Pacifica is a radio network; and radio networks don't function without transmitters. this has everything to do with reaching an audience in an area as large as southern calif, and nothing to do with authenticity -- although no one's ever heard of an authentic radio network without transmitters. KPFK doesn't just play to an audience in Los Angeles. it does all it can to make sure its signal reaches from the mexican border to as far north as possible, to san luis obispo. it even has a transmitter, and separate radio band, in santa barbara county. the reason being to bring it's programing to people living in a desert of right wing limbaugh clones, with no access to alternative points of view over the airwaves.
If by Pacifica you mean KPFK, doug, your comment is pure nonsense. the station's transmitters were old and needed replacing.
new transmitters were purchased before the new board took control; but the old miscreant board withheld funds for their installation, so there was inadequate funding to make them operational. even schubb, the failed KPFK manager, to make himself look better, wrote the foundation asking for the money to make them operational -- as if he didn't already know the old pacific board had spent that money on itself. naturally, the old board ignored him.
KPFK is currently transmitting at a fraction of maximum power due to the financial crunch. in an area as large as southern calif, this means reception problems for listeners unlucky enough to live in certain areas -- listeners vital to the future of KPFK and pacifica. money for the transmitters, and to bring KPFK's signal back to full power, is a very high priority with the new KPFK management, listeners, and LAB.
gunther's comments are factual and accurate. coop's lies and misrepresentations have inspired several detailed factual refutations. i'm glad gunther's reached the LBO list.
regarding cooper's false allegations of anti-semitism, roy tuchman, a broadcaster with KPFK for over 25 years and jewish, refuted them over the air. Mr. Tuchman was and is friends with the "evil black racist" in question and said the man is not a racist and never has been.
a desperate man like cooper will find any place to hang a hook. anyone who has heard yiddish word "schwartze" coming from a jewish person knows there is an undercurrent of anti-afroAmerican racism in the jewish community, just as there elements of racism in all ethnic communities. tragically, no group is immune from this stupidity and poison.
cooper and his buddy kaufman did the listeners of KPFK a big favor when both refused to fund raise. prior to that point, the new KPFK management did all it could to extend an olive branch to all KPFK staff, hoping to save the station from further destructive divisiveness and get it back on its feet. good old coop showed his true colors and, thank goodness, was asked to leave.
if libel and slander laws had provisions for jail terms, and anyone thought cooper's attacks, blather and ranting were significant enough to sue him, he'd be in jail. if the new treasurer did serve jail time for tax evasion, cooper doesn't say why -- a lie by omission. there's no evidence that coop's claim is true; but then there's no evidence anything coop says it true.
it is not uncommon among those who were tax protesters because they objected to over 1/2 of every tax dollar they paid being spent on war, to pull a little jail time. it's not uncommon for the US govt to use tax evasion charges to attack political protesters. anyone on this list fit this category?
there definitely is a place for Coop in the pentagon's new, joseph goebbels inspired, Office of Strategic Influence, writing material like his propaganda about pacifica and kpfk on behalf of others like himself.
i've taken the liberty of posting cooper's letter to the list so those who wish to can read it and weep. it will follow right after i post this email.
R