[Kzyxtalk] Marco, I agree with you and so do many others

[Marco McClean]

Cecile wrote:
> >Marco: It has been a very long time that the KZYX has not served its 
> listeners. They are really stuck in a deep groove. & so much of the 
> programming is inane, useless, irrevelant (sp?)to the needs of our 
> community. But, of course, there are several good shows. I've given up 
> asking them to listen, and I just subscribe to KMUD. They have no 
> intention to change, or adapt, and so if you tune in, you hear 
> interviews that have nothing to do with present day needs. & the 
> shortage of real, unadulterated news is appalling. Once again, they 
> are a sellout, and a waste of time. I've stopped listening, and 
> instead read as much as I can, by using an IPod. If they don't 
> cooperate, it seems like a "self zapping" of my energy to try to get 
> them to listen to their listener's needs. They are dominating control 
> freaks. 


Cecile, I don't expect them to come around any time soon or even at all. 
I just flip around the dial sometimes while I'm driving and stop on KZYX 
and it's always so awful. And the /reruns/. I'm only listening a 
fraction of the time, usually late at night, and just about ever time 
it's something I heard before. Those people get the priceless, nearly 
unassailable gift of free use of three frequencies. That medium belongs 
to everyone; it's a natural resource. And MCPB literally /sucks/ at 
managing it. They hire a series of frauds who know nothing about radio 
to be the hood ornament, and nothing improves and nothing changes. It's 
been almost thirty years, now.

You're right; they are dominating control freaks. Can anyone think of 
the names of three people who ever spoke critically of management at 
KZYX and got to keep their airtime? Can you think of a single one? 
That's tyranny.

Meanwhile, Jerry just wired in a better mixing board at KNYO. Stop by 
and check it out. And if you have any pennies left over after helping 
KMUD, think of KNYO, running just fine on 1/60 of the mysteriously 
bloated budget of KZYX.

-- 
Marco McClean
memo at mcn.org
http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com
http://knyo.org