tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817488808342083958.post3451516115278328329..comments2023-05-18T08:23:57.660-07:00Comments on a voice in Oakland California: Why am I not listening to the radio station I support? Don Macleayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17083015728635699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817488808342083958.post-44626620379042037082013-10-17T21:18:45.736-07:002013-10-17T21:18:45.736-07:00I know you're asking Don, but my own answer wo...I know you're asking Don, but my own answer would be "Expand the audience," which is actually one of those he gave.Ann Garrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763740577715213433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817488808342083958.post-26604043315672770752013-10-17T19:56:12.392-07:002013-10-17T19:56:12.392-07:00This love/hate relationship people have with KPFA ...This love/hate relationship people have with KPFA especially during pledge month is interesting. i know people also have ti with KQED during their pledge periods. Any thoughts as to what stations that want to be independent of corporate control, commercialism and big donors can do. I believe as you implied that KPFA for the most part really does, while KQED only fakes it. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17215038546010688347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817488808342083958.post-21357426988716005672013-10-16T19:42:01.936-07:002013-10-16T19:42:01.936-07:00Thanks. :)Thanks. :)Ann Garrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763740577715213433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817488808342083958.post-61765122332259105462013-10-16T15:00:47.449-07:002013-10-16T15:00:47.449-07:00I have a lot of respect for Andrea. I think KPFA,...I have a lot of respect for Andrea. I think KPFA, sort of like the SF Mime Troope, needs to reach out to a new generation of listeners, supporters and managers. I really wish there was more structure and support to the work you Ann, and folk like Sabrina are doing. A lot of our longer serving staff have become a bit stale. Don Macleayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083015728635699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817488808342083958.post-46090804828580894312013-10-16T14:50:27.918-07:002013-10-16T14:50:27.918-07:00To answer Peggy's question. I do not support ...To answer Peggy's question. I do not support KQED, even though I listen to it because it is not community media. It is as corporate influenced as any other. Non commercial just means that the commercials are read by the announcers, not that it does not have commercial relationships. The idea that NPR is somehow "better" news is wrong. It is more professionally delivered news of the same type the rest of the media provides. Without such things as Pacifica, Counterspin and other such projects, we would have little to even critique it with. For example. If you are an NPR listener alone, what do you know about Israel. Are the settlements legal? What do you know about our banking system? Has it been reformed? Then NPR listener who does not have other sources of information may be bamboozled more by NPR because of its venire of professionalism and quality. Furthermore, if we in the public did not pay for it, the financial interests behind it have shown time and again that they have the funds to prop it up. In fact, the current budget is not mostly covered by donations. Donations are more of a ploy to give it the appearance of being non-commercial, independent and "public" Don Macleayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17083015728635699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817488808342083958.post-43799947562075300732013-10-16T14:35:29.504-07:002013-10-16T14:35:29.504-07:00I also wanta say thanks for voicing what I know a ...I also wanta say thanks for voicing what I know a lot of listeners are feeling. I shared it with the station's general manager and with a Yahoo list of programmers and listeners. Please understand that plenty of staff, paid and unpaid, are feeling the same way about the length and tone of the drives.Ann Garrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763740577715213433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817488808342083958.post-9623708723844805882013-10-15T23:13:43.995-07:002013-10-15T23:13:43.995-07:00There was an outreach committee meeting this week,...There was an outreach committee meeting this week, led by Local Station Board Member and Berkeley Copwatch Founder Andrea Prichett. They are working on outreach to San Jose, which the signal reaches, at the moment. I have long felt that some of the outreach that most needs done is on the website which should, for one, be driving more traffic in Google Search, but there's an impasse about that which seems all but impossible to overcome.Ann Garrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763740577715213433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817488808342083958.post-80238851317547660452013-10-15T22:43:23.297-07:002013-10-15T22:43:23.297-07:00So, er, I have to again ask the question, "Wh...So, er, I have to again ask the question, "Why not give to the station(s) you listen to?" When was the last time you listened to a station with COMMERCIALS? The grains of salt are kept next to the radio. I listen to that which shouts and preaches least and when I have money I give them some because I prefer pledge drives to ads. (Oh, and those nice gifts... they are nice to receive, aren't they, Don?)Peggy Simmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329449071679520791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817488808342083958.post-60600376398704803962013-10-15T14:51:14.193-07:002013-10-15T14:51:14.193-07:00Ouch. Interesting and provocative commentary on th...Ouch. Interesting and provocative commentary on the 'perma-drive' KPFA guilt-a-thon. While I often enjoy some of there guests, they have way too many repeat programs and you are correct that the holier than though messaging that wafts out from their likely unmonitored control room could be doing their storied brand more disservice than good. I also find it curious how they pitch the so-called poor, yet the 'tude is as if dropping $150-300 or annually is just a drop in the bucket - given how many other good 501c3s exist, it seems to me they could do a better job first by making you feel OK sending them $20 and concurrently executing a kickstarter program that built up their base. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00877230131394843848noreply@blogger.com