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1 [lbo-talk] The WBAI collapse, and Who Is Responsible? -- rank: 1000

... 09 AM To: actiongreens at yahoogroups.com Subject: [ActionGreens] The WBAI collapse, and Who Is Responsible? PLEASE FORWARD I know that ... everyone reading this is involved in the debate raging around WBAI, but the radio station has been very important in the ...

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Author:	Joseph Wanzala
Date:	Mon Oct 17 13:35:25 PDT 2005

2 [lbo-talk] Fwd: The Leasing of WBAI -- an announcement from the Pacifica National Board's closed session -- rank: 921

... 5:58 AM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] The Leasing of WBAI -- an announcement from the Pacifica National Board's closed session ... com I am responding to a message posted widely by WBAI Local Station Board member Steve Brown (below) about his comments over Pacifica's plan re: the possible "leasing" of WBAI radio to an unnamed private business: Steve, and all: There ... would be no need at all for any leasing of WBAI and this end-run around the admittedly imperfect but democratic ...

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Author:	Arthur Maisel
Date:	Mon Oct 14 06:18:05 PDT 2013

3 [lbo-talk] The Leasing of WBAI -- an announcement from the Pacifica National Board's closed session -- rank: 916

I am responding to a message posted widely by WBAI Local Station Board member Steve Brown (below) about his comments over Pacifica's plan re: the possible "leasing" of WBAI radio to an unnamed private business: Steve, and all: There ... would be no need at all for any leasing of WBAI and this end-run around the admittedly imperfect but democratic ... has given up on trying to appoint competent management at WBAI and is looking for a way out of meeting its ...

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Author:	Mitchel Cohen
Date:	Mon Oct 14 02:58:26 PDT 2013

4 [lbo-talk] WBAI crisis -- rank: 902

[Things are very dire at WBAI, where I do my show. The station's survival is ... thriving. KPFK in Los Angeles is also having serious problems.] WBAI In Trouble Posted By: Carol Spooner (66.52.187.64 ... Monday, 17 November 2003, at 10:56 p.m. Hello WBAI Listeners -- Back in 1999, when we began our "listeners' lawsuit ... Directors -- John Biello, one of the three listener-plaintiffs from WBAI, said: "WBAI & Pacifica are national treasures that must be preserved for the ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Nov 18 13:59:19 PST 2003

5 [lbo-talk] WBAI crisis -- rank: 872

http://www.wbai.org/vol/folio/10-03/06pgrm_sched.html Gary Null ... show on weaponry sounds interesting from Tom Wisker, http://www.wbai.org/programs/weaponry/index.php http://libraryautomation.com/nymas/ . Elombe ... error occurred while processing this directive] HEH!!! Elombe Brath on WBAI > From Eileen Sutton <efsutton at earthlink.net> > Date Tue, 16 ... 12:39:28 -0500 > Brath is a veteran producer at WBAI... =========================================== THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF LISTENER SPONSORED RADIO Resistance Grows Against Pacifica Board Coup at WBAI by Elombe Brath As the controversy over the changes at radio station WBAI, 99.5 FM, deepens, it has caused division among its

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Tue Nov 18 17:38:42 PST 2003

6 [lbo-talk] Why WBAI Has No Money -- rank: 802

... supported the crowd that tried to end everything 'progressive' about WBAI. I would have fired him on the spot -- as soon ...

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Author:	Louis Kontos
Date:	Fri Aug 12 16:11:39 PDT 2005

7 [lbo-talk] WBAI -- rank: 795

Dear WBAI Supporter -- The letter I am forwarding represents a very unsual event in Pacifica and WBAI history. Its writer, Carol Spooner, is a near legendary figure ...

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Author:	Joseph Wanzala
Date:	Tue Oct 24 09:04:33 PDT 2006

8 [lbo-talk] Why WBAI Has No Money -- rank: 788

Why WBAI Has No Money At the latest Local Station Board meeting, on July 27, WBAI's Program Director, Bernard White, finally agreed to come before ...

