<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div aria-label="Compose body"><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="9psme-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="9psme-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="9psme-0-0">Marco,</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="1djdl-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="1djdl-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="1djdl-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="fikfq-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="fikfq-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="fikfq-0-0">Excellent letter.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="c4n9s-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="c4n9s-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="c4n9s-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="2u5ku-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="2u5ku-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="2u5ku-0-0">Something needs to happen to flush the truth out into the open at KZYX. You have raised so many important issues.</span></div><div data-offset-key="2u5ku-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="2u5ku-0-0"><br></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="f9jbj-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="f9jbj-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="f9jbj-0-0">I thought I was on the right track toward getting to the truth by filing my complaint to the FCC two years ago, but John Coate and Mary Aigner hired an expensive Washington D.C.-based law firm that specialized in FCC license renewals to defend themselves and the station.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="7kfjl-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="7kfjl-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="7kfjl-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="9i70p-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="9i70p-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="9i70p-0-0">Someone now needs to bring a formal complaint to the CPB.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="1pqup-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="1pqup-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="1pqup-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="3hr31-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="3hr31-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="3hr31-0-0">I'll persist in my grievance and possible lawsuit. The station's policy of a "loyalty oath" is reprehensible.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="6bgfe-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="6bgfe-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="6bgfe-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="459q4-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="459q4-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="459q4-0-0">The quality of a show's content, the skill of the show's host as an interviewer and producer, the ability to attract top guests speaking to important issues, and the demonstrated evidence of attracting and building an audience, should be the only criteria in having a show on the schedule at KZYX.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="3aibe-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="3aibe-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="3aibe-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="f05op-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="f05op-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="f05op-0-0">Who should have a show on KZYX?</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="e49nv-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="e49nv-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="e49nv-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="6ns8e-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="6ns8e-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="6ns8e-0-0">You, Marco McClean, should have a show...4-5 hours every other week after midnight on KNYO and KMEC in a show that is both informative and entertaining, and 30-plus years doing both radio and newspaper work, including KZYX, is proof enough.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="f097u-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="f097u-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="f097u-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="7s642-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="7s642-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="7s642-0-0">I should have a show...a weekly show on KMEC on a powerful digital platform that goes out to the Public Radio Exchange and Radio4All, with a Youtube audience of 34,326 (and growing), top guests (including Nobel Prize laureates, Pulitzer Prize recipients, and Emmy Award winners), foundation support (Guggenheim and others), underwriter support (Frey Vineyards, Orr Hot Springs, and others), and nine years experience doing radio, including KZYX, is proof enough.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="7nokq-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="7nokq-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="7nokq-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="4cm35-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="4cm35-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="4cm35-0-0">Doug McKenty should have a show...years of having up to three different shows at a time on the KZYX schedule, wildly popular with listeners, and a proven fundraiser during Pledge Drives, is proof enough.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="cu6v0-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="cu6v0-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="cu6v0-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="93okp-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="93okp-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="93okp-0-0">Norman De Vall...retired member of the Board of Supervisors, years doing a popular show on KZYX about county politics, and many years experience in hosting candidates debates, forums on ballot initiatives, and election returns, is proof enough.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="dcmvu-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="dcmvu-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="dcmvu-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="30e4l-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="30e4l-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="30e4l-0-0">So why don't we have shows on KZYX?</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="cgkub-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="cgkub-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="cgkub-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="6780k-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="6780k-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="6780k-0-0">None of us is likely to take a loyalty pledge to KZYX management. That's why. </span></div><div data-offset-key="6780k-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="6780k-0-0"><br></span></div><div data-offset-key="6780k-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="6780k-0-0">But, by the same token, none of us have ever used our show as a platform to criticize management. Never. Not ever. Not once. As long-time programmers, we're too professional to abuse the privilege of having a show.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="evo1a-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="evo1a-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="evo1a-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="62ju1-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="62ju1-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="62ju1-0-0">We must continue fighting, Marco. Fight how? Bring a complaint to the CPB. Bring more complaints to the FCC. Bring a class action lawsuit from disenfranchised programmers.