[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.

[sako4 at comcast.net]

Fact check: Half of KZYX's budget is spent on salaries and benefits. Look at our published financials. 

Further fact check: KZYX's GM makes just shy of $60,000. Remember, John Coate gave himself a 10 per cent raise back in the summer of 2013 -- way back when a third of all county employees were being pink slipped and its remaining workers were forced to take a 10 per cent pay cut. 

So much for worker solidarity here at KZYX, your would-be community and public radio station! 

Further fact check: Mary Aigner, Program Director, is entirely superfluous. She's unnecessary. Dead weight. During the almost seven years that I had a biweekly show on KZYX, Aigner did nothing to help me. Nothing. Zero. Nada. Zilch. I planned all my own shows. I scheduled all my own guests. Every single one. I outlined all shows. Prepared all questions. And, I did all my own follow-up, including thanking guests. 

Aigner, and her snarky attitude -- for which she is justly infamous -- only got in my way. 

Question: Exactly what does Mary Aigner do to earn her annual salary of $50,000, plus benefits? 



----- Original Message -----

From: "David" <uw at kzyx.org> 
To: "kzyxtalk" <kzyxtalk at lists.mcn.org> 
Sent: Monday, November 2, 2015 1:53:42 PM 
Subject: Re: [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. 

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 


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