[lbo-talk] the end of Behind the News

Sean Andrews cultstud76 at gmail.com
Mon Nov 1 17:47:25 PDT 2010


This really sucks, Doug. I am going to miss the show a lot. It is one of the only things I listen to regularly and it will be an enormous void. Sorry about this. But as others have said, let us know where to send the donations to get you up and running in another venue.

best, s

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 16:42, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> http://lbo-news.com/2010/11/01/the-end-of-“behind-the-news”/
>
> I just got a call from Tony Bates, WBAI’s interim program director,
> informing me that as part of changes to the schedule, my show would be moved
> from Thursdays at 5 PM to every other Saturday at 10 AM. This is clearly a
> considerable marginalization, so I’m going to quit. The rot of WBAI has been
> wearing on my nerves, and this change would bring the cost/benefit ratio
> into seriously negative territory.
>
> It’s remarkable that an interim program director who’s just masterminded
> another failed fundraiser—this one’s fallen about 1/3 short of its goal,
> despite being extended by several days—should undertake a renovation of the
> schedule. He’s the guy responsible for the chemtrails and footpads and 9/11
> nuttery during these failed fundraisers, too, so you can see what kind of
> vision he has. He’s got a good radio manner for hawking premiums, but when
> it comes to thinking, he comes in rather short. What a remarkable devolution
> from the days of the program director who gave me my show, Samori Marksman,
> a man with lots of brains and charisma.
>
> I apologize to any of you who contributed to the station on the basis of my
> recent plea. If you’d like to file a complaint about the money or the
> programming shift, here are some email addresses:
>
> [see original for links]
> ___________________________________
> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk
>



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list