</span></div><div data-offset-key="62ju1-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="62ju1-0-0"><br></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="8fbvj-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="8fbvj-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="8fbvj-0-0">You get the idea. We -- you, me, Doug, and Norman -- must be the leaders. It is on us to change the culture at KZYX and bring control of Mendocino public radio back to the public. </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="ctirf-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="ctirf-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="ctirf-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="m28b-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="m28b-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="m28b-0-0">They are other important agents for change at KZYX. Dennis O’Brien, who has worked hard to get the station to follow its own by-laws. Scott Peterson, who has worked hard to open the books on the station’s finances. King Collins, who has worked hard to organize the station’s members and give them a voice. And, Sheila Dawn Tracy, who has reported truth to power at the station.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="ba0bt-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="ba0bt-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="ba0bt-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="4g095-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="4g095-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="4g095-0-0">Are we worthy of the trust that the public has in us to continue fighting the good fight?</span></div><div data-offset-key="4g095-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="4g095-0-0"><br></span></div><div data-offset-key="4g095-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="4g095-0-0">That is the question.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="cajgo-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="cajgo-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="cajgo-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="6qaub-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="6qaub-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;">John Sakowicz</div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="cqj4d-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="cqj4d-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="cqj4d-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="13qvk-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="13qvk-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="13qvk-0-0">"I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust."</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="c18e5-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="c18e5-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="c18e5-0-0"> </span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fc149" data-offset-key="8747u-0-0" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;" data-mce-style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: #ffffff;"><div data-offset-key="8747u-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr;" data-mce-style="position: relative; direction: ltr;"><span data-offset-key="8747u-0-0">Geronimo</span></div></div></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;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Marco McClean" <memo@mcn.org><br><b>To: </b>"kzyxtalk" <kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org><br><b>Cc: </b>"discussion lists" <discussion@lists.mcn.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, September 5, 2016 12:33:25 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Kzyxtalk] Loyalty and Labor Day<br><div><br></div>On 9/4/2016 6:34 PM, John Sakowicz <sako4@comcast.net> wrote:<br> ><br> > ...I'm thinking about taking Ed Keller's advice and finally filing my <br>grievance over my suspension, so I can nail down this heretofore <br>unwritten policy of a "loyalty oath", and sue the station to undo this <br>policy.<br> ><br> > -- John<br><div><br></div><br> John, it's not unwritten. The reason Sean Donovan banned me from <br>KZYX in the first place, in 1989, was that I refused to sign a written <br>oath to never talk about station business on the air, and then brought <br>Mitch Clogg, who Sean had banned from KZYX probably for the same reason, <br>to my show. I never got a grievance hearing --and who would have been <br>the hearer? Sean Donovan? It was the same with you, John. Who would have <br>conducted your hearing? John Coate? Stuart Campbell? Mary Aigner? Who <br>would conduct it now?<br><div><br></div><br> "Talking about station business on the air is grounds for losing <br>your show." I think the airpeople still have to sign something like <br>that. Certainly if an airperson were to so much as /squeak/ about <br>wanting to be paid for his work he'd be canned in a Philo minute.<br><div><br></div><br> By the way, here is exactly what Alice Woelfle-Erskine wrote, after <br>I complained of having been treated like a bug and then ignored by the <br>management of KZYX for a quarter of a century, and after I'd asked her <br>who exactly makes the programming decisions now, if not the the program <br>director, as I'd been told there was a "fresh new process for <br>determining programming," and what exactly is that process? The proposal <br>she mentions in the following paragraph was one I brought to the station <br>in person in February of 2012 and emailed like clockwork every four <br>months thereafter. In July of 2016, after Raul van Hall resigned after <br>two months in disgust of the place, fresh program director Alice wrote <br>to me (really, read this aloud to get the full benefit of the treatment):<br><div><br></div><br> >"The way that programming decisions are currently happening is this: <br>Potential programmers submit a proposal for a show. It is reviewed by a <br>programming committee and that committee decides which shows are <br>approved and when those shows will be aired. You submitted a proposal <br>for a show, which I think sounds very interesting. The programming team <br>has decided not to air it. We currently don't have an opening for a show <br>of your format or length. One thing we consider when discussing <br>programming is the programmer. It is important that the programmers on <br>kzyx are reliable, accommodating, respectful, and committed to serving <br>the station. The aggressive and demanding tone of your correspondence, <br>and the mistrust you have of the operating procedures here at the <br>station are not positive recommendations to you as a potential <br>programmer. We are not motivated to give air time to people who display <br>mistrust and aggression towards the station or its staff."<br><div><br></div><br>p.s., John, the chairman of the "new and improved" programming committee <br>she describes is Stuart Campbell who, in one of his last acts as <br>president of the board, appointed the chair of the /manager search <br>committee/, who threw out my detailed offer to manage the station out of <br>the hole it's in and then lied to a boardmember that I hadn't ever applied.<br><div><br></div><br>Why would I mistrust Stuart Campbell? Well, in Lord of the Rings terms, <br>why would anyone mistrust Grimer Wormtongue? In A Series of Unfortunate <br>Events terms, what's there to mistrust about Count Olaf?<br><div><br></div><br>I repeat: It's not possible for KZYX to cost anywhere near as much as it <br>burns through every year. ($600,000). Either the board and management <br>are phenomenally bad with money, or there's a clever thief among them or <br>with his hooks in them, or both. Lorraine Dechter couldn't change the <br>system there. Nothing has changed there since day one. Terrible, <br>terrible people are in charge and they use bureaucratic chicanery and a <br>cheerleading squad of naive sycophants and old junkyard dogs to keep <br>change from happening.<br><div><br></div><br>A radio station is a microphone and a transmitter and federal permission <br>to switch the transmitter on. All of that was taken care of at KZYX <br>before the Berlin Wall fell. If electricity is 15 cents per <br>kilowatt-hour and your transmitter continuously uses 4,000 watts, that's <br>60 cents per hour. Sure, there are a few fees and rents and phone bills <br>and a few old computers involved, but /$600,000 a year/? almost a third <br>of which comes in a grant from CPB that they just have to play a few NPR <br>shows to collect? and they can't pay the local workers?<br><div><br></div><br>--<br>Marco McClean<br>memo@mcn.org<br>http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com<br><div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>Kzyxtalk mailing list<br>Kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org<br>http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/kzyxtalk<br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>