Why refuse to screen calls?

Greg
gboozell@juno.com


-- Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.com> wrote:


On Aug 18, 2006, at 12:11 PM, 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.

Part of the prob is that Pacifica stations refuse to screen calls -  
consequently you get lots of loons. Whenever I've taken calls, 
mostly  
because a guest has stood me up, it's driven me into despair.

Doug
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