Uzzell and Gray Get the Bird from Rogue Pacifica Board

At last night’s weekly meeting of the Rogue Pacifica Board, Directors Heather Gray (WRFG Atlanta) and Richard Uzzell (KPFT Houston) were given “the Bird”; that Board’s wildly popular award for trying to do the right thing.

Richard Uzzell (KPFT Houston) proud recipient of “the Bird” from the Rogue Pacifica Board.

Gray was at a conference in Alabama and could not comment, however Uzzell, beaming with pride, eagerly thanked The Academy, his agent and his tap dancing instructor. Uzzell continued saying that sharing the award with Gray was a very special honor for him because he had had the honor to sign-off on Gray’s “great written work,” the infamous Reese Contract. Gray had written the Contract to close open liabilities remaining from an earlier Offer Letter and to save the Foundation $100s of thousands of dollars.

However, the Rogue Board was apparently not happy with this professional approach to sound personnel practices and the Slim Majority voted to censure Gray for her good work and Uzzell for spelling his name correctly. As Uzzell left in his truck headed to the celebration party, he reminded us, that “no good deed goes unpunished.”

The Bird refused to comment.

Richard Uzzell is a retired architect and general contractor who has served on the KPFT Local station board from 2003 to 2008 and from 2011 to the present day. He has served as the recording secretary for the PNB in 2009 and 2010, and has represented KPFT listeners on the national board since 2012.