[grc] Does anyone remember the NFCB Healthy Station Project?

Wed Nov 5 22:43:53 PST 2014

Hear, hear!

On Nov 5, 2014, at 3:01 PM, Paul Bame wrote:

> KKFI is an inspiration, but I caution that even having a tight legal
> case based on state law and good bylaws is not sufficient, even if
> you sue, even if you win (or get a good settlement).  If the forces
> and values which allowed the violations to begin and persist are
> still around, then even throwing a few bums out and resolving to
> follow laws and bylaws may be insufficient.
> 
> Also courts are often not terribly concerned about nonprofit
> corporation members' rights let alone bylaws, and let's face it,
> MOST people could give a shit about bylaws.  In the larger sphere,
> most people are similarly uninterested in government policy details
> too, so if that's the arena you are depending on for protection,
> it is pretty thin.  Think also about the routine individual
> rights violations our government perpetrates daily with hardly
> a whimper, heck even with tacit and blatant support, and it shows
> we are woefully unprepared by our daily experience as citizens(?)
> to fight for such things in the small either.
> 
> I've come to think that combating HSP and all the similar ilk of
> battles at radio stations must occur in the plane of values, beliefs,
> personal relationships, organizing, and group messaging -- the
> very things with which the authoritarian mindset so deftly
> manipulates most of us so that we cooperate in exiling the few
> who resist.
> 
>              -p
> 
> On 2014-11-03 19:20, 'jeffery humfeld' via grc at peak.org wrote:
>> I cannot comment on the tenets of the HSP as I was working out of
>> town a lot when it was introduced at KKFI and was not involved in the
>> process.  I can give my opinion on how it contributed to the battle we
>> had at KKFI to keep our mission to serve the voiceless and highlight
>> the heritage music of our community.
>> 
>> It was the professionalism mantra and the enhanced fundraising
>> prospects that led directly to our choice of Station Manager.  He
>> subsequently packed the Board with cronies, pushed most of our African
>> American programmers out the door and ultimately tried to substitute a
>> false set of bylaws that eviscerated the members rights.  It was the
>> bylaws that tripped him up and we came to an agreement that ended his
>> reign and reinstated the original bylaws shortly before we were to go
>> to court.
>> 
>> Trading democracy and the local mission of community radio for a
>> staff run station that may or may not raise big bucks with monoculture
>> programming will end community buy in and make you just another spot
>> on the dial.
>>                                                       jeffh
>> 
>> 
>> On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 8:40 PM, "'Donna Dibianco' via
>> grc at peak.org" <grc at peak.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> We did the same thing at KSFR. Actually, my GM at the time, made me
>> and the steering committee review the project outline and make our
>> recommendations.
>> We declined to participate, but incorporated some of the methods outlined.
>> 
>> Santa Fe, back then would have never put up with it. Not with the
>> team we had...
>> 
>> 
>> Donna DiBianco
>> Station Start-up Specialist
>> 503-960-1068
>> http://www.communityradiogoddess.com/
>> www.linkedin.com/pub/donna-dibianco/2b/13b/459/
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> 
>> From: Heather Gray <hmcgray at earthlink.net>
>> To: Donna Dibianco <communityradiogoddess at yahoo.com>; Sharon Lockhart
>> <slockhart at kc.rr.com>; "grc at peak.org" <grc at peak.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 7:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [grc] Does anyone remember the NFCB Healthy Station Project?
>> 
>> 
>> I know a lot of folks have their stories about the Healthy Station
>> Project. At WRFG in Atlanta in the early 1990's we kicked them out of our
>> station. Atlantan's organized against them and the entire concept. The
>> representatives were shocked.
>> 
>> Heather Gray
>> WRFG-Atlanta 89.3FM
>> 404 234 4630 (cell)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/29/14 8:52 PM, "'Donna Dibianco' via grc at peak.org" <grc at peak.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> You summed it up quite nicely...
>>> The 5x5 model is the 21st Century Healthy Station project...
>>> 
>>> Not sure where you want to go with this, but, HSP is the whole reason why
>>> we have GRC and R4P.
>>> It was, in my opinion, the division of Community and Public Radio...and
>>> forever will be in my mind, heart, and spirit.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Donna DiBianco
>>> Station Start-up Specialist
>>> 503-960-1068
>>> http://www.communityradiogoddess.com/
>>> www.linkedin.com/pub/donna-dibianco/2b/13b/459/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Sharon Lockhart <slockhart at kc.rr.com>
>>> To: grc at peak.org
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 5:38 PM
>>> Subject: [grc] Does anyone remember the NFCB Healthy Station Project?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If you remember the details of the 'Health Station Project' from the late
>>> 90's, please reply with your comments and opinions.
>>> 
>>> As I understand, it was to switch to a AAA music format with all paid
>>> staff
>>> and no volunteers, or active members.  Essentially, it would eliminate
>>> Public Affairs and become another Top 40 music station.
>>> 
>>> Is this correct?  Please reply.
>>> 
>>> Thank you.
>>> 
>>> Sharon Lockhart
>>> KKFI PA Programmer
>>> Every Woman 3 - 4 pm Sat.
>>> One of 2011 GRC host/organizers
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org [mailto:grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Frieda Werden
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 3:33 PM
>>> To: owner-grc at peak.org
>>> Subject: [grc] Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
>>> 
>>> If anyone on this list gets a recording of a talk or reading by Roxanne
>>> Dunbar-Ortiz about her new Indigenous People's History of the US, could
>>> you
>>> forward a copy to WINGS for audition?  Thanks much.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Frieda Werden, Series Producer
>>> WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org
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