[Kzyxtalk] Automated Radio

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I heard 4  sources (including NPR) say that trust in fellow humans is 
fundamental to good mental health.
That  fundamental quality seems critical in forming and maintaining 
solid relationships & community.
Thanks for your advocacy Scott.

On 6/17/2016 10:22 PM, Scott Peterson wrote:
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> Dear Fellow Listerv People,
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> I'm old school. I learned graphic art in the days of galleys and wax. 
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> it progressed into desktop publishing. Did that for a while. Then stopped.
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> Because everybody with a computer could do it.
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> Took up business development after that. Cold calling. Person-to-person.
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> Then automated marketing came along. Now everybody with a computer
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> is doing it. Sort of. But I'm still doing it.
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> Finally I happened upon KZYX. A spare time project. Looking to see why in
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> the world cornerstone nonprofits were doing so badly here. Sure enough,
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> automation was in the works locally too. Everywhere. Especially at KZYX.
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> Here's the plan. It started with a chat room honcho by the name of John
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> Coate. Hired to displace community radio in favor of NPR. Starting with
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> individual programmers. The feistiest went first. As always. Heads rolled
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> after that. Nonstop. Until the feisty were gone. And the vanilla remained
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> Finally Mister Coate went bye-bye. Thrown under the bus by his betters.
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> I've seen this in the cold-calling business. Time after time. Like the 
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> of John Henry. Technology brought in to do the work of man. Succeeding
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> in once sense. But failing in another -- relationships.
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> Remember Phaedra Savage? Or Beth Bosk? What about Sister Yasmin?
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> Or Els Cooperider? I didn't agree with them, but I had a relationship with
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> them. All of them. Do I have the same relationship with NPR? No I don't.
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> The idea of automated radio is playing itself out. Right here. As we 
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> Ultimately, we'll lost this battle. And succumb to NPR. Automated radio.
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> Along with ideas sponsored by people like John Coate. But until then, I'll
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> continue being an advocate for relationships.
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> Sincerely,
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> Scott M. Peterson
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