[Kzyxtalk] nly contribute to a public radio station that pays its airpeople as much per hour as it pays their boss. There are plenty such stations around. Look them up.

[David]

Marco.

It would be useful if you would spend a little time fact-checking. To begin,
start with facts.

First, you suggest that KZYX salaries are unknown. The GM's salary is (and
has been) known for years. It's been published on the KZYX website and
continues to be published on the KZYX website: $54,000 (look at the IRS form
990).

Second, you state (as if there's a basis for it) that "a good guess for what
David Steffen, the "business underwriting coordinator", was paid is in the
$40,000 to $50,000 range." Wrong.

As usual you fail to report that, as I announced at a board meeting last
spring, I'm paid a salary equivalent to $15.00 per hour, the oft-cited
"living wage" in Northern California. Do the math. That puts my income at
$31,200. That's assuming I worked only 40 hours per week. I wish. The
reality is that I work more like 60 hours per week. If you doubt that this
was announced publicly, feel free to check with the AVA's reporter who was
in attendance.

Third, as for "vilifying . . . people", perhaps you're referring to the KZYX
board meeting in Willits where I asked one board member to apologize for his
unprovoked personal attacks. He would not. I asked that same board member to
apologize to a contributing member of the station for telling that member to
"go fuck yourself". He offered no apology for that either.

David Steffen