============================: TUE.SEP,990914 :============================19:30| Libertarian Book Club / Anarchist Forum : Lyn Gerry :Pacifica & WBAI,                               Lyn Gerry , Free Pacifica Web site, 122 W. 27th St. ( 6 << 7 Av ) Fl 10 , To right . Donations .|19:51| |19:56|  Run by  BobErler  who I met @ MMM , 990501 |  Petitions : WBAI Save our Station . Board of Directors Pacifica must be removed for malfeasance : Petion : FCC to oppose sale of BAI or any of the other stns . Protest Oct 2 .Donation : $5 +-   normally @ 339 Lafayette Radical crib . Anarchist Forums go back to `50s .   1st Thurs @ 19:00 .BobPalmer : Radical Arch & Hist Tour :  Sun Oct 3 , 14:30  | @ 339LayfayetteGreens : Lawsuit aganst malathion spraying . Protest : thu 16,13: 315 Bwy .|20:7| LynGerry  freepacifica.com  | was @ kbfa . abt WBAI survival : Oldest Anarchist project , 50 yrs .  incursion of both Gov & Corp control . DoJ intervening on side of KBFA Pacifica mngt . Public TV also . Make BoD self selecting body . over last 5 yr .  Plan to sell WBAI don`t know value : KBFA  $200M . SF mkt only #3 mkt . NYC ( WBAI ) #1 .  $300M . irrrelevant - has to do w Free Speech & dialog . BoD MichaelPalmer intercepted e-mail to Dr Berry saying lay off Clinton .  Private Media would be most aggresive biders .  Audigraphics ratings  to determine  Cost % Listener .  WallSt NPR CPB  Microsoft . | Slow Financial death . Not self-supporting - cash starved .  Boxed in @ own will . Dtd Jul12 . Next day Dennis Bernstein dragged out by armed guards . culmination of actions since early `90s . steming from decision to become network . Was reaction to ascendancy of Christian Right . Pacifica wasbeing acused of Hate mongering - but was spectrum of views . Part of move to deFund Liberal Public Media . Wanted response to Rush Limbaugh . ' Pacifica doesn`t belong to any of us ' 'By We I mean All of Us . '  Early Activist in Micro Radio . DennisBernstein : Ironic , Liberals setting a new Standard for Censorship .  History : Pacifica Union Busting thru network -  KPFK .  Lost approval of restructuring and right to see books & records . In past  could control mngrs pay .  15 people - half spying for mngt . Transmitter engineer exception   . Most paid work just like volunteer .  Money historically not overriding issue . Being On Air sucks you in like  desease . | cannot be looked @ in numerical terms .  1st straw firing of LarryBedstein . Separated paid & unpaid staff . Old Timers removed in brutal manner . Mama OShay . ' Could submit  demo tape . '   Went thru hoops . Dead of Heart Attack . Same people claim to be ' the leaders of the Progressive movement . ' Nicole Solia good feeling mngr . New ProgDir : Afro .  | Fired Larry , 60+ yr old - wanted to change to Weekend . Would do  own fund raising . Anti Clinton - Just started : Impeachment Watch .  Democracy Now , here , subject to same pressure . Pat Scott giving  instructions not to dis Clintons . ' Broadcaster must have freedom to take ethical stands . ' If didn`t stop ' criticizing US ' wouldn`t carry on Pacifica Satellite . Self-selecting board to Liquidate assets .  Interest on $200M more than Listeners input . Only 50 at hearing . ' If change programming can get 5k.' News dept told to gag  firing of popular mnger . Revenues up .|20:59| ?&As : Who is Pacifica ? Tail grew large so wagging dog : Non-profit holder of license . Licenses donated .  Gradually expanding . No internal democratic process . Listeners had only power to give or not . Corp Politica Process seemed meaningless to staff & listeners .`95 revealed clicue in charge . Expansion of natnl structure after Reagan dereg - rent out sidebands : $750k % yr to National . National then Increased from .03 to .17 bite from stations . Aim to centralize everything . Few paid Locals . ' I`m Not good at choosing hands raised for Qs . ' | Must carry rules - Sell 2 stations for $200M - Streaming - need Capital  for new tek . Listeners must topple .  What positive can happen in next  few mo ? Max : unpaid & paid in 1 union  `89  Electronic union |21:11|  Battery |21:12|  WBAI is well known in NYC as an alternative talk station . I never have listened to it ( I don`t spend time in a car ) , but I hear lots of references to it . One woman in audience in Non-profits herself said there was no reason that WBAI should not be making good money .  It was interesting to see these radicals , who dispite there claimed Anarchism , tend to yearn forSocialist ' equality ' waking to the ascendence of a tyranny in their own structure .

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