<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div aria-label="Compose body"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;">ANOTHER BOMB</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;">Editor,</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;">KZYX wrapped up yet another pledge drive, and this pledge drive bombed just like the pledge drive before it. This most recent pledge drive goal was $85,000. </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;">KZYX raised only $65,000.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;">The last pledge drive failed by a similar margin.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;">Clearly, the people of Mendocino County are questioning "business as usual" at KZYX. They're beginning to see KZYX for what it really is. KZYX is not a true community radio station. It is a closed clubhouse... a closed clubhouse that purges its critics, and a jobs program for the otherwise unemployable people who work there.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;">KZYX programming is mediocre, at best, and the station's broadcasts are frequently plagued by dead air, scratchy irritating signals, and fuzzouts. Its webstream drops a lot. And shows are not permanently archived. The FCC has failed to renew both of the station's licenses -- even after a year of legal wrangling -- and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting slashed funding by more than $50,000 this year.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;">Meanwhile, KMEC, a low power station in Ukiah, has national guests on its public affairs show, archives its shows, and it keeps the station humming without technical problems for less than less than $20,000 a year and nothing in salaries. Compare this to a budget of $570,000 a year and $236,000 in salaries and benefits at KZYX.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;">Thank you Mendocino County for supporting KMEC and KNYO until meaningful change comes to KZYX.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;">John Sakowicz, Ukiah</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #555555; line-height: 19px; background-color: #ffffff;"><a name="15" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #ad3b07;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #ad3b07;" class="mceItemAnchor"></a><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-28459" src="http://i1.wp.com/theava.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ornament2.gif?resize=87%2C46" alt="* * *" width="87" height="46" style="margin: 0px auto 7px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; display: block; line-height: 0;" data-mce-src="http://i1.wp.com/theava.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ornament2.gif?resize=87%2C46" data-mce-style="margin: 0px auto 7px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; display: block; line-height: 0;"></p></div></div></body></html>