[Kzyxtalk] Problems at our station

[sako4 at comcast.net]

In addition to John Coate's $10,000 raise on or about June, 2013 -- at a time of presumed cost-cutting at KZYX, including the elimination of the station's news department -- it is my understanding that all staff got a raise after Coate laid off Christina Aanestad several years ago. 


The raise was sufficient to have all employees reclassified as "exempt" employees. Coate didn't want to be forced to ever have to pay o vertime again, as he did for Christina Aanestad. 


However, it's my understanding that staff barely puts in their 40 hours a week...no overtime 


I can tell you from personal experience that there is typically no staff on the premises at the station when I do my bi-weekly show at 9:00 a.m., on Fridays. Frequently, there is still no staff at the station when I finish my show at 10:00 a.m. 


In other words, that station was open but unattended. This is a serious FCC violation. 
----- Original Message -----
From: nsi at mcn.org 
To: "Peter Reimuller" <peterr at mcn.org>, kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org 
Cc: announce at lists.mcn.org 
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 12:21:06 PM 
Subject: Re: [Kzyxtalk] Problems at our station 

Thank you so much for this clarification, Peter. The one-time recruitment suggestion is wonderful, it addresses privacy concerns while allowing the station to provide a cost-free way for all members to reach out to each other, while allowing the retention of anonymity. 
Up to now the station has refused to provide any direct access to its membership list. I believe privacy is an important issue. Especially these days. And as a dissident, verbally, I have respected that as an excuse. Your solution solves the privacy issue. Any further balking on the part of John Coate is just yet another attempt at crowd control. He's blocked on-air open discussion re. the station. The meager space allotted the candidates on the written ballots is ludicrous. The excuse for that has always been "cost". John Coate was given a $10,000 raise at the cost of everything else, most tragically, a News Department independent of his own prejudices. 
And folks: until this is resolved, know that the Announce list is the one that reaches the most eyes and that's why people trying for change locally use it. --beth bosk 




----- Original Message ----- 


From: "Peter Reimuller" <peterr at mcn.org> 

To: <kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org> 

Cc: 

Sent: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 10:56:21 -0800 

Subject: [Kzyxtalk] Problems at our station 


First, and to come up to speed on this topic, I'd appreciate a 
synopsis of the problems others have noted with the station. 
Also, please note that this new MCN listserve category does NOT 
broadcast to all the web-savvy or radio-listening people of the 
county as a whole. It goes to a very small segment who happen to use 
MCN as a provider, who have been receiving the Announce or Discussion 
lists, and who have signed up to receive this specific list. And the 
great majority of these receivers are largely located in the 
Mendo-Fort Bragg area. As such it is not at all representative of 
the station's concerned listeners. 
Why cannot there be a listserve capability for this topic that 
includes the station's own email/donor list? Will the station share 
its list? Or will the station allow a one-time recruitment of 
interested parties from that same list? 
Peter Reimuller 


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