From creinsch at krabarchive.com Thu May 2 08:12:16 2019 From: creinsch at krabarchive.com (Charles Reinsch) Date: Thu, 2 May 2019 08:12:16 -0700 Subject: [grc] Archives, artifacts, and the KRAB Nebula Message-ID: <63ee633f-2a90-bb42-474f-834ccdd5a815@krabarchive.com> Hello GRC, About six years ago I took on the role of archivist for radio station KRAB, formerly of Seattle.? KRAB had a relatively short life, from 1962 to 1984, but had an enormous affect on those that it touched.? It was Lorenzo Milam's first radio station. I assumed this role after years of volunteering and staffing KRAB, and eventually serving on the board of directors of the corporation that owned and operated the station.? It was that last position that became the straw that, after 23 years, broke the camel's back and sent me off into the world on other pursuits. But in 2012 I came back, sort of, and am now the person behind, or under, the KRAB archive, This email is my reaching out to stations, and people, that were participants in the tape exchange once called the "KRAB Nebula", that became the "Possible Tape Exchange", and eventually the "NFCB Program Exchange".? KRAB, KBOO, KTAO, KDNA, KOPN, KPOO, KUSP, WORT, WYSO, and for a blip KCHU, were all Nebula stations. Some of these stations, like KRAB, have passed, or have moved on to other formats.? Some of the call letters are now being used by different entities.? Oh well. Anyway, I am curious if any of you out there in GRC land have artifacts or memories you would be willing to share. And, I hope you are curious enough to check out the online archive www.krabarchive.com Now, back to regular programming, Chuck Reinsch -- Charles Reinsch KRAB Archive: www.krabarchive.com From karen at headsupradio.org Fri May 3 10:18:09 2019 From: karen at headsupradio.org (Karen Hammer - Heads Up! Radio) Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 17:18:09 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [grc] Annual software offer on World Press Freedom Day? In-Reply-To: <718459075.3966331.1556903769540@mail.yahoo.com> References: <718459075.3966331.1556903769540.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <718459075.3966331.1556903769540@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1526526328.3985156.1556903889630@mail.yahoo.com> Last year (or so), the day AFTER World Press Freedom Day I saw an announcement for a one-day-only (on WPFD itself) for free audio editing software. I marked the date on my calendar, but now cannot find the name of the software company. Does this ring a bell? Please send me info. Thanks much. KarenHeads Up! RadioBoulder, CO From spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org Fri May 3 10:24:09 2019 From: spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org (Spencer Graves) Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 12:24:09 -0500 Subject: [grc] Annual software offer on World Press Freedom Day? In-Reply-To: <1526526328.3985156.1556903889630@mail.yahoo.com> References: <718459075.3966331.1556903769540.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <718459075.3966331.1556903769540@mail.yahoo.com> <1526526328.3985156.1556903889630@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <6ce869dc-6890-66da-9595-a58de7275da4@effectivedefense.org> ????? Have you tried Audacity? ????? It's free, open-source software (FOSS).? It is used almost exclusively at 90.1 FM, KKFI, Kansas City Community Radio.? I've heard that KKFI once had a volunteer, who used some commercial software, but I don't remember its name, and he left, and KKFI doesn't have it any more as far as I know. ????? Spencer Graves ????? Secretary, KKFI.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity_(audio_editor) https://www.audacityteam.org/ On 2019-05-03 12:18, Karen Hammer - Heads Up! Radio via grc wrote: > Last year (or so), the day AFTER World Press Freedom Day I saw an announcement for a one-day-only (on WPFD itself) for free audio editing software. I marked the date on my calendar, but now cannot find the name of the software company. > Does this ring a bell? Please send me info. > Thanks much. > KarenHeads Up! RadioBoulder, CO > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From rivaenteen at gmail.com Fri May 3 10:36:57 2019 From: rivaenteen at gmail.com (riva enteen) Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 10:36:57 -0700 Subject: [grc] Annual software offer on World Press Freedom Day? In-Reply-To: <1526526328.3985156.1556903889630@mail.yahoo.com> References: <718459075.3966331.1556903769540.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <718459075.3966331.1556903769540@mail.yahoo.com> <1526526328.3985156.1556903889630@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Please see attached, for the crisis of this World Press Freedom Day. In solidarity, for peace, Riva On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 10:18 AM Karen Hammer - Heads Up! Radio via grc < grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote: > Last year (or so), the day AFTER World Press Freedom Day I saw an > announcement for a one-day-only (on WPFD itself) for free audio editing > software. I marked the date on my calendar, but now cannot find the name of > the software company. > Does this ring a bell? Please send me info. > Thanks much. > KarenHeads Up! RadioBoulder, CO > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 57004775_10206525554973729_7725323603339640832_n.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 58713 bytes Desc: not available URL: From rwashington at rctvmedia.org Mon May 6 12:06:22 2019 From: rwashington at rctvmedia.org (Rashida Burch-Washington) Date: Mon, 6 May 2019 15:06:22 -0400 Subject: [grc] Call for Presentations and Workshops Message-ID: It's that time again! Grassroots Radio Conference 2019 is being held in Rochester, NY, October 4-6th. We need to hear from you! Please use the linked form below to submit your ideas for presentations and workshops by June 15th, 2019 11:59PM. You are what makes each conference great each year. Sharing your expertise and experience is what helps other community stations grow and thrive. Feel free to take a look at the presentations from last year to get ideas for yours here: http://grassrootsradioconference.org/2018 . We can't wait to hear from you! Call for Presentations and Workshops Rashida Burch-Washington Grass Roots Radio Conference 2019, Chair Rochester Community TV, Inc. Extreme Independent Radio 21 Gorham Street Rochester, NY 14605 585-325-1238 rctvmediacenter.org 1009wxir.com From betty at c-map.org Mon May 6 20:54:53 2019 From: betty at c-map.org (Betty J. McArdle) Date: Mon, 6 May 2019 20:54:53 -0700 Subject: [grc] Radio for People notes Message-ID: <67B9A98A1771483FBFAE82259C8052C3@Rabido2> Hi Everyone, Here are the notes from the April meeting of Radio for People. Join us for the next phone meeting, May 21m 11:00am PDT. There will be a notice sent out with call-in information later. Betty Betty McArdle Co-Chair GRC 2018 Executive Director, CMAP betty at c-map.org 503-245-5756 pronouns: she/her/hers -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Radio for People NOTES 4 16 19 Final.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 81092 bytes Desc: not available URL: From evan at kgnu.org Tue May 7 13:03:48 2019 From: evan at kgnu.org (Evan Perkins) Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 14:03:48 -0600 Subject: [grc] KGNU Radio seeks a Full Time Bilingual Spanish-English Latinx News Reporter/Producer Message-ID: El/la Reportero/a-Productor/a de Investigaci?n y de Campo trabajar? en un ambiente din?mico y acelerado y ser? responsable de trabajar con el equipo de noticias para producir un podcast original y de alto impacto, adem?s de producir audio y noticias digitales diariamente, incluyendo edici?n de audio, realizar reportajes en vivo, y producciones biling?es por escrito. The Investigative/Field Reporter-Producer will work in a fast paced environment and is responsible for working with the news team to produce high-impact special podcast, daily audio and digital news stories including edited audio, live reports, and bilingual written productions. The full job description and application instructions are here . Application deadline is May 27th. -- I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant, Evan Perkins Operations Director KGNU Community Radio 4700 Walnut St. Boulder, CO 80301-2548 303.449.4885 88.5 FM / 1390 AM Boulder + Denver 93.7 FM Nederland 98.7 FM Fort Collins 99.1 FM Denver www.kgnu.org + KGNU News + AfterFM (KGNU's 24/7 Music Channel) Twitter and Facebook From gbayou at gmail.com Thu May 9 09:16:27 2019 From: gbayou at gmail.com (gretchen k) Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 19:16:27 +0300 Subject: [grc] Callout for May 15 - Radio Free Palestine Message-ID: Hello, On May 15, 2019, GRC affiliates and Pacifica stations (like KBOO in Portland and WPFW in DC) will host in partnership with radio stations and producers across 5 continents Radio Free Palestine (RFP), a live 24 hour radio marathon airing in Arabic, English, French and Spanish. Your station is welcomed to join this special broadcast by airing any portion of the program live or from the archives. To find our more information, check out the proposals to stations (in