[Kzyxtalk] Problems at our station

[Sheila Dawn]

This is a violation not addressed in my FCC letter and it is one of the reasons the station has a no tolerance policy when someone doesn't push the right button, leaves the station thinking the auto pilot is correctly dialed in and embarrases the hell out of the Program Director when two programs play simultaneously and people call in to complain only to find no one at the helm.  It should be enough to get the station in hot water--much hotter than a simple slip of tongue into forbidden territory.
                                      Sheila Dawn





On Monday, February 10, 2014 5:47 PM, "sako4 at comcast.net" <sako4 at comcast.net> wrote:
 
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 overtime 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.


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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



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>Subject:[Kzyxtalk] Problems at our station
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>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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