[lbo-talk] Article on WBAI dollar woes

[Chuck]

Auguste Blanqui wrote:
> Not that a great a piece, but does contain some info on the station 
> finances.  The author claims to have seen the listenership figures, says 
> they're really down, but doesn't get much more precise than that.  (Do 
> they share that with you, Doug?) 
> 
> I have to admit I don't listen at all other than for Doug, the FAIR 
> show, and Democracy Now.  I think the station would do so much better 
> with more shows like that.  Seems like everything outside of them is 
> increasingly on that HIV/AIDS conspiracy-to-9/11 Truth-to vulgar 
> nationalism continuum.

I think I've only heard a few hours of WBAI, probably when I was in NYC 
for the 2004 RNC protests.

If you want to listen to an independent radio station that does it 
right, try listening to KKFI (http://www.kkfi.org/) which is a 100,000 
watt indie station here in Kansas City. It has Democracy Now, FAIR, the 
Heartland Labor Forum, an hour with local atheists, and music from 
across the spectrum.

Speaking of the 9/11 conspiracy movement, our local newsweekly, the 
Pitch, just published an article about local 9/11 activists:

Bush Blew up the Twin Towers
http://www.pitch.com/Issues/2006-11-23/news/feature.html

Chuck