others... we >>> need a serious new movement that would be willing to address these >>> kinds of issues head on. Altaf On Jun 3, 2006, at > > > > New Pacifica Working Group > http://www.egroups.com/group/NewPacifica > 'Save Our Stations!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/xYTolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New Pacifica Working Group http://www.egroups.com/group/NewPacifica 'Save Our Stations!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewPacifica/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NewPacifica-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/