On 04/08/05 16:26, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> But there's no denying WBAI is deeply troubled. Listenership is
> shrinking and the fundraisers are longer than ever. The station spent
> 91 days fundraising in 2004 - a full quarter of the year. Many people
> within the station act as if a small listenership is proof of
> authenticity. It's sad to see a 50,000 watt station in the middle of
> the FM dial in the largest metro area in the US dwindling away.
>
true. is air america radio taking away any audience? most of air america
is as boring (and much less informative) than WBAI, but i have switched
to listening to garofalo (air america) in the evenings. in the last few
years, i have become growingly annoyed with WBAI/pacifica's use of
publicity activists like arundhati roy. i contribute to WBAI because of
amy goodman and doug henwood (recently heard interviewing "spread"
magazine contributors on prostitution ;-)). roy is more a disincentive
(as was null, and the plethora of other shows, the reason for whose
existence i can barely fathom: phone phreak[er]s, something called the
"global beat experience", etc). but perhaps i am being churlish.
--ravi
