[Kzyxtalk] Conference Call

[Joel Waldman]

Dear Norman,

It makes me wonder at your inability to recognize a tyrant when you  
confront one.  Of what possible purposes will be served by sending  
information to a person whose egomaniacal lust for personal control  
over his "empire" knows no logic.  You will get no support for your  
cause from a comfortable bunch of geriatric hippies who just want to  
see the trains run on time.  Face it, Norman, John Coate keeps the  
station in his vest pocket by out-maneuvering any personal threat to  
his private vision of what he wants HIS station to be.  Just in case  
no one remembers, I was his first victim, years ago.  Coate cancelled  
my appearance on "Takes On The World," shortly after he was hired, in  
spite of advanced publicity announcing my on-the-air participation on  
that show.  A mere two hours before the show's broadcast he called to  
tell me my invitation was rescinded for reasons of, as he put it,   
"good radio."  That he got away with censoring me, without protest,  
makes me realize that our lovely little station is his until he brings  
it all down upon his own head in a Wagnerian Gotterdamerung.   
Meanwhile KZYX is elevator music and this dialogue is a waste of time.

Joel


On Jul 1, 2014, at 8:48 AM, Norman de Vall wrote:

> What do you think of my suggestion to send cc
> of all kzyxtalk comments to John Coate?
>
> On Jul 1, 2014, at 8:05 AM, doug mckenty wrote:
>
>> All of this represents a level of dysfunction at KZYX that has come  
>> to surprise even me.  How hard is it to arrange an open lines call  
>> in show for the CAB or the Board so the membership can call in and  
>> talk?  This is what healthy radio stations do.  This CAB  
>> teleconference "meeting" is just another pretense at "community  
>> input" while really only operating a a medium to censor the publics  
>> ideas in order to limit criticism from those who disagree with  
>> staff.  I am reminded of the way they would not allow open lines  
>> questions during the board debate, choosing instead to take  
>> questions beforehand and then only asking those questions vetted by  
>> staff.  All of this is absurd.  I mean really rediculous.  It would  
>> be hilarious if it was not so sad to watch such a valuable  
>> community resource under the control of a few people incapable of  
>> sharing what is rightfully ours.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>>
>>
>> On Monday, June 30, 2014, Norman de Vall <ndevall at mcn.org> wrote:
>> With the exceptions of a few programs KZYX will die of boredom.
>>
>> I'm trying to get back in but am not allowed.  Talk about control.
>>
>> My suggestion is that ALL kzyxtalk missives be copied to John Coate.
>>
>> The future of the station is in jeopardy.
>>
>> Interesting to listen to the whining of CAB members talking
>> about have to drive a few miles.  They might try being a programmer.
>>
>> With no thank you to those who, for some reason, listened.
>>
>> Norman
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 30, 2014, at 7:26 PM, sako4 at comcast.net wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I tried calling in. I could hear. But I wasn't recognized as  
>>> someone who was calling in. WTF?
>>>
>>>
>>> From: "de Vall, Norman" <ndevall at mcn.org>
>>> To: "kzyxtalk" <kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 7:07:02 PM
>>> Subject: [Kzyxtalk] Conference Call
>>>
>>> 7:04  :   Only five people have signed on to the call.
>>>
>>> And ---  there is a five second time delay.  The host
>>> can omit calls.
>>>
>>> Steve "Phish" is chairing the meeting.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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