[lbo-talk] WBAI crisis

John Adams jadams01 at sprynet.com
Tue Nov 18 16:36:46 PST 2003


On Tuesday, November 18, 2003, at 07:25 PM, Chuck0 wrote:


> How much money is being wasted on syndicated programming like Gary
> Null's worthless show?

Wrong question--ask this instead: How much are they making by running it? There's almost certainly fundraising going on around it, and it's almost certainly pulling in more than is going out.


> WPFW has some really stupid talk shows that are just platforms for
> people who have managed to snag those slots. <snip> Another problem
> with these stations is the dearth of local reporting.

Talk radio is cheap. Good news reporting costs money.

All the best,

John A



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