[Kzyxtalk] Fwd: Good news & bad news from David Barsamian

Cindy Swan cswan at willitsonline.com
Tue Jul 1 12:55:16 PDT 2014 

Why not, John?
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> From: "Alternative Radio" <info at alternativeradio.org>
> Date: July 1, 2014 11:43:10 AM PDT
> To: cswan at willitsonline.com
> Subject: Good news & bad news from David Barsamian
>
>
>
> Tuesday, July 1, 2014
>
> Thank you for supporting independent media!
>
> Dear AR Listeners,
>
> Thank you for helping Alternative Radio through its 28th broadcast  
> season. We need your help to gear up for Season 29.
>
> When I started this project in 1986, I could not have imagined it  
> blossoming into its third decade, airing on 175 radio stations, nor  
> the effort it takes to keep it going. Fortunately, you keep it  
> going, and remain my inspiration.
>
> In unity & struggle,
>
> David Barsamian
> Founder & Director
>
>
>
> Table of Contents
> 1. Support AR
> 2. David's Speaking Engagements
> 3. Summer Broadcast Schedule - Best of AR
> 3. Good News from AR's 28th Season
> 4. Bad News
>
> Support AR
> AR continues without corporate or foundation underwriters, political  
> campaign advertisers, government grants, or progressive populist de  
> Medicis covering our annual operating costs. So at the start of this  
> new fiscal year, we need listeners, little guys, long-time  
> supporters, indie media devotees, and Chomsky fans to step up on our  
> behalf. There are several ways to support AR financially:
>
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>
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> "for its general purposes" with the specific purpose.
>
> David's Speaking Engagements
> July 26th - Anaheim, CA - Media, Capitalism & the Environment
> Aug 14th - Ames, IA - Grassroots Radio Conference keynote speech
> Sept 8th - Boulder, CO - Annual State of the World Address
> Sept 11th - New York, NY -
> Sept 21st - Edmonton, AB - Imperialism: Then & Now
> Sept 26th - Cambridge, MA - 30th Anniversary Celebration with Noam  
> Chomsky
>
> Summer Broadcast Schedule - Best of Season 28
> Richard Wolff - Naked Capitalism
> Paul Cienfuegos - Community Rights
> David Nibert - The Animal Industrial Complex
> Lester Brown - The Future of Civilization
> Vandana Shiva - Seeds & Freedom
> Ray Suarez - The Latino United States
> Sandra Steingraber - Contamination Without Consent
> Chris Hedges - Captain Ahab & U.S. Empire
> Paul Ehrlich - Distress Signals from Earth
>
> Good News from AR's 28th Season
> We succeeded in bringing 16 first-time speakers into the lineup,  
> incisive critics of current policymaking and advocates for a  
> paradigm shift in how we care for the planet and each other:
> Paul Ehrlich - Distress Signals from Earth
> Sanho Tree - End the Drug War
> Ray Suarez - The Latino United States
> Sonia Nazario - The Courage of Immigrants
> Snehal Shingavi - The Rise of the Hindu Right
> John Nichols - Dollarocracy
> Pratap Chatterjee - Outsourcing the War on Terror
> David Cay Johnston - Societal Impact of Inequality
> David Bacon - Migration & U.S. Policy
> Susan Clark - Slow Democracy
> David Nibert - Animal Industrial Complex
> Bryan Stevenson - Justice for Some
> Max Blumenthal - Israel: Siege Mentality
> Victoria Banyard - Sexual Violence
> Mohammad Fadel - Egypt in Crisis
> Justin Lewis - Media & Consumer Capitalism
>
> This season our affiliate list grew. We gained airtime and  
> reconnected with old friends:
> KQBM West Point, CA
> WHUS Storrs, CT
> WAZU Peoria, IL
> KKWE White Earth, MN
> KYAQ Newport, OR
> KMUZ Salem, OR
> KXTR-LP Stephenville, TX
> KNWT Cody, WY
> Deprogrammed Radio - Norwich, UK
> Bush Radio - Cape Town, South Africa
>
> Operation Air Time A couple of Pacifica radio stations that once  
> carried AR, WBAI New York & WPFW Washington, D.C. are long overdue  
> to consider a regular weekly timeslot for us. We're also trying to  
> get back on the air regularly at KVNF Paonia and KZYX in Mendocino  
> County. Here's how you can help. Email one of these program  
> directors and let them know (politely) that you want AR back on the  
> airwaves! Consider asking friends and family in NYC, DC, the Western  
> Slope of Colorado or Mendocino County to do the same.
> KVNF: Ali Lightfoot, ali at kvnf.org
> KZYX: Mary Aigner, mary at kzyx.org
> WBAI: Berthold Reimers, Online Contact Form
> WPFW: Katea Stitt, kstitt at wpfw.org
>
> Operation Digitize AR Alternative Radio received a grant from the  
> Lannan Foundation to digitize 500 hours of archival recordings that  
> AR Director David Barsamian has compiled. Some of the highlights of  
> the work so far:
> Noam Chomsky - The Culture of Terrorism (2 CDs)
> Abbie Hoffman - An Evening with Abbie Hoffman (2 CDs)
> Winona LaDuke - An Indigenous View of North America
> Jack Sheehan - Reel Bad Arabs
> I.F. Stone - Radical Journalism
> Studs Terkel - Telling It Like It Is
>
> What People Are Saying About AR
> "Exemplary, proficient, jarring, just wow." - Richard in Eugene, OR
>
> "Your program with David Cay Johnston is one of the best things I've  
> ever heard in my life." - Fred - North Fort Myers, FL
>
> "David Barsamian is really doing some amazing work. I just wish the  
> mainstream media would pick up on all the great things Alternative  
> Radio does." - Howard - Poland, OH
>
> "What a dazzling hour. I was in my car listening to Alternative  
> Radio for the first time and I had to stop and park and wait to hear  
> everything Pratap Chatterjee said. Thank you!" - Shirley - West  
> Hartford, CT
>
> "So essential to keep bringing this information to America. Hats off  
> to David Barsamian. I wish I could send you a million dollars." -  
> Kathy - Waldo, ME
>
> "AR in my view is an oasis in a wasteland of media vapidity. Hell,  
> if there were justice or reason you would have a budget and the  
> resources to rival the AM Gasbag-hate mongers." - Jim - Edmonds, WA
>
> Bad News
> • Corporate media are worse than ever, and most NPR affiliates are  
> not much better
> • Our rent is going up $600 a year
> • Online storage for sound files is going up $1200 per year
> • Postage rates went up but we are not increasing shipping charges
> • Facebook now charges for reaching the 3000+ fans who "like" us,  
> but we have no marketing budget
> • David was not awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant or Guggenheim  
> Fellowship
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