[Kzyxtalk] Fwd: Some Questions I Plan on Asking at KZYX's Board Meeting at the Point Arena Public Library, Monday, August 29, at 6 pm

[Mary Kathryn Massey]

Mr Gregory, 

Your snide comment does nothing to help the situation and further perpetuates the "club" you belong to along with a few other "lifers" afraid of losing their show at KZYX/Z. 

You can bury your head in the sand, but like it or not, the station is out of compliance and in serious financial straits. 

What have you personally done to help the station? 

And, do you think your show would be picked up by any other station? Test it out and then, get back to us on how successful your efforts were. 

Thanks. mkm

On Aug 24, 2016, at 2:13 PM, Tim Gregory <tgregory at saber.net> wrote:

Somebody open a window, they're back...
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My Questions:
1. Mendocino County Public Broadcasting (MCPB) hasn't posted its previously filed
IRS Form 990s on its website for over two years. This is a violation. Who's
responsible? When will they be posted?
2. Are MCPB's Form 990s accurate and complete?
3. The Savings Bank of Mendocino issued a $75,000 line of credit to MCPB. How much
is available today? And what collateral or what cosigner is securing the $75,000
line of credit?
4. MCPB hasn't posted meeting minutes on its website for the last eight months.
Who's responsible? When will they be posted?
5. Redwood Community Radio's board of directors spend eight hours a week on KMUD
business (according to RCR Form 990s). MCPB's board of directors doesn't spend any
time on KZYX business (according to MCPB Form 990s). Is that why MCPB doesn't post
Form 990s on its website?
My Conclusions:
It's been clear that former GM John Coate cooked the books, and I've heard from lots
of knowledgeable people anecdotally that there are major fiscal problems looming
ahead for MCPB. Both the FCC and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting are only
now beginning to learn of the full scope of MCPB's problems. Once they learn the
whole truth, expect the station's licenses to be yanked and the station's federal
subsidy to be yanked.
Two years ago, I was just a canary in the mine that sounded the first warnings. I
was vilified. I lost my show. Now, many people are realizing our public radio
station is in a death spiral. Our biggest problem? Memberships decline as expenses
rise.

With the appointment of Interim GM, Diane Hering, an old hippie with her own drug
issues, but not a mean old hippie like Mary Aigner, the station's broadcast
equipment will continue to fail and office premises will continue to be unkempt.
Station finances will continue to fail. Memberships will continue to decline. No
real work will get done, and we learn we'll have have this opiate-addicted slob,
Rich Culbertson, returning to the station after quitting in a hissy fit, running
around barefoot trying to milk the place for what he can. The station should be
closed, and moved to Ukiah, and it should be or absorbed by KMEC.
Relevant IRS Regulation -- Public Inspection and Disclosure of Form 990-T

Section 501(c)(3) organizations (charities) must make available for public
inspection Forms 990-T,Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return. IRS guidance
provides as follows:
Guidelines in Treas. Reg. § 301.6104(d)-1 and Notice 2007-45, for making annual
returns available for inspection and copying generally continue to apply, except
that a return covered by the guidelines includes an exact copy of a Form 990-T filed
by a charity after August 17, 2006. The return also includes any schedules,
attachments, and supporting documents that relate to the imposition of tax on the
unrelated business income of the charity. Schedules, attachments and supporting
documents that do not relate to the imposition of the unrelated business income tax
do not have to be made available for inspection and copying.

For more information about which attachments to Form 990-T are subject to
disclosure, see Public Inspection of Attachments to a 501(c)(3) Organization's Form
990-T

A charity must make Form 990-T available only for the three years beginning on the
last day (including extensions) for filing the return.

The IRS must make Forms 990-T filed by charities publicly available; use Form 4506-A
to request copies. Copies of Forms 990-T on DVD may be purchased from the IRS. See
Copies of Scanned Exempt Organization Returns Available.






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