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Author:	Joseph Wanzala
Date:	Thu Aug 11 21:43:37 PDT 2005

9 [lbo-talk] the casino that is the WBAI election process -- rank: 772

... disorganized thing.] To: Pacifica National Election Committee, Pacifica National Board, WBAI Local Station Board Members and Candidates, WBAI Staff & Stakeholders From: Grace Aaron, Pacifica iED, LaVarn Williams, WBAI interim General Manager, Les Radke, National Election Supervisor, Ethan Young, WBAI Local Election Supervisor Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Dear All, The WBAI Local Station Board election has encountered a major problem. The ... sent out for the election was mistakenly sent to a WBAI membership list that was over 1 year old. Measures ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Oct 20 15:05:16 PDT 2009

10 Jobs @ WBAI -- rank: 763

... ASSISTANT POSITIONS FOR FEBRUARY MEMBERSHIP DRIVE FEBRUARY 12 - 28th, 2003 WBAI February's Membership drive will start on Wednesday February 12th ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Jan 30 13:12:38 PST 2003

11 [lbo-talk] (no subject) -- rank: 754

... from a 4-year-old news article about trouble at WBAI. Here we go all over again. (Full article at <http://www.johntarleton.net/wbai_funds.html>.) ******************************************************************************* NEW YORK CITY--WBAI's efforts to fire its audience and bring in replacement ... Takeover of Pacifica (Pacifica Campaign) as well as a longtime WBAI (99.5-FM) producer who has been in contact with this reporter. "They (WBAI management) are going to look at some serious change

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Jun 14 19:23:04 PDT 2005

12 [lbo-talk] Null sues WBAI -- rank: 754

... Null has just initiated a lawsuit against Bernard White, USOC, WBAI and Pacifica. Bernard White and WBAI have already been served at the station. Pacifica has not ... was filed in NY State Supreme Court), neither White nor WBAI has yet informed members of this suit. Therefore I have ... summarizes the complaint and what effect it may have on WBAI. The opinions expressed in this report are mine alone, and ... Speech Radio Activist Gary Null Sues Free-Speech Radio Station WBAI For Violating His Free Speech Rights Award-winning radio reporter ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Dec 27 09:27:35 PST 2006

13 [lbo-talk] Lynne Stewart Sentence date July 15th -- rank: 735

... problems that have been caused by some folks on the WBAI Local Station Board who are seeking to manipulate Lynne Stewart ... prisoners). To that end, at the request of the entire WBAI Local Station Board, I sent the following letter to Judge ...

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Author:	Mitchel Cohen
Date:	Tue Jun 29 11:15:09 PDT 2010

14 [lbo-talk] WBAI Elections -- rank: 735

Dear WBAI Listener-Member, The ballots flutter in like moths to the ... arriving yesterday. If you'd paid $25 or more to WBAI in the past year, you should receive your ballot any ... year, the elections are VERY important toward the future of WBAI, and whether the station will continue to exist and be ... heavy way to start a letter, but it's true. WBAI is on the cusp. Which way it will go depends ...

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Author:	Mitchel Cohen
Date:	Fri Oct 26 00:37:18 PDT 2007

15 [lbo-talk] Silenced by Hurricane, WBAI is Back on the Air -- rank: 726

... summer at pacifica.org Tel: (510) 849-2590 Pacifica's WBAI Radio Station in New York, Silenced by Sandy, is Back ... earlier this week, hurricane Sandy turned off the mics at WBAI, the historic Pacifica Foundation New York radio station that has ... gadfly afflicting the comfortable and comforting the afflicted since 1960. WBAI's General Manager, Berthold Reimers, reported that after the NYC ... system was shut down Sunday evening, a crew of seven WBAI producers and volunteers camped out at the station at its ...

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Author:	Mitchel Cohen
Date:	Wed Oct 31 21:21:42 PDT 2012