[lbo-talk] Broadcast News

martin mschiller at pobox.com
Sat Aug 19 11:16:11 PDT 2006


On Aug 18, 2006, at 9:11 AM, Michael Perelman wrote:


> I listen a lot to KPFA. I absolutely abhor the talk show format.
> First of all there
> a lot of people who call in at every opportunity to make the same
> point over and
> over, like some woman who called in about some judge in Oakland. Most
> of the callers
> tend to be rhetorical. The questions are rarely on the subject.

The repeat callers suggested to me that there were second tier numbers, or someone was transferring calls from staff phones. I often heard the same callers on Foothill-DeAnza, and other bay area alternative call in programs. They are probably very active volunteers.

Martin



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