<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">These are the cold, hard facts, David.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">KZYX's staff salaries and benefits will total $234,502 for Fiscal Year 2014. That's half the station's budget per published financials on the station's own website. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">KZYX's total budget is $570,350. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">$570,350.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">For what? </span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">For frequent dead air, scratchy signals, fuzzouts. For dropped webstreams. For public affairs shows that aren't permanently archived. For public affairs shows that aren't posted to Public Radio Exchange or Radio4All, or otherwise promoted in the least to the big, wide world outside of Mendocino County. For snarky attitudes by staff. For programmer purges by management. For members that aren't allowed to communicate with one another, because management hoards the membership list under the pretext of "privacy". For for weak, ineffective, and irrelevant Program Advisory Committee. For a nonexistent Community Advisory Board. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;">That's obscene. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"David" <uw@kzyx.org><br><b>To: </b>"kzyxtalk" <kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, June 3, 2015 1:27:22 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Kzyxtalk] The Big Lie<br><div><br></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Let me reiterate. You stated, “And
oh, by the way, the folks at KZYX won't disclose their salaries”. That is
clearly untrue. You know what the GM makes. And you’ve known my salary
for more than a month. If you wish to have a dialogue, start with facts, not
with lies and/or misinformation.</span></span></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></span></b><span size="2" face="Tahoma" data-mce-style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">
kzyxtalk-bounces@lists.mcn.org [mailto:kzyxtalk-bounces@lists.mcn.org] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>sako4@comcast.net<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 03, 2015
1:10 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> kzyxtalk<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Kzyxtalk] The Big
Lie</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">The main thing, David, is that I
completely disagree with the KZYX business model, as it was set up 25-years ago
by the station's founder, Sean Donovan...paid staff in a closed clubhouse
located in a place where nobody lives and where the station's broadcast signal
must travel up and down mountain ranges.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Instead of paid staff drawing salaries
and benefits totaling $234,502 -- half the station's budget per published
financials -- I think the people of Mendocino County would be far better served
with all that money going to just one really competent chief engineer, with the
balance of the money going towards equipment, technology, and a relocation of
the main studio to Ukiah.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Think about it, KZYX's total budget is
$570,350. That's a lot of money. But what do we get? </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">I'll start with five things. One, your
snarky attitude. Two, frequent dead air, irritating scratchy signals, fuzzouts.
Three, purges of those programmers who dare to question management. Four,
frequent pledge drives. Five, shows that aren't permanently archived.</span></span></p>
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</span></span></b><span color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family:
Helvetica;color:black">"David" <uw@kzyx.org><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span></b>"kzyxtalk"
<kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent: </span></b>Wednesday, June 3, 2015
12:43:13 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span></b>Re: [Kzyxtalk] The Big
Lie</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy">For the record, first, I’m officially on my lunch hour, so
don’t accuse me of surfing the web or sending emails on company time.
Second, you chose the forum, not me. </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy">Let’s at least be clear, John. Your constant whining about
the paid staff and what they’re paid is tiresome. As you well know, the
station does not divulge personal information about employees and it does not
give out member names, addresses, phone numbers, or email addresses. </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy">The aforementioned notwithstanding, in an effort to dispel the
idiotic rumors or innuendoes made by you and others, I decided to disclose my
salary, which I then made public at the May 4<sup>th</sup> KZYX board meeting.
Although you were there and heard me, for those who were not in attendance,
I’m paid about $15 an hour. Not really a living wage but higher than the California minimum. But
when you factor in the 50-60 hours that I work each week as a salaried employee
(i.e., no overtime), my salary is really about $11 an hour. Earned in Mendocino County with poor roads, high prices, and
no decent public transportation.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy">After I made my salary public at the May 4<sup>th</sup> board
meeting, you cornered me during the post-meeting social time to tell me you
weren’t really talking about me. You wanted to have one of your patented
“Hey Buddy” moments—you know, those moments where you attempt
to make one drop their guard and allow you to play nice. It doesn’t work
that way. Don’t insult someone in public, and then privately tell them,
“well I didn’t mean you….” Don’t
pontificate on these list-serves or elsewhere, and then attempt to cuddle up
one-on-one. You state in this latest email that “And oh, by the way, the
folks at KZYX won't disclose their salaries”. The fact is, as I’ve
recounted above, I did that publicly a month ago, with you in attendance, and
here you are still whining.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy">When it comes to the constant barrage of BS that gets passed around
on list-serves and elsewhere, it makes one think of a scene from the film
“Risky Business”: “Sometimes you just gotta say, ‘What
the fuck’”. But not on the air, right John?</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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color:navy">David</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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font-family:"Bodoni MT Black";color:navy">David Steffen</span></span></span></span><span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></span></span></p>
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font-family:"Bodoni MT Black";color:navy">KZYX Business Development</span></span></span></span><span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"><span></span></span></span></span></p>
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color:black;font-weight:bold">From:</span></span></span></span></b><span><span><span size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;" style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black"> kzyxtalk-bounces@lists.mcn.org
[mailto:kzyxtalk-bounces@lists.mcn.org] <b><span><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></span></b>sako4@comcast.net<br>
<b><span><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></span></b>
Wednesday, June 03, 2015 10:38 AM<br>
<b><span><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></span></b>
kzyxtalk<br>
<b><span><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></span></b>
[Kzyxtalk] The Big Lie</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN CONSIDERING TO PLEDGE TO KZYX --
THEY LIE!</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">by John Sakowicz</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">The budget of KZYX is about $570,350. Meanwhile, the budget
at KMEC in Ukiah is something like $19,000.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">The difference? </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">KMEC is all-volunteer. On the other hand, KZYX has paid staff that
sucks the very life force out of the station. They are bankrupting KZYX. </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">And what is the lie?</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">The lie you're being told during the current pledge drive is that
local programmers at KZYX need that $570,350 to stay on the air. It's a lie. A
big fat lie! The programmers don't need the money, because they don't get the
money. Any money. Zero. Zilch. Nada. They don't see a cent. Not even gas money.
