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19:30| Libertarian Book Club / Anarchist Forum : Lyn Gerry :Pacifica & WBAI
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                               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  | @ 339
Layfayette
Greens : 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 was
being
 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 for
Socialist
 ' equality ' waking to the ascendence of a tyranny in their own structure .

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