[Kzyxtalk] [MCN-Discussion]- KZYX: Let's Make It Better

[nsi at mcn.org]

Jane Futcher was chairman of the Board at KZYX/Z while Belinda
Rawlins  ditzed away $200,000 of bank draw without any oversite from
Futcher .  Any General Manager who followed Rawlins would have
stopped the bleed.  But Jane embraced John Coate who had zero
experience in public radio and its need for sloppy democracy. Without
even giving Dan Roberts who also applied for the job of general
manager the courtesy of an interview.  Jane is a writer who writes
almost exclusively about her own life experiences.  Pat Kovner is a
retired physicians assistant who has served the extended Laytonville
community for more than three decades with a zest she still
retains.  Please give Pat  your vote in the next election should
you  be a voting member of KZYX/Z..  --beth bosk,editor New Settler
Interview

P.S. I'm not sure where Jane Futcher's letter occurred. If you see it
in one of your community newspapers, would you  kindly FORWARD my
post to that publication.  --beth

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Subject:[MCN-Discussion]- KZYX: Let's Make It Better

 KZYX: LET'S MAKE IT BETTER

 To the Editor, from Jane Futcher, Willits:

 As a former KZYX&Z board president and a current candidate for the
radio
 station's 3rd District seat on its board, I want to respond to
several
 inaccuracies in Patricia Kovner's recent letter to your newspaper.

 Kovner, who is also running for KZYX's 3rd District seat, clearly
cares
 deeply about the station. But she doesn't have all of her facts
straight.

 She claims the station is in "big trouble" because of three recent
letters
 of complaint to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

 First off, KZYX is not in trouble with the FCC nor in any danger of
losing
 its FCC license. The complaints from listeners to which Kovner
refers
 address several of the station's programming decisions and urge the
FCC to
 suspend the station's license. The FCC has no jurisdiction over
 programming. The commission monitors the nuts and bolts of
broadcasting --
 things like band width and frequency. KZYX
 hiring and firing the general manager, and ensuring the station is
run
 professionally, in a fiscally responsible manner and in compliance
with the
 station's mission. When I joined the board of KZYX in 2005, the
station had
 *no*had a general manager, and the board became way too involved in
the
 station's day-to-day operation, a situation that was onerous for the
staff
 and the board. Now that KZYX has a strong, fiscally responsible and
caring
 station manager in Coate, the board can and does maintain a "hands
off"
 approach to daily operations, as good boards should.

 Coate and his hard-working staff have performed miracles: They've
put the
 station in the black- no small feat- and made many technological
 improvements: installing a state-of the-art antenna for the
station's 90.7
 signal; changing the way the satellite studios connect to Philo,
rewiring
 the Philo Studio for greater reliability, and much more. Coate
personally
 rebuilt the station's Web site, making it more user friendly.

 KZYX there's no going back.

 KZYX&Z is not perfect and never has been. Community broadcasting is
a messy
 business. Pleasing listeners, programmers, volunteers, regulators,
funders,
 underwriters, donors, board, staff and community members, all with
strong
 opinions, is no picnic. I would hope that all of us who care about
the
 station can pull together, bridge our differences and make our small
but
 mighty community radio station even stronger.

 Sincerely, Jane Futcher, Willits
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