Who gets the money? KZYX staff gets the dough. Lots of it. $234,502 in salaries
and benefits, with another $18,554 thrown in for taxes.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">Don't believe me?
See: http://kzyx.org/Board/MCPB%20FY2015%20Budget%20As%20Passed%207-7-14.pdf</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">Think about it.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">We do great radio at KMEC. Maybe even better than KZYX with their
big bucks. Just this week, I did an interview with Hedrick Smith, who has won
two Pulitzer Prizes for news reporting as the Washington bureau chief at the <em><i><span><span><span face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial;" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial">New York Times</span></span></span></span></i></em>
and three Emmy Awards for documentaries on <em><i><span><span><span face="Arial" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial;" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family:Arial">Frontline</span></span></span></span></i></em>
at PBS.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">Earlier this year, I've done a series of interviews with equally
well-known and respected whistleblowers: Tom Drake, Bill Binney, Kirk Wiebe,
and Russ Tice at the NSA; Coleen Rowley at the FBI; Ray McGovern, Mel Goodman,
and Patrick Eddington at the CIA; Elizabeth Murray at the National Security
Council; Mathew Fogg at the U.S. Marshall's Service; and Peter Van Buren and
Mathew Hoh at the U.S. Department of State.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">All of these interviews are archived. Many are posted with video
to Youtube. Our Youtube audience is big, and it's getting bigger every day. Our
interview with Ray McGovern has already attracted over 3,500 viewers</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">Soon, these interviews will also be posted for the widest possible
distribution through NPR's Public Radio Exchange and Pacifica's Radio4All. And the interviews have
already attracted attention...national attention. A major foundation wants to
fund a curriculum based on the interviews for the next generation of
whistleblowers in Washington.
It''s pretty exciting.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">Keep in mind that I am one of only 15-20 programmers at KMEC. We
all do good programming...really good programming. And we do it all for about
$19,000 a year. </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">How do we do it for only $19,000? Because we're all volunteers.
