[Kzyxtalk] Memo of the Air: Good Night Radio, Friday night (was Re: 707 mag)

[Marco McClean]

On 8/24/2017, Kathy Westfall wrote:

 > Hi Marco,
 > We are local, yes. I was born in Mendocino and now live here with my 
kids. I am giving back by starting the 707 magazine . ZCode is the 
supporting company from San Diego.
 > Hope you have a great day.
 > Kathy


Oh, that's good to know, Kathy. Because I immediately got the impression 
the magazine company's business model is a cross between Amway.and the 
Yellow Pages.

Tell a little about how you got involved with them in the first place, 
and about the money flow*, and about eventual editorial control. How is 
that part of it different from the Fort Bragg Advocate/Beacon, the Ukiah 
Daily Journal, and so-called local radio stations, operations that have 
a few locals involved but are owned and/or controlled by giant media 
companies far away, and that never print or broadcast anything critical 
of their corporate masters or their corporate masters' friends or 
advertisers either distant or local? Or like KZYX's pretend news bits 
and weather reports that are just reading the Mendocino County weather 
page and softball interviews that are cheery, stoned-sounding, 
saccharine-sweet puff pieces that risk and expose nothing, while they 
shut out fine local reporters and airpeople who have anything at all on 
the ball. Because I'm hoping your project will not be like that.

Will you be the one deciding what gets printed and what doesn't, and 
what words, like /swell/ and /so's-yer-old-man/, get turned into 
asterisks? Will you be doing the layout and the ad art? Will you kids be 
managing the ad revenue and keeping the books?

*And who is behind  http://zcodemedia.com/products/magazines/ ? What's 
their source of money for these vast speculative runs of expensive slick 
printing? If it's all coming from you, then I hope you know what you're 
in for and aren't being hoodwinked by crooks with a fancy web page.


IN OTHER NEWS: tomorrow night (Friday) I'll be doing my radio show live 
from the KNYO storefront at 325 N. Franklin, Fort Bragg, so if you want 
to come in and play your musical instrument(s) or talk about your 
project (a new magazine, for example), or whatever, just traipse in any 
time after 9pm, head for the lighted room at the back and get my 
attention. I always bring enough material to read the whole time even if 
no-one shows up or calls. There's no pressure. (I'm mainly there just to 
read aloud on the air everything you email me to read and the 
interesting bits of what I've been reading all week. The deadline is 
always about 5 or 6pm on the night of the show. And if you miss that 
deadline, and you can't wait until next week, phone during the show and 
read your work in your own voice. And if there will be swears, wait till 
after 10pm to call, otherwise it agitates the weasels. 962-3022.)

Memo of the Air: Good Night Radio: Every Friday, 9pm to about 4am on 
107.7fm KNYO-LP Fort Bragg, including midnight to 3am 105.1fm KMEC-LP 
Ukiah. And also there and anywhere else via http://knyo.org or 
http://TuneIn.com


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Marco McClean

memo at mcn.org

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