English, Spanish, Arabic, and French with details about the broadcast), list of confirmed stations, or to download PSAs, banner or logo, visit this link: https://archive.org/details/RFP2019 If you have questions or want to confirm your station's participation so we can acknowledge your call letters, email: radiofreepalestine2019 at gmail.com Thanks! --gretchen CKUT Radio, Montreal www.RadioFreePalestine.org From anniegarrison at gmail.com Thu May 9 12:29:19 2019 From: anniegarrison at gmail.com (Ann Garrison) Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 12:29:19 -0700 Subject: [grc] Assange Is Not a Journalist (If Journalists Are Ass-Kissing Propagandists for the Ruling Class) Message-ID: https://blackagendareport.com/assange-not-journalist-if-journalists-are-ass-kissing-propagandists-ruling-class -- For real, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 From anniegarrison at gmail.com Sun May 12 19:32:37 2019 From: anniegarrison at gmail.com (Ann Garrison) Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 19:32:37 -0700 Subject: [grc] News update on Assange Message-ID: I just uploaded a news story to the Audioport about the global movement to stop the extradition of Julian Assange to the US. This story may change tomorrow when the Swedish prosecutor announces whether or not she will reopen the sexual misconduct allegations against Assange. Either way, I'm sure you can edit accordingly if you decide to air it. -- For real, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Wed May 15 05:54:40 2019 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 07:54:40 -0500 Subject: [grc] smartphone app and external microphone? Message-ID: <1a2ac6e8-8545-f621-cec3-10dd3eb15ef1@prodsyse.com> Hello, All: ????? What have been your experiences recording with smartphones (Android and iOS) and what do you suggest one do to get better sound? ????? Thanks, ????? Spencer Graves, PhD ????? Secretary, KKFI and ????? Founder ????? EffectiveDefense.org ????? 4550 Warwick Blvd # 504 ????? Kansas City, MO 64111 m:? 408-655-4567 p.s.? We could substantially increase our base of volunteer journalists if people could get good sound with the smartphone that many carry nearly everywhere, possibly with an inexpensive external microphone.? A volunteer with KKFI has had serious problems finding an app to record an mp3 that she could easily transfer to her computer and edit in Audacity.? Should I suggest she use an external microphone while making a video then find software to extract the audio from the mp4? From ursula at pacifica.org Thu May 16 14:20:48 2019 From: ursula at pacifica.org (Ursula Ruedenberg) Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 16:20:48 -0500 Subject: [grc] Do you have membership cards with local discounts? Message-ID: AT KHOI, we would like to introduce a membership card that gives discounts at local businesses. We don't really know what we are going, though and would welcome some advice on what best practices, such as: Best ways to make the ask to businesses? Discounts ongoing or limited number discounts? Best types of businesses (or otherwise) to include? Is there a preferable number? ...what are we not thinking to ask? Thank you for your help, in advance. -- Ursula Ruedenberg From c.readingnews at gmail.com Thu May 16 14:41:36 2019 From: c.readingnews at gmail.com (Caitlin Reading) Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 16:41:36 -0500 Subject: [grc] Do you have membership cards with local discounts? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ursula, Have you considered the give back programs? It's a customer card from like a grocery store ( nationally Target & K-mart does this too) where a percentage of what you spend is donated to the non profit of your choice. Of course the customer is eligible for all the sales & discounts the shoppers' card includes. The discount card sounds fun, good reinforcement for your underwriters, yet does the station gain more from a program that on the surface seems to cost the business money? Would you take a moment and expand on your station's reasons for this choice please. Thank you, c On Thu, May 16, 2019, 4:21 PM Ursula Ruedenberg via grc < grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote: > AT KHOI, we would like to introduce a membership card that gives discounts > at local businesses. > > We don't really know what we are going, though and would welcome some > advice on what best practices, such as: > > Best ways to make the ask to businesses? Discounts ongoing or limited > number discounts? Best types of businesses (or otherwise) to include? Is > there a preferable number? ...what are we not thinking to ask? > > Thank you for your help, in advance. > -- > Ursula Ruedenberg > > > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > From c.readingnews at gmail.com Thu May 16 14:45:16 2019 From: c.readingnews at gmail.com (Caitlin Reading) Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 16:45:16 -0500 Subject: [grc] Fwd: Do you have membership cards with local discounts? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Caitlin Reading Date: Thu, May 16, 2019, 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [grc] Do you have membership cards with local discounts? To: Ursula Ruedenberg Cc: GRC list Ursula, Have you considered the give back programs? It's a customer card from like a grocery store ( nationally Target & K-mart does this too) where a percentage of what you spend is donated to the non profit of your choice. Of course the customer is eligible for all the sales & discounts the shoppers' card includes. The discount card sounds fun, good reinforcement for your underwriters, yet does the station gain more from a program that on the surface seems to cost the business money? Would you take a moment and expand on your station's reasons for this choice please. Thank you, c On Thu, May 16, 2019, 4:21 PM Ursula Ruedenberg via grc < grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote: > AT KHOI, we would like to introduce a membership card that gives discounts > at local businesses. > > We don't really know what we are going, though and would welcome some > advice on what best practices, such as: > > Best ways to make the ask to businesses? Discounts ongoing or limited > number discounts? Best types of businesses (or otherwise) to include? Is > there a preferable number? ...what are we not thinking to ask? > > Thank you for your help, in advance. > -- > Ursula Ruedenberg > > > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > From dklann at grunch.org Fri May 17 13:17:15 2019 From: dklann at grunch.org (David Klann) Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 15:17:15 -0500 Subject: [grc] Early Notice: Radio For People Conference Call Next Tuesday, May 21 Message-ID: <11cfd4c4-a781-1f03-8d12-a9bc246ad84f@grunch.org> Sending on behalf of Betty McArdle: RFP Conference Call 11am PST / 2pm EST - Tuesday May 21 Dial-in Number: 1 (862) 902-0250 The Participant Access Code is: 339-4164 Agenda: FCC Updates Stations Update Conferences/Trainings Anything else? From communitynews at wimberleyvalleyradio.org Fri May 17 17:27:49 2019 From: communitynews at wimberleyvalleyradio.org (Susan Raybuck) Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 19:27:49 -0500 Subject: [grc] LPFM board positions question Message-ID: <98FDD694-80B6-45CA-B935-D6717F0BFE83@wimberleyvalleyradio.org> Do any of you know anything in FCC or IRS regulations that would make it illegal for a board member to hold both the VP and the Treasurer?s position? The question came up today. Thank you, Susan From mae at recnet.com Fri May 17 17:30:39 2019 From: mae at recnet.com (Michelle Bradley) Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 20:30:39 -0400 Subject: [grc] LPFM board positions question In-Reply-To: <98FDD694-80B6-45CA-B935-D6717F0BFE83@wimberleyvalleyradio.org> References: <98FDD694-80B6-45CA-B935-D6717F0BFE83@wimberleyvalleyradio.org> Message-ID: <3cf431c2-6b4c-fc39-82cd-d023a84d9568@recnet.com> Nothing FCC.? They still count as a single board member for the purposes of ?73.853 (75% of board members being local). I am not sure about the IRS or with the state corporation commission. =m *Michelle A. Bradley, CBT* /Amateur Radio: KU3N/ /Founder - REC Networks/ - *https://recnet.com* *1-844-REC-LPFM* / +1 202 621-2355 SBE Certified On 5/17/2019 8:27 PM, Susan Raybuck via grc wrote: > Do any of you know anything in FCC or IRS regulations that would make it illegal for a board member to hold both the VP and the Treasurer?s position? > > The question came up today. > > Thank you, > > Susan > > > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From will at prometheusradio.org Mon May 20 09:14:46 2019 From: will at prometheusradio.org (Will Floyd) Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 10:14:46 -0600 Subject: [grc] LPFM board positions question In-Reply-To: <3cf431c2-6b4c-fc39-82cd-d023a84d9568@recnet.com> References: <98FDD694-80B6-45CA-B935-D6717F0BFE83@wimberleyvalleyradio.org> <3cf431c2-6b4c-fc39-82cd-d023a84d9568@recnet.com> Message-ID: This would likely be determined by state law. Most states require some sort of minimum number of board members, certain required positions (Treasurer, Secretary, etc), certain kinds of reporting to the state. Quick Google search for the nonprofit incorporation laws in your state would probably get you the information you need. On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 6:30 PM Michelle Bradley via grc < grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote: > Nothing FCC. They still count as a single board member for the purposes > of ?73.853 (75% of board members being local). > > I am not sure about the IRS or with the state corporation commission. > > =m > > > *Michelle A. Bradley, CBT* > /Amateur Radio: KU3N/ > /Founder - REC Networks/ - *https://recnet.com* > *1-844-REC-LPFM* / +1 202 621-2355 > SBE Certified > On 5/17/2019 8:27 PM, Susan Raybuck via grc wrote: > > Do any of you know anything in FCC or IRS regulations that would make it > illegal for a board member to hold both the VP and the Treasurer?s position? > > > > The question came up today. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Susan > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > grc mailing list > > grc at maillist.peak.org > > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > -- Will Floyd Prometheus Radio Project will at prometheusradio.org From mae at recnet.com Mon May 20 10:02:42 2019 From: mae at recnet.com (Michelle Bradley) Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 13:02:42 -0400 Subject: [grc] LPFM public notice requirements (including renewal announcements) Message-ID: <1ddb5608-620b-573c-9591-e96bb353818c@recnet.com> Good afternoon from Riverton. You may have been hearing some buzz in regards to LPFM stations and the current interpretation of the rules that ?73.3580 (public notice requirements) applies to LPFM stations, despite a lack of cross-reference in ?73.801 of the rules. For the past 19 years since the creation of the service, LPFM stations have been under the impression that public notice requirements did not apply to them. The question about this came ripe as a result of the renewal cycle. Another LPFM stakeholder had contacted a staff attorney in the Audio Division to inquire whether LPFM stations were required to carry pre-file and post-file announcements for the renewal cycle.? They were advised that LPFM did not have that requirement.? The FCC would then eventually update the radio renewal page on the FCC website to reflect that LPFM stations are not required to carry pre-file and post-file announcements. On Friday morning, I had received an e-mail from Albert Shuldnier, the chief of the Audio Division to advise that because of ?311(a)(1) of the Communications Act, LPFM stations had the public notice requirements of ?73.3580, despite the lack of cross-reference in ?73.801.? Since the Communications Act is statute, statute overrides regulation.? Prometheus Radio Project and Common Frequency also received similar letters from Mr. Shuldnier. Normally when a statute is passed, it must be implemented.? Since this statute well pre-dates the creation of LPFM (the statute was added at the same time that language was added to the Act regarding payola and the "quiz show" scandals of the late 50s), it should have been included at the time when LPFM was created in 2000. The conversations that took place between Albert and myself pretty much settled on the fact that LPFM stations are required to do the pre- and post- filing announcements. The bigger issue was LPFM's role in the other public notice requirements in ?73.3580 involving the possibility of having to take out ads in the newspaper to announce certain types of changes such as assignments to other organizations or major modifications during a filing window.? ?73.3580 has a ruleset that applies to broadcast stations but it also has an alternate ruleset that applies to Low Power TV (LPTV), translator and booster stations.? I raised a concern because in the past, LPFM has been looked at like LPTV where it has come to the implementation of certain rules. The regular ruleset (not LPTV) has a provision that operating non-commercial broadcast stations that need to make a public notice that would normally go into the newspaper can instead, make the announcement over the air.? The announcement must run once per day for four days in the second week following when the application was tendered for filing. The FCC has confirmed that LPFM falls under the regular rules and not the LPTV rules for public notice. What this means is that for /operational /LPFM stations, newspaper public notice is not required for applications such as assignments to other organizations and major modifications filed during a designated filing window. Newspaper or on-air public notice is not required at any time for the following application activity: * A minor change in facilities filed on Form 318 (such as a move of site, channel change, height/power change, etc.) * Involuntary assignments or transfers of control (normally happens at the direction of the court) * Voluntary assignments or transfers that does not result in a transfer of control and which may be applied for on FCC Form 316 (this includes >50% board member changes) * License to cover applications (Form 319) or STAs to provide interim operation in the same licensed area (I also interpret that to mean auxiliary antenna permits). * Extension of time to construct authorized facilities (tolling requests). * Authorization of studio-to-transmitter links (STL) and remote broadcast pick-up (RPU) stations. At this time, new entrants that file for new LPFM stations during a filing window will be required to take out legal notices in the newspaper to announce their application filing. The FCC currently has an open proceeding, MB Docket 17-264, which proposes to reduce the newspaper reporting of public notices (this will mainly benefit commercial stations as non-commercial has the exemption I noted above).? The FCC is also looking at switching the public notice requirement to something similar to the "contest rule" where a brief announcement can be made on the air that directs listeners to the station website for more information. REC is concerned about the newspaper requirement for new entrants, especially with the prospect of new filing windows coming up.? I would like to see the FCC reduce the number of ads that a new entrant has to take out as well as add other options for public notice such as posting of the notice in a public location such as a city hall, post office or even on a sign or in a window at the proposed station's location where it will be visible from the street, or on a privately operated website that has exposure in the city or one that is dedicated to broadcasting public notices. For now, unless you are planning to give your LPFM station to a different organization (form 314 filing), then nothing changes. As always, if you have questions,? ask away.? If you need assistance, please let me know. This is a fluid issue that is still being worked on here at REC. -- *Michelle A. Bradley, CBT* /Amateur Radio: KU3N/ /Founder - REC Networks/ - *https://recnet.com* *1-844-REC-LPFM* / +1 202 621-2355 SBE Certified From guledabdilahi at gmail.com Mon May 20 12:16:20 2019 From: guledabdilahi at gmail.com (guled abdilahi) Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 15:16:20 -0400 Subject: [grc] Streaming Laws Advice? Message-ID: Hey y'all, Is there anyone familiar with streaming laws and would be willing to share resources/advice? We are in the early stages of a streaming & podcasting project here at WRFG Atlanta and would appreciate any guidance. -Guled Guled Abdilahi Board Member, WRFG Atlanta From behr at asis.com Wed May 22 15:53:36 2019 From: behr at asis.com (Behr) Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 15:53:36 -0700 Subject: [grc] KMUD seeks Station Manager Message-ID: <9427FBE0-982E-4CF0-951C-1ECBB21CEA53@asis.com> KMUD seeks Station Manager for 32 hours per week position. <> Community radio station KMUD in Redway, CA, redwood country, seeks Station Manager responsible for the overall management of the station with a $500,000 annual budget. Successful candidate will work in collaboration and cooperation with the staff, independent contractors, the Board of Directors, volunteers and membership. Position emphasizes teamwork and consensus building in decision making and all aspects of staff coordination. Make and implement decisions regarding the operation of the station including personnel, contracts, legal requirements, finance, and maintenance. Implement hiring and firing, training and annual evaluation of paid staff. Provide support and information to the Board of Directors and its committees, including Finance, Development, and Policy. Hold regular meetings with staff and contractors as well as plan board and staff meetings and trainings. Responsible for overseeing outreach and promotion of KMUD, its programs and events, including: public speaking, press releases and advertising in all appropriate media, and production of program guides, newsletters and website. Overall responsibility, in collaboration with paid staff and volunteers, for the financial affairs of the station, including development, grants, the annual audit required by CPB, bookkeeping, underwriting, budgeting, purchasing, sales and any other relevant financial matters. Work collaboratively with financial staff and Board Treasurer to prepare timely and accurate financial reports required