KMEC is truly "community radio", as is also true for KNYO, where our
friend Marco McClean hosts a wonderful show.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">His op-ed is found below.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">The truth?</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">KMEC and KNYO are community radio stations. KZYX is not community
radio. KZYX is more accurately described as a jobs program for the people who
work there. </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Arial" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black">And oh, by the way, the folks at KZYX won't disclose their
salaries. And that, my friends, is truly pitiful for a station that purports to
call itself "community" or "public" in any way, shape, or
form.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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color:black">How do I know all this? Well, I'm not only a programmer at KMEC,
I'm also on the Board at Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, the parent of
KZYX. And I ask questions...questions that you, the listener, should also be
asking during this pledgge drivve.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black;font-weight:bold">From: </span></span></span></span></b><span><span><span color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">"Marco
McClean" <memo@mcn.org><br>
<b><span><span style="font-weight:bold">To:
</span></span></b>"kzyxtalk" <kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org><br>
<b><span><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:
</span></span></b>"announce list @ MCN"
<announce@lists.mcn.org><br>
<b><span><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:
</span></span></b>Wednesday, June 3, 2015 4:38:35 AM<br>
<b><span><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:
</span></span></b>[Kzyxtalk] Announcing a timely point or two about KZYX, or
rather MCPB. I've made them before, so I'll be brief.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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Helvetica;color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black">(I don't mean to clutter the Announce list. If you want
to discuss this, <br>
please check the address field and follow up in kzyxtalk or Discussion <br>
list or reply directly to me. I'll be happy to read what you have to say <br>
on my radio show on 107.7fm KNYO in Fort
Bragg.)</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black">A timely point or two about KZYX:</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black">When airpeople tell you in a pledge drive that KZYX
needs your money to <br>
keep their shows on the air, they're telling you something that is not <br>
true. They may not realize they're lying-- they may really believe what <br>
they're saying-- but if that's so it's because information has been <br>
deliberately kept from them by very bad managers who have been using them.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black">The total of all money required to operate KZYX and
"keep the great <br>
shows on the air" never even approaches half the amount in the annual <br>
CPB grant, without which the station would have failed utterly every <br>
year of its existence-- that's how bad the management is. It means: <br>
every dollar pledged or donated or sent in as membership money goes not <br>
to operate or house or improve the station but to enrich a handful of <br>
people at the top. John Coate alone sucks $60,000 out of the station <br>
every year. That's 1,200 fifty-dollar memberships. Mary Aigner and David <br>
Steffen and Rich Culbertson each suck $40,000 out of the station every <br>
year. (I /think/ they do. The financial records which by law should be <br>
readable by any member are obfuscated where they're not withheld, so I <br>
have to estimate.) From what I'm able to glean from the deliberately <br>
confusing financial reports, just Mary, David, Rich and John represent <br>
an ongoing annual $180,000 drain on the station. That's the equivalent <br>
of 3,600 fifty-dollar memberships, where the station only has about <br>
2,000 active members. The solution to this should not be to plead for <br>
ever more money; it should be to spend existing money on the station <br>
itself instead of on the CEO and his cronies.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black">When I and other members pointed this out and when I
suggested that John <br>
Coate take a voluntary pay cut to solve the signal problems of the <br>
station he's supposed to be managing, we were called /haters who want to <br>
destroy the station/.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black">And here, I'll just repeat one paragraph from my latest
letter to the <br>
editors of the Anderson Valley Advertiser and the Ukiah Daily Journal:</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black">If the airpeople are expected to volunteer their time
and energy and <br>
talent, why is it beneath John Coate and Mary Aigner and David Steffen <br>
to similarly volunteer? If it's ridiculous to consider even mildly <br>
throttling back on the money diversion that John's and Mary's and <br>
David's salaries represent --which amounts to endlessly hemorrhaging <br>
many times the actual cost of running the station-- how can the board <br>
continue to declare it ridiculous to pay the airpeople a meaningful <br>
stipend for the airpeople's essential work? If the board's reasoning is <br>
that John and Mary and David do better work for being paid, why should <br>
that not apply to the airpeople? They call the airpeople their <br>
"wonderful volunteers" --well, get John and Mary and David to <br>
wonderfully volunteer and they can be wonderful volunteers too, and the <br>
station will have hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to spend and <br>
never have to do another smarmy pledge drive ever again. Think of it: <br>
they could dispense with all their soul-shriveling lying about how much <br>
the station needs pledges and donations "to keep the great shows on the <br>
air." The board could just live and enjoy it and be people and do their <br>
own unique shows, if they're the sort of people who want to do radio and <br>
lift people up to do radio and give people access to the tools to do <br>
radio and then step out of their way, and if they're not, why are they <br>
on the board of a community radio station?</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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Helvetica;color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black">The people who are really hating are not the ones who
point out true <br>
things like this, they're the bad managers and the board of directors <br>
who enable the bad managers. And the currently suspended broadcast <br>
license is not the fault of the members who complained to the FCC in an <br>
effort to shake some sense into the board to either rein in the bad <br>
managers or replace them with good ones; it's the fault of the enabling <br>
directors on the board and the bad and/or greedy and/or incompetent <br>
managers they enable.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black"> </span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><span size="3" color="black" face="Helvetica" data-mce-style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;" style="color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Helvetica;color:black">The apparent opinion of the board's Locutus (Stuart
Campbell) --that <br>
KZYX is such a vast and complicated operation that it requires a <br>
well-paid tyrannical bureaucratic cabal to make the trains run on time-- <br>
is clearly not true. Other community radio stations live quite well on a <br>
tenth the money KZYX wastes (!) and they make improvements, and their <br>
airpeople show up to functioning studios and do their shows. And when <br>
things break they get fixed, and when electrical problems arise they get <br>
dealt with, and their finances and operation are transparent and the FCC <br>
doesn't yank their license.</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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Helvetica;color:black">---------------------------------</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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Helvetica;color:black">Marco McClean<br>
memo@mcn.org<br>
http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com</span></span></span></span><span color="black" data-mce-style="color: black;" style="color: black;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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