On Monday, November 1, 2010 at 17:42:21 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes: >http://lbo-news.com/2010/11/01/the-end-of-“behind-the-news”/ > >I just got a call from Tony Bates, WBAI’s interim program director, informing >me that as part of changes to the schedule, my show would be moved from >Thursdays at 5 PM to every other Saturday at 10 AM. This is clearly a >considerable marginalization, so I’m going to quit. The rot of WBAI has been >wearing on my nerves, and this change would bring the cost/benefit ratio into >seriously negative territory. > >It’s remarkable that an interim program director who’s just masterminded >another failed fundraiser—this one’s fallen about 1/3 short of its goal, >despite being extended by several days—should undertake a renovation of the >schedule. He’s the guy responsible for the chemtrails and footpads and 9/11 >nuttery during these failed fundraisers, too, so you can see what kind of >vision he has. He’s got a good radio manner for hawking premiums, but when it >comes to thinking, he comes in rather short. What a remarkable devolution from >the days of the program director who gave me my show, Samori Marksman, a man >with lots of brains and charisma. > >I apologize to any of you who contributed to the station on the basis of my >recent plea. If you’d like to file a complaint about the money or the >programming shift, here are some email addresses:
Here is what I sent to Berthold Reimers and Tony Bates just moments ago: I just found out that it appears that as I was making this donation that you accepted, you had plans to marginalize Doug Henwood by moving his show from Thursdays to Saturdays every other week. To accept my money given in support of his show while surely at the same time planning to essentially destroy it borders on fraud. Who do I contact to arrange for my $150 to be refunded? The email above was in reply to another email I sent letting those two know of my donation to the station in support of Doug's show. I guess it is no surprise now that neither of them even bothered to acknowledge the donation with a simple thank-you. Bill _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
