[Kzyxtalk] Problems at our station

[Joel Waldman]

ok...

On Feb 12, 2014, at 2:55 PM, Sheila Dawn wrote:

> 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.
> 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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