by the Board of Directors, local, state and federal agencies, and by lending and grant-making institutions. Prepare a draft annual budget, working with the Finance Committee. Oversee the coordination of all fundraising and outreach activities including grants. Oversee membership drives in coordination with the Membership Drive Committee. Qualifications: Required: Management experience. Ability to understand and manage a budget (spending within budget) and familiarity with non-profit accounting principles. Experience working with a board of directors. Strong written and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to work with a diverse group. Strong skills in fundraising and financial management. Commitment to community. Preferred: Three years broadcast management experience. Working knowledge of FCC regulations. Degree in mass communications or related field. Understanding of broadcast production, webcasting, regulations and marketing. Experience as a board member. Familiarity with financial databases and office software. Familiarity with social media. Pay Range: hourly wage commensurate with experience. Submit resume and three professional refererences to smhiring at kmud.org From betty at c-map.org Fri May 24 21:36:40 2019 From: betty at c-map.org (Betty J. McArdle) Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 21:36:40 -0700 Subject: [grc] Radio for People NOTES Message-ID: Here are the Radio for People meeting notes for May. There is important and time sensitive info in the notes so please read right soon. Betty Betty McArdle Co-Chair GRC 2018 Executive Director, CMAP betty at c-map.org 503-245-5756 pronouns: she/her/hers -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Radio for People NOTES 5 21 2019.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 104565 bytes Desc: not available URL: From wings at wings.org Thu May 30 11:30:38 2019 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 11:30:38 -0700 Subject: [grc] Found this on Quora Message-ID: For anyone who wondered about this question - this fella's answer covers a lot of the bases: [image: Sean Phillips] Sean Phillips , Poker Dealer In Pre-Early-Semi-Retirement (2016-present) Answered Aug 25, 2014 I spent 25+ years in the business. The answer to your question is complex, but clear. First, to those who insist there is no audience, or that the political left represents a minority, I say "Hogwash". The fact is, this country is split into three virtually equal groups; the left, the right, and the middle, and the 1/3 of the country that makes up the middle splits almost perfectly down the middle, half leaning right, half leaning left. The reason all you hear is right-wing talk on the radio has to do with the psychology of human beings, and how that relates to the methodology of ratings being tabulated, and ruthless profit motive. Radio audiences are measured in two ways. The first is cumulative audience (called "cume"); the total number of people who listen to your radio station each week. The second is average quarter hour audience (called "AQH"), which is quantified in time spent listening ("TSL"). Each listening day is broken up into quarter-hour periods, and just as if an attorney spends 5 minutes reading your email, and is ethically allowed to bill you for a quarter-hour's time, if you sample a radio station during a quarter hour, even if you stop listening after only a minute, or two, they get credit for that quarter hour. Ratings are arrived at though a mathematical combination of both cume and AQH. Let's say Tom tunes into a radio station for 5 minutes in the morning, every Monday, but doesn't listen any more that week. He is considered a member of that station's audience. Now let's say Bill tunes into that same station for 3 hours a day, 5 days a week. He is also considered to be a member of that stations audience. Cume-wise, both Tom, and Bill represent the same thing to that radio station, they are both members of it's audience. AQH is another thing, however. Tom gave the radio station a single quarter-hour's listening for the survey week. Bill listened for 15 hours that week, so he gave them 60 quarter-hours. He is exponentially more valuable to the radio station. How does this relate to the political right, or left? Psychologically speaking, the further left you go, the more anachistic you tend to become. The further to the right you go, the more you tend to crave organization. Politics aside, look at the difference between the TEA Party and Occupy Wall Street. Occupy was, by design, an organization with no leaders, no agenda, no defined mission, and no two people seemed to be there for the same reason. Meanwhile, all of the various TEA Party organizations quickly coalesced into a single entity. People on the right tend to pick a single station, and listen with great loyalty, while people on the left tend to listen to a wide variety of stations. Loyalty = TSL. Very valuable to a radio station. The tendency of loyalty towards a single station inherent in people who lean right politically can also be greatly intensified by making them feel they are a part of a group of people who are looked down upon, and discriminated against. There's more. Ratings are measured by recruiting respondents, and people on the political right are much more likely to take a telemarketing call recruiting them, and agree to participate. They're also more likely to go through the process, and return the diary, or people meter. This leads to an undersampling of the left, and an oversampling of the right. There's no conspiracy, it's simple psychology. Most people don't realize it, but the airwaves are actually a public trust. Just like a national park, they belong to the people. All the people, regardless of their politics. Radio stations are issued licenses to "broadcast in the public interest". In the Communications Act of 1934, congress went to great pains to ensure no one single political voice could dominate the airwaves. They put strict ownership limits in place, and cross-ownership limits (radio, TV, and newspaper). They initiated The Fairness Doctrine, which held broadcasters to a standard of truth. They also initiated the Equal Time Rule, which required stations broadcasting one political viewpoint to give equal time to opposing views, so if you had 3 hours of Rush, you'd have to give three hours to the left. Beginning in the 80s, ownership limits were relaxed again and again, until you got to the present day, where one company (Clear Channel) owns over 1,000 radio stations, and over 90% of the radio audience in this country listens to radio stations owned by just four companies. The exact sort of concentration of power the Comm Act of 1934 was designed to prohibit. Once consolidation began, those newly powerful broadcast companies used their lobbying power to have congress do away with the Fairness Doctrine and the Equal Time Rules, so they were free to broadcast anything they liked. Then there's the fact that right-wing talk is pro-business, and left wing talk advocates re-regulation. If you owned a company whose very existence, let alone it's massive profits were owed completely to the lifting of virtually every regulatory restriction, would you pay to air a show that urged people to reach out to their elected representatives to demand regulations be put back in place? That's why Air America failed. When a radio station has a signal that only covers part of it's market, it's called a "rimshot" signal. After deregulation, the big four gobbled up all of the strong signals in the 200 most heavily populated cities in America, leaving only the rimshots for independent owners. The four companies that owned all the strong signals wouldn't touch Air America, so they ended up on the rimshots, with no money for marketing, or promotion. Years ago, while working for one of the "Big Four", I went to a manager's meeting, attended by all the top-level brass. We'd just put on a new talk station in a crowded market. It was the third one, and it's competitors already had Rush, Hannity, O'Reilly etc. all locked up. Rather than putting on third-rate conservative talkers, the program director wanted to put on Air America, and had reams of ratings breakouts, showing where, in zip codes where the signals were comparable, Air America performed on-par with the big conservative talk shows. The president of the company became very agitated, and said: "we aren't EVER going to air a show that wants to destroy us". The fact is, for the past 20+ years, the peoples' airwaves have been dominated by a non-stop right-wing political propaganda machine, not because of some vast conspiracy, but simply due to the most basic of capitalist principles: profit motive. Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org From wings at wings.org Thu May 30 12:46:35 2019 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 12:46:35 -0700 Subject: [grc] Found this on Quora In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I do think he is wrong about Congress deleting the Fairness Doctrine. As I recall, the FCC was able to make that call on its own. Also, there are some shreds of Equal Time currently in place. Basically that stations have to sell candidates ads at the same rate. On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 11:30 AM Frieda Werden wrote: > For anyone who wondered about this question - this fella's answer covers a > lot of the bases: > > [image: Sean Phillips] > Sean Phillips , Poker > Dealer In Pre-Early-Semi-Retirement (2016-present) > Answered Aug 25, 2014 > > > > I spent 25+ years in the business. The answer to your question is > complex, but clear. > > First, to those who insist there is no audience, or that the political > left represents a minority, I say "Hogwash". The fact is, this country is > split into three virtually equal groups; the left, the right, and the > middle, and the 1/3 of the country that makes up the middle splits almost > perfectly down the middle, half leaning right, half leaning left. > > The reason all you hear is right-wing talk on the radio has to do with the > psychology of human beings, and how that relates to the methodology of > ratings being tabulated, and ruthless profit motive. > > Radio audiences are measured in two ways. The first is cumulative > audience (called "cume"); the total number of people who listen to your > radio station each week. The second is average quarter hour audience > (called "AQH"), which is quantified in time spent listening ("TSL"). > > Each listening day is broken up into quarter-hour periods, and just as if > an attorney spends 5 minutes reading your email, and is ethically allowed > to bill you for a quarter-hour's time, if you sample a radio station during > a quarter hour, even if you stop listening after only a minute, or two, > they get credit for that quarter hour. > > Ratings are arrived at though a mathematical combination of both cume and > AQH. Let's say Tom tunes into a radio station for 5 minutes in the > morning, every Monday, but doesn't listen any more that week. He is > considered a member of that station's audience. Now let's say Bill tunes > into that same station for 3 hours a day, 5 days a week. He is also > considered to be a member of that stations audience. Cume-wise, both Tom, > and Bill represent the same thing to that radio station, they are both > members of it's audience. > > AQH is another thing, however. Tom gave the radio station a single > quarter-hour's listening for the survey week. Bill listened for 15 hours > that week, so he gave them 60 quarter-hours. He is exponentially more > valuable to the radio station. > > How does this relate to the political right, or left? Psychologically > speaking, the further left you go, the more anachistic you tend to become. > The further to the right you go, the more you tend to crave organization. > Politics aside, look at the difference between the TEA Party and Occupy > Wall Street. Occupy was, by design, an organization with no leaders, no > agenda, no defined mission, and no two people seemed to be there for the > same reason. Meanwhile, all of the various TEA Party organizations quickly > coalesced into a single entity. People on the right tend to pick a single > station, and listen with great loyalty, while people on the left tend to > listen to a wide variety of stations. Loyalty = TSL. Very valuable to a > radio station. The tendency of loyalty towards a single station inherent > in people who lean right politically can also be greatly intensified by > making them feel they are a part of a group of people who are looked down > upon, and discriminated against. > > There's more. Ratings are measured by recruiting respondents, and people > on the political right are much more likely to take a telemarketing call > recruiting them, and agree to participate. They're also more likely to go > through the process, and return the diary, or people meter. This leads to > an undersampling of the left, and an oversampling of the right. There's no > conspiracy, it's simple psychology. > > Most people don't realize it, but the airwaves are actually a public > trust. Just like a national park, they belong to the people. All the > people, regardless of their politics. Radio stations are issued licenses > to "broadcast in the public interest". In the Communications Act of 1934, > congress went to great pains to ensure no one single political voice could > dominate the airwaves. They put strict ownership limits in place, and > cross-ownership limits (radio, TV, and newspaper). They initiated The > Fairness Doctrine, which held broadcasters to a standard of truth. They > also initiated the Equal Time Rule, which required stations broadcasting > one political viewpoint to give equal time to opposing views, so if you had > 3 hours of Rush, you'd have to give three hours to the left. > > Beginning in the 80s, ownership limits were relaxed again and again, until > you got to the present day, where one company (Clear Channel) owns over > 1,000 radio stations, and over 90% of the radio audience in this country > listens to radio stations owned by just four companies. The exact sort of > concentration of power the Comm Act of 1934 was designed to prohibit. Once > consolidation began, those newly powerful broadcast companies used their > lobbying power to have congress do away with the Fairness Doctrine and the > Equal Time Rules, so they were free to broadcast anything they liked. > > Then there's the fact that right-wing talk is pro-business, and left wing > talk advocates re-regulation. If you owned a company whose very existence, > let alone it's massive profits were owed completely to the lifting of > virtually every regulatory restriction, would you pay to air a show that > urged people to reach out to their elected representatives to demand > regulations be put back in place? That's why Air America failed. > > When a radio station has a signal that only covers part of it's market, > it's called a "rimshot" signal. After deregulation, the big four gobbled > up all of the strong signals in the 200 most heavily populated cities in > America, leaving only the rimshots for independent owners. The four > companies that owned all the strong signals wouldn't touch Air America, so > they ended up on the rimshots, with no money for marketing, or promotion. > > Years ago, while working for one of the "Big Four", I went to a manager's > meeting, attended by all the top-level brass. We'd just put on a new talk > station in a crowded market. It was the third one, and it's competitors > already had Rush, Hannity, O'Reilly etc. all locked up. Rather than > putting on third-rate conservative talkers, the program director wanted to > put on Air America, and had reams of ratings breakouts, showing where, in > zip codes where the signals were comparable, Air America performed on-par > with the big conservative talk shows. The president of the company became > very agitated, and said: "we aren't EVER going to air a show that wants to > destroy us". > > The fact is, for the past 20+ years, the peoples' airwaves have been > dominated by a non-stop right-wing political propaganda machine, not > because of some vast conspiracy, but simply due to the most basic of > capitalist principles: profit motive. > > > > Frieda Werden, Series Producer > WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org > -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org From communitynews at wimberleyvalleyradio.org Thu May 30 21:55:18 2019 From: communitynews at wimberleyvalleyradio.org (Susan Raybuck) Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 23:55:18 -0500 Subject: [grc] Found this on Quora In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <385C74CB-6CF9-47F1-9816-E34D549D52F9@wimberleyvalleyradio.org> He makes a lot of sense. I remember Air America finally folding after a lot of large corporations refused to advertise on stations that carried Air America. He does make a couple of mistakes. The FCC under Reagan ended the Fairness Doctrine ? after a carefully planned campaign to undermine it, involving Congressional hearings and university curriculum to look at ways it could be abused. (The American Enterprise Institute played a major role in the campaign.) Congress tried to pass it as legislation during Reagan?s second term but failed. Also, the Communications Act wasn?t the source of the Fairness Doctrine. After WWII, the Hutchins Commission met for many months to hammer out media policy with an aim to prevent the rise of Communism and Fascism which had gotten a toehold in America in the twenties and thirties. Truman?s FCC developed The Blue Book which articulated the Fairness Doctrine, based on work of the Hutchins Commission. I did research on the topic in grad school hoping there was a way to bring it back. I concluded it was dead as a doornail in that form, largely due to FOX News inculcating their audience to despise and fear it. (If the propaganda network was exposed and checked, maybe, just maybe.) Susan Raybuck > On May 30, 2019, at 2:46 PM, Frieda Werden via grc wrote: > > I do think he is wrong about Congress deleting the Fairness Doctrine. As I > recall, the FCC was able to make that call on its own. Also, there are > some shreds of Equal Time currently in place. Basically that stations have > to sell candidates ads at the same rate. > > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 11:30 AM Frieda Werden > wrote: > >> For anyone who wondered about this question - this fella's answer covers a >> lot of the bases: >> >> [image: Sean