[lbo-talk] KPFA (was MALIK RAHIM: Yesterday's Radicals Devolve....)

[Steven L. Robinson]

Well,  as a  Bay Area listmember who has followed events at the California Pacifica stations for some time, it certainly appears from the reports that I have seen that the local board in Berkeley are acting more as a force for stablility while the staffers seem to be the ones pushing the station into chaos - by first forcing out one general manager (Gus Newport) and attempting- fortunately without success thus far  -  to force out another (Roy Campenella). Further, the station  is attempting to hire a program director - a position that hasn't been filled in year.    It is not clear to me what the staffers want other than the status quo, which - at least prior to the 1999 events- featured programing that in the main did not adequately serve the diverse Bay Area progressive community. Steve

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> 
> All that is true. Which is why I'm especially concerned to keep the 
> environment as sane as possible. Joseph is part of a contingent at 
> KPFA that wants to expand the power of the local board over what they 
> refer to as "entrenched" staffers. From extended observation of the 
> Pacifica scene for almost 15 years, that prospect frightens me. But I 
> urge all listmembers in the Bay Area to look for themselves and 
> report back. 
> 
> Doug 
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