One thought on “Shit, Goddamn, Fuck Yeah: The Revolt of the Listeners”

  1. Noted on KPFK’s webpage today [above Espanol promos now] : there is on top a prominent banner says “safe harbor'” program – which may be one most listeners who are paid-up donors do not recognize in name nor content.  

    Furher down home page are Programs from 12 M to 3 am weekdays that have recently been substituted in for long-long-time “Somethings Happening” program – and are being notably promoted … but questions arise:

    Are these programmers new to KPFK ?
     or were they already programing here before under a different name ?

    Are any of these on staff-payroll ? or are they volunteers
    for now ? 

    Is the same iPD [program director Alan Minsky ]- choosing which programs are on-air still ? or has this function been displaced to other management?

    Who or how is Oversight of what is on-air programming ? 
    Does LSB – old or newest ones- have any power or influence over what is put out, on radio waves, and used to be attracting listeners and FCC – or others ? 

    There is a ‘program comment’ link on KPFK website that was never before answered nor acknowledged when written to – so is that link useful now ? or valid for responses to these ‘new’ changes ?

    we assume there is a desire to attract younger people, who may or not pay their dues here, and also African-Americans and hip-hop-rappers-music adherents to KPFK …and to neglect and dismiss those ‘older’ stakeholders who may still hold and have different personal values. Can this be so ? 

    How can donors and stakeholders find out what is actually occuring in these shifts and obvious bias changes when KPFK is notoriously not transparent, staff is mostly ‘gagged’ in revealing any goings on, and LSB members are close-mouthed and elitish about not sharing much even when directly asked.

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