Phillips] >> Sean Phillips , Poker >> Dealer In Pre-Early-Semi-Retirement (2016-present) >> Answered Aug 25, 2014 >> >> >> >> I spent 25+ years in the business. The answer to your question is >> complex, but clear. >> >> First, to those who insist there is no audience, or that the political >> left represents a minority, I say "Hogwash". The fact is, this country is >> split into three virtually equal groups; the left, the right, and the >> middle, and the 1/3 of the country that makes up the middle splits almost >> perfectly down the middle, half leaning right, half leaning left. >> >> The reason all you hear is right-wing talk on the radio has to do with the >> psychology of human beings, and how that relates to the methodology of >> ratings being tabulated, and ruthless profit motive. >> >> Radio audiences are measured in two ways. The first is cumulative >> audience (called "cume"); the total number of people who listen to your >> radio station each week. The second is average quarter hour audience >> (called "AQH"), which is quantified in time spent listening ("TSL"). >> >> Each listening day is broken up into quarter-hour periods, and just as if >> an attorney spends 5 minutes reading your email, and is ethically allowed >> to bill you for a quarter-hour's time, if you sample a radio station during >> a quarter hour, even if you stop listening after only a minute, or two, >> they get credit for that quarter hour. >> >> Ratings are arrived at though a mathematical combination of both cume and >> AQH. Let's say Tom tunes into a radio station for 5 minutes in the >> morning, every Monday, but doesn't listen any more that week. He is >> considered a member of that station's audience. Now let's say Bill tunes >> into that same station for 3 hours a day, 5 days a week. He is also >> considered to be a member of that stations audience. Cume-wise, both Tom, >> and Bill represent the same thing to that radio station, they are both >> members of it's audience. >> >> AQH is another thing, however. Tom gave the radio station a single >> quarter-hour's listening for the survey week. Bill listened for 15 hours >> that week, so he gave them 60 quarter-hours. He is exponentially more >> valuable to the radio station. >> >> How does this relate to the political right, or left? Psychologically >> speaking, the further left you go, the more anachistic you tend to become. >> The further to the right you go, the more you tend to crave organization. >> Politics aside, look at the difference between the TEA Party and Occupy >> Wall Street. Occupy was, by design, an organization with no leaders, no >> agenda, no defined mission, and no two people seemed to be there for the >> same reason. Meanwhile, all of the various TEA Party organizations quickly >> coalesced into a single entity. People on the right tend to pick a single >> station, and listen with great loyalty, while people on the left tend to >> listen to a wide variety of stations. Loyalty = TSL. Very valuable to a >> radio station. The tendency of loyalty towards a single station inherent >> in people who lean right politically can also be greatly intensified by >> making them feel they are a part of a group of people who are looked down >> upon, and discriminated against. >> >> There's more. Ratings are measured by recruiting respondents, and people >> on the political right are much more likely to take a telemarketing call >> recruiting them, and agree to participate. They're also more likely to go >> through the process, and return the diary, or people meter. This leads to >> an undersampling of the left, and an oversampling of the right. There's no >> conspiracy, it's simple psychology. >> >> Most people don't realize it, but the airwaves are actually a public >> trust. Just like a national park, they belong to the people. All the >> people, regardless of their politics. Radio stations are issued licenses >> to "broadcast in the public interest". In the Communications Act of 1934, >> congress went to great pains to ensure no one single political voice could >> dominate the airwaves. They put strict ownership limits in place, and >> cross-ownership limits (radio, TV, and newspaper). They initiated The >> Fairness Doctrine, which held broadcasters to a standard of truth. They >> also initiated the Equal Time Rule, which required stations broadcasting >> one political viewpoint to give equal time to opposing views, so if you had >> 3 hours of Rush, you'd have to give three hours to the left. >> >> Beginning in the 80s, ownership limits were relaxed again and again, until >> you got to the present day, where one company (Clear Channel) owns over >> 1,000 radio stations, and over 90% of the radio audience in this country >> listens to radio stations owned by just four companies. The exact sort of >> concentration of power the Comm Act of 1934 was designed to prohibit. Once >> consolidation began, those newly powerful broadcast companies used their >> lobbying power to have congress do away with the Fairness Doctrine and the >> Equal Time Rules, so they were free to broadcast anything they liked. >> >> Then there's the fact that right-wing talk is pro-business, and left wing >> talk advocates re-regulation. If you owned a company whose very existence, >> let alone it's massive profits were owed completely to the lifting of >> virtually every regulatory restriction, would you pay to air a show that >> urged people to reach out to their elected representatives to demand >> regulations be put back in place? That's why Air America failed. >> >> When a radio station has a signal that only covers part of it's market, >> it's called a "rimshot" signal. After deregulation, the big four gobbled >> up all of the strong signals in the 200 most heavily populated cities in >> America, leaving only the rimshots for independent owners. The four >> companies that owned all the strong signals wouldn't touch Air America, so >> they ended up on the rimshots, with no money for marketing, or promotion. >> >> Years ago, while working for one of the "Big Four", I went to a manager's >> meeting, attended by all the top-level brass. We'd just put on a new talk >> station in a crowded market. It was the third one, and it's competitors >> already had Rush, Hannity, O'Reilly etc. all locked up. Rather than >> putting on third-rate conservative talkers, the program director wanted to >> put on Air America, and had reams of ratings breakouts, showing where, in >> zip codes where the signals were comparable, Air America performed on-par >> with the big conservative talk shows. The president of the company became >> very agitated, and said: "we aren't EVER going to air a show that wants to >> destroy us". >> >> The fact is, for the past 20+ years, the peoples' airwaves have been >> dominated by a non-stop right-wing political propaganda machine, not >> because of some vast conspiracy, but simply due to the most basic of >> capitalist principles: profit motive. >> >> >> >> Frieda Werden, Series Producer >> WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org >> > -- > Frieda Werden, Series Producer > WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc From philiptymon at gmail.com Thu May 30 22:10:44 2019 From: philiptymon at gmail.com (Philip Tymon) Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 22:10:44 -0700 Subject: [grc] Found this on Quora In-Reply-To: <385C74CB-6CF9-47F1-9816-E34D549D52F9@wimberleyvalleyradio.org> References: <385C74CB-6CF9-47F1-9816-E34D549D52F9@wimberleyvalleyradio.org> Message-ID: In addition, his description of how the Fairness Doctrine and the Equal Time rule worked is quite incorrect. However that misunderstanding of how they worked was very common. Very few people, outside of the FCC and communications lawyers, really understood how they functioned. The Fairness Doctrine, in reality, was very weak, a confusing mess, and a bureaucratic nightmare. However, the threat of a Fairness Doctrine issue at the FCC did tend to keep broadcasters from going to extremes. Without that leverage, we have seen what happens with Fox News and similar broadcasting outlets. On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 9:55 PM Susan Raybuck via grc wrote: > He makes a lot of sense. I remember Air America finally folding after a > lot of large corporations refused to advertise on stations that carried Air > America. > > He does make a couple of mistakes. The FCC under Reagan ended the Fairness > Doctrine ? after a carefully planned campaign to undermine it, involving > Congressional hearings and university curriculum to look at ways it could > be abused. (The American Enterprise Institute played a major role in the > campaign.) Congress tried to pass it as legislation during Reagan?s second > term but failed. > > Also, the Communications Act wasn?t the source of the Fairness Doctrine. > After WWII, the Hutchins Commission met for many months to hammer out media > policy with an aim to prevent the rise of Communism and Fascism which had > gotten a toehold in America in the twenties and thirties. Truman?s FCC > developed The Blue Book which articulated the Fairness Doctrine, based on > work of the Hutchins Commission. > > I did research on the topic in grad school hoping there was a way to bring > it back. I concluded it was dead as a doornail in that form, largely due to > FOX News inculcating their audience to despise and fear it. (If the > propaganda network was exposed and checked, maybe, just maybe.) > > Susan Raybuck > > > On May 30, 2019, at 2:46 PM, Frieda Werden via grc < > grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote: > > > > I do think he is wrong about Congress deleting the Fairness Doctrine. > As I > > recall, the FCC was able to make that call on its own. Also, there are > > some shreds of Equal Time currently in place. Basically that stations > have > > to sell candidates ads at the same rate. > > > > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 11:30 AM Frieda Werden wings at wings.org>> wrote: > > > >> For anyone who wondered about this question - this fella's answer > covers a > >> lot of the bases: > >> > >> [image: Sean Phillips] > >> Sean Phillips , Poker > >> Dealer In Pre-Early-Semi-Retirement (2016-present) > >> Answered Aug 25, 2014 > >> < > https://www.quora.com/Why-have-conservative-radio-talk-shows-been-more-successful-than-liberal-radio-talk-shows-e-g-Limbaugh-vs-Air-America/answer/Sean-Phillips-29 > > > >> > >> < > https://www.quora.com/Why-have-conservative-radio-talk-shows-been-more-successful-than-liberal-radio-talk-shows-e-g-Limbaugh-vs-Air-America# > > > >> I spent 25+ years in the business. The answer to your question is > >> complex, but clear. > >> > >> First, to those who insist there is no audience, or that the political > >> left represents a minority, I say "Hogwash". The fact is, this > country is > >> split into three virtually equal groups; the left, the right, and the > >> middle, and the 1/3 of the country that makes up the middle splits > almost > >> perfectly down the middle, half leaning right, half leaning left. > >> > >> The reason all you hear is right-wing talk on the radio has to do with > the > >> psychology of human beings, and how that relates to the methodology of > >> ratings being tabulated, and ruthless profit motive. > >> > >> Radio audiences are measured in two ways. The first is cumulative > >> audience (called "cume"); the total number of people who listen to your > >> radio station each week. The second is average quarter hour audience > >> (called "AQH"), which is quantified in time spent listening ("TSL"). > >> > >> Each listening day is broken up into quarter-hour periods, and just as > if > >> an attorney spends 5 minutes reading your email, and is ethically > allowed > >> to bill you for a quarter-hour's time, if you sample a radio station > during > >> a quarter hour, even if you stop listening after only a minute, or two, > >> they get credit for that quarter hour. > >> > >> Ratings are arrived at though a mathematical combination of both cume > and > >> AQH. Let's say Tom tunes into a radio station for 5 minutes in the > >> morning, every Monday, but doesn't listen any more that week. He is > >> considered a member of that station's audience. Now let's say Bill > tunes > >> into that same station for 3 hours a day, 5 days a week. He is also > >> considered to be a member of that stations audience. Cume-wise, both > Tom, > >> and Bill represent the same thing to that radio station, they are both > >> members of it's audience. > >> > >> AQH is another thing, however. Tom gave the radio station a single > >> quarter-hour's listening for the survey week. Bill listened for 15 > hours > >> that week, so he gave them 60 quarter-hours. He is exponentially more > >> valuable to the radio station. > >> > >> How does this relate to the political right, or left? Psychologically > >> speaking, the further left you go, the more anachistic you tend to > become. > >> The further to the right you go, the more you tend to crave > organization. > >> Politics aside, look at the difference between the TEA Party and Occupy > >> Wall Street. Occupy was, by design, an organization with no leaders, no > >> agenda, no defined mission, and no two people seemed to be there for the > >> same reason. Meanwhile, all of the various TEA Party organizations > quickly > >> coalesced into a single entity. People on the right tend to pick a > single > >> station, and listen with great loyalty, while people on the left tend to > >> listen to a wide variety of stations. Loyalty = TSL. Very valuable to > a > >> radio station. The tendency of loyalty towards a single station > inherent > >> in people who lean right politically can also be greatly intensified by > >> making them feel they are a part of a group of people who are looked > down > >> upon, and discriminated against. > >> > >> There's more. Ratings are measured by recruiting respondents, and > people > >> on the political right are much more likely to take a telemarketing call > >> recruiting them, and agree to participate. They're also more likely to > go > >> through the process, and return the diary, or people meter. This leads > to > >> an undersampling of the left, and an oversampling of the right. > There's no > >> conspiracy, it's simple psychology. > >> > >> Most people don't realize it, but the airwaves are actually a public > >> trust. Just like a national park, they belong to the people. All the > >> people, regardless of their politics. Radio stations are issued > licenses > >> to "broadcast in the public interest". In the Communications Act of > 1934, > >> congress went to great pains to ensure no one single political voice > could > >> dominate the airwaves. They put strict ownership limits in place, and > >> cross-ownership limits (radio, TV, and newspaper). They initiated The > >> Fairness Doctrine, which held broadcasters to a standard of truth. They > >> also initiated the Equal Time Rule, which required stations broadcasting > >> one political viewpoint to give equal time to opposing views, so if you > had > >> 3 hours of Rush, you'd have to give three hours to the left. > >> > >> Beginning in the 80s, ownership limits were relaxed again and again, > until > >> you got to the present day, where one company (Clear Channel) owns over > >> 1,000 radio stations, and over 90% of the radio audience in this country > >> listens to radio stations owned by just four companies. The exact sort > of > >> concentration of power the Comm Act of 1934 was designed to prohibit. > Once > >> consolidation began, those newly powerful broadcast companies used their > >> lobbying power to have congress do away with the Fairness Doctrine and > the > >> Equal Time Rules, so they were free to broadcast anything they liked. > >> > >> Then there's the fact that right-wing talk is pro-business, and left > wing > >> talk advocates re-regulation. If you owned a company whose very > existence, > >> let alone it's massive profits were owed completely to the lifting of > >> virtually every regulatory restriction, would you pay to air a show that > >> urged people to reach out to their elected representatives to demand > >> regulations be put back in place? That's why Air America failed. > >> > >> When a radio station has a signal that only covers part of it's market, > >> it's called a "rimshot" signal. After deregulation, the big four > gobbled > >> up all of the strong signals in the 200 most heavily populated cities in > >> America, leaving only the rimshots for independent owners. The four > >> companies that owned all the strong signals wouldn't touch Air America, > so > >> they ended up on the rimshots, with no money for marketing, or > promotion. > >> > >> Years ago, while working for one of the "Big Four", I went to a > manager's > >> meeting, attended by all the top-level brass. We'd just put on a new > talk > >> station in a crowded market. It was the third one, and it's competitors > >> already had Rush, Hannity, O'Reilly etc. all locked up. Rather than > >> putting on third-rate conservative talkers, the program director wanted > to > >> put on Air America, and had reams of ratings breakouts, showing where, > in > >> zip codes where the signals were comparable, Air America performed > on-par > >> with the big conservative talk shows. The president of the company > became > >> very agitated, and said: "we aren't EVER going to air a show that wants > to > >> destroy us". > >> > >> The fact is, for the past 20+ years, the peoples' airwaves have been > >> dominated by a non-stop right-wing political propaganda machine, not > >> because of some vast conspiracy, but simply due to the most basic of > >> capitalist principles: profit motive. > >> > >> > >> > >> Frieda Werden, Series Producer > >> WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org > >> > > -- > > Frieda Werden, Series Producer > > WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org < > http://www.wings.org/> > > _______________________________________________ > > grc mailing list > > grc at maillist.peak.org > > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc < > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc> > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > From wings at wings.org Fri May 31 04:44:13 2019 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 04:44:13 -0700 Subject: [grc] Found this on Quora In-Reply-To: <385C74CB-6CF9-47F1-9816-E34D549D52F9@wimberleyvalleyradio.org> References: <385C74CB-6CF9-47F1-9816-E34D549D52F9@wimberleyvalleyradio.org> Message-ID: I remember attending a live Air America broadcast hosted by Jim Hightower in Austin. We had a lot of hopes for the competition against Limbaugh. It was a cryin shame that network could not survive. On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 9:55 PM Susan Raybuck < communitynews at wimberleyvalleyradio.org> wrote: > He makes a lot of sense. I remember Air America finally folding after a > lot of large corporations refused to advertise on stations that carried Air > America. > > He does make a couple of mistakes. The FCC under Reagan ended the Fairness > Doctrine ? after a carefully planned campaign to undermine it, involving > Congressional hearings and university curriculum to look at ways it could > be abused. (The American Enterprise Institute played a major role in the > campaign.) Congress tried to pass it as legislation during Reagan?s second > term but failed. > > Also, the Communications Act wasn?t the source of the Fairness Doctrine. > After WWII, the Hutchins Commission met for many months to hammer out media > policy with an aim to prevent the rise of Communism and Fascism which had > gotten a toehold in America in the twenties and thirties. Truman?s FCC > developed The Blue Book which articulated the Fairness Doctrine, based on > work of the Hutchins Commission. > > I did research on the topic in grad school hoping there was a way to bring > it back. I concluded it was dead as a doornail in that form, largely due to > FOX News inculcating their audience to despise and fear it. (If the > propaganda network was exposed and checked, maybe, just maybe.) > > Susan Raybuck > > On May 30, 2019, at 2:46 PM, Frieda Werden via grc > wrote: > > I do think he is wrong about Congress deleting the Fairness Doctrine. As I > recall, the FCC was able to make that call on its own. Also, there are > some shreds of Equal Time currently in place. Basically that stations have > to sell candidates ads at the same rate. > > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 11:30 AM Frieda Werden wrote: > > For anyone who wondered about this question - this fella's answer covers a > lot of the bases: > > [image: Sean Phillips] > Sean Phillips , Poker > Dealer In Pre-Early-Semi-Retirement (2016-present) > Answered Aug 25, 2014 > < > https://www.quora.com/Why-have-conservative-radio-talk-shows-been-more-successful-than-liberal-radio-talk-shows-e-g-Limbaugh-vs-Air-America/answer/Sean-Phillips-29 > > > > < > https://www.quora.com/Why-have-conservative-radio-talk-shows-been-more-successful-than-liberal-radio-talk-shows-e-g-Limbaugh-vs-Air-America# > > > > > I spent 25+ years in the business. The answer to your question is > complex, but clear. > > First, to those who insist there is no audience, or that the political > left represents a minority, I say "Hogwash". The fact is, this country is > split into three virtually equal groups; the left, the right, and the > middle, and the 1/3 of the country that makes up the middle splits almost > perfectly down the middle, half leaning right, half leaning left. > > The reason all you hear is right-wing talk on the radio has to do with the > psychology of human beings, and how that relates to the methodology of > ratings being tabulated, and ruthless profit motive. > > Radio audiences are measured in two ways. The first is cumulative > audience (called "cume"); the total number of people who listen to your > radio station each week. The second is average quarter hour audience > (called "AQH"), which is quantified in time spent listening ("TSL"). > > Each listening day is broken up into quarter-hour periods, and just as if > an attorney spends 5 minutes reading your email, and is ethically allowed > to bill you for a quarter-hour's time, if you sample a radio station during > a quarter hour, even if you stop listening after only a minute, or two, > they get credit for that quarter hour. > > Ratings are arrived at though a mathematical combination of both cume and > AQH. Let's say Tom tunes into a radio station for 5 minutes in the > morning, every Monday, but doesn't listen any more that week. He is > considered a member of that station's audience. Now let's say Bill tunes > into that same station for 3 hours a day, 5 days a week. He is also > considered to be a member of that stations audience. Cume-wise, both Tom, > and Bill represent the same thing to that radio station, they are both > members of it's audience. > > AQH is another thing, however. Tom gave the radio station a single > quarter-hour's listening for the survey week. Bill listened for 15 hours > that week, so he gave them 60 quarter-hours. He is exponentially more > valuable to the radio station. > > How does this relate to the political right, or left? Psychologically > speaking, the further left you go, the more anachistic you tend to become. > The further to the right you go, the more you tend to crave organization. > Politics aside, look at the difference between the TEA Party and Occupy > Wall Street. Occupy was, by design, an organization with no leaders, no > agenda, no defined mission, and no two people seemed to be there for the > same reason. Meanwhile, all of the various TEA Party organizations quickly > coalesced into a single entity. People on the right tend to pick a single > station, and listen with great loyalty, while people on the left tend to > listen to a wide variety of stations. Loyalty = TSL. Very valuable to a > radio station. The tendency of loyalty towards a single station inherent > in people who lean right politically can also be greatly intensified by > making them feel they are a part of a group of people who are looked down > upon, and discriminated against. > > There's more. Ratings are measured by recruiting respondents, and people > on the political right are much more likely to take a telemarketing call > recruiting them, and agree to participate. They're also more likely to go > through the process, and return the diary, or people meter. This leads to > an undersampling of the left, and an oversampling of the right. There's no > conspiracy, it's simple psychology. > > Most people don't realize it, but the airwaves are actually a public > trust. Just like a national park, they belong to the people. All the > people, regardless of their politics. Radio stations are issued licenses > to "broadcast in the public interest". In the Communications Act of 1934, > congress went to great pains to ensure no one single political voice could > dominate the airwaves. They put strict ownership limits in place, and > cross-ownership limits (radio, TV, and newspaper). They initiated The > Fairness Doctrine, which held broadcasters to a standard of truth. They > also initiated the Equal Time Rule, which required stations broadcasting > one political viewpoint to give equal time to opposing views, so if you had > 3 hours of Rush, you'd have to give three hours to the left. > > Beginning in the 80s, ownership limits were relaxed again and again, until > you got to the present day, where one company (Clear Channel) owns over > 1,000 radio stations, and over 90% of the radio audience in this country > listens to radio stations owned by just four companies. The exact sort of > concentration of power the Comm Act of 1934 was designed to prohibit. Once > consolidation began, those newly powerful broadcast companies used their > lobbying power to have congress do away with the Fairness Doctrine and the > Equal Time Rules, so they were free to broadcast anything they liked. > > Then there's the fact that right-wing talk is pro-business, and left wing > talk advocates re-regulation. If you owned a company whose very existence, > let alone it's massive profits were owed completely to the lifting of > virtually every regulatory restriction, would you pay to air a show that > urged people to reach out to their elected representatives to demand > regulations be put back in place? That's why Air America failed. > > When a radio station has a signal that only covers part of it's market, > it's called a "rimshot" signal. After deregulation, the big four gobbled > up all of the strong signals in the 200 most heavily populated cities in > America, leaving only the rimshots for independent owners. The four > companies that owned all the strong signals wouldn't touch Air America, so > they ended up on the rimshots, with no money for marketing, or promotion. > > Years ago, while working for one of the "Big Four", I went to a manager's > meeting, attended by all the top-level brass. We'd just put on a new talk > station in a crowded market. It was the third one, and it's competitors > already had Rush, Hannity, O'Reilly etc. all locked up. Rather than > putting on third-rate conservative talkers, the program director wanted to > put on Air America, and had reams of ratings breakouts, showing where, in > zip codes where the signals were comparable, Air America performed on-par > with the big conservative talk shows. The president of the company became > very agitated, and said: "we aren't EVER going to air a show that wants to > destroy us". > > The fact is, for the past 20+ years, the peoples' airwaves have been > dominated by a non-stop right-wing political propaganda machine, not > because of some vast conspiracy, but simply due to the most basic of > capitalist principles: profit