In a candidate forum, Siegel/Brazon candidate Chuck Anderson said the station “absolutely did not want” to keep paid programmers, called overnight programmer Roy Tuckman “goy of hollywood” and said “we absolutely want him off the air”.
Tuckman, who goes by the nom de plume Roy of Hollywood runs KPFK’s overnight programming from Monday to Thursday from midnight to 6am and is the only Pacifica programmer nationwide to substantively monetize the overnight hours.
Anderson mis-stated numbers: 70% of KPFK’s budget is not for “paid programmers”, it’s for salaries as a whole including engineers, membership/subscriptions staffers, managers, IT, traffic etc. The station, when fully staffed, has about 9 FTE for paid programming, about 1/2 of the payroll.
the only reason I follow KPFK is because of Roy o Hollywood His programming is informative, enlighting and unsurpassable. The new programming is virtually childish
People make mistakes about data. That’s why newspapers print apologies but don’t fire their stringers. Only corrupt sports teams fire coaches for losing and have done so since they adopted win at all costs instead of good sportsmanship:” It’s not if you win or lose, but how you play the game. ” We expect better of Pacifica. Roy Tuckman, Roy of Hollywood, is an invaluable asset. Please do not squander our resources.Keep him on the air. Please keep the free unencumbered spirit of Pacifica alive! Best, C B Steinberg
just googled Anderson for his pix and description as elated to KPFK LSB only….not bio’d FYI
others can see more here too: http://www.google.com/search?q=chuck+anderson+KPFK+LSB+images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari