Submitted by Joe in Waverly (not verified) on February 22, 2008 - 3:23am.
Jack
to add to what Mark T said, probably you are right about what will be the final outcome of the late unpleasantness at WTCR{their corp radio}. By your narrative timing which you said was from the getgo,actually has you coming in only halfway through the life work of Marc's to create an easily accessible ostensibly free to all multicultural. multi-generational, multi-ethnic community of listeners and a discussion group of some gravitas unseen and unheard in these parts. I, like Mark T, am unwilling to seed this base of operations and free exchange of ideas.
It is, at its core, an unwillingness to accept the corporate takeover of the public airwaves: the national trends you saw at NPR National, writ large in the public personas of Tony Brandon and Marc Steiner. You don't have to be a worshipper of Marc Steiner- who I can personally attest to can be somewhat of an SOB to deal with some days-to know who is the Public Radio guy in that dichotomy!
Drawing the line in the sand, accept no substitutes.
Part of the genesis of this fiasco is the greed of my alma mater, JHU in dumping its civic duty and its WJHU and charging too much and giving Steiner so little time to fund a purchase. That said, transfer of the operating license of our public radio station to a Board of Directors that looks like, and probably is, tee time at a restricted golf club near the city line is to be fought all the way to the mat. These folks should get their own commercial radio station-gee, Tony Brandon already owns 5. He should be barred by that simple fact or my previously posted reason of "moral turpitude" disrespecting Martin Luther King and Johnny Cash.
You may be cynically correct not to have believed it was "your" station, but that ad lady went with the name as we were solicited for pledges as you were going our conversation room. Bald faced lying is SOP within corporate radio, but is not acceptable in public radio. Reference the YPR Mission Statement : 1. WYPR will remain fundamentally non-commercial in spirit and practice; 2 WYPR will adhere to the highest standards of journalistic
and artistic excellance.
On it face, Brandon has violated #1 with the ratings argument from Steiner replacement and #2 by offering Marc $50,000 to keep his mouth shut. I really can't wait to get their pie chart on expenditures to see how much hush money is appropriated by these hacks.
I think Brandon is on somewhat of shaky grounds here. I think this action has reduced the WYPR value by approximately $1 million dollars- perhaps a 20% reduction. If we keep up the pressure, perhaps there is a way to convince the other guarantors that Tony has devalued their investment and put Humpty Dumpty back together. Long shot, I know, but I am going for it. Respect the poor folks strapped by job security and family issues to the mast by Tony at WYPR, but that ship will sink sooner or later under Tony; we can save both beacons of original discussion YPR and Marcs CEM.
Any thoughts you would have for how to frame this to NPR-National?
Jack to add to what Mark T
Jack
to add to what Mark T said, probably you are right about what will be the final outcome of the late unpleasantness at WTCR{their corp radio}. By your narrative timing which you said was from the getgo,actually has you coming in only halfway through the life work of Marc's to create an easily accessible ostensibly free to all multicultural. multi-generational, multi-ethnic community of listeners and a discussion group of some gravitas unseen and unheard in these parts. I, like Mark T, am unwilling to seed this base of operations and free exchange of ideas.
It is, at its core, an unwillingness to accept the corporate takeover of the public airwaves: the national trends you saw at NPR National, writ large in the public personas of Tony Brandon and Marc Steiner. You don't have to be a worshipper of Marc Steiner- who I can personally attest to can be somewhat of an SOB to deal with some days-to know who is the Public Radio guy in that dichotomy!
Drawing the line in the sand, accept no substitutes.
Part of the genesis of this fiasco is the greed of my alma mater, JHU in dumping its civic duty and its WJHU and charging too much and giving Steiner so little time to fund a purchase. That said, transfer of the operating license of our public radio station to a Board of Directors that looks like, and probably is, tee time at a restricted golf club near the city line is to be fought all the way to the mat. These folks should get their own commercial radio station-gee, Tony Brandon already owns 5. He should be barred by that simple fact or my previously posted reason of "moral turpitude" disrespecting Martin Luther King and Johnny Cash.
You may be cynically correct not to have believed it was "your" station, but that ad lady went with the name as we were solicited for pledges as you were going our conversation room. Bald faced lying is SOP within corporate radio, but is not acceptable in public radio. Reference the YPR Mission Statement : 1. WYPR will remain fundamentally non-commercial in spirit and practice; 2 WYPR will adhere to the highest standards of journalistic
and artistic excellance.
On it face, Brandon has violated #1 with the ratings argument from Steiner replacement and #2 by offering Marc $50,000 to keep his mouth shut. I really can't wait to get their pie chart on expenditures to see how much hush money is appropriated by these hacks.
I think Brandon is on somewhat of shaky grounds here. I think this action has reduced the WYPR value by approximately $1 million dollars- perhaps a 20% reduction. If we keep up the pressure, perhaps there is a way to convince the other guarantors that Tony has devalued their investment and put Humpty Dumpty back together. Long shot, I know, but I am going for it. Respect the poor folks strapped by job security and family issues to the mast by Tony at WYPR, but that ship will sink sooner or later under Tony; we can save both beacons of original discussion YPR and Marcs CEM.
Any thoughts you would have for how to frame this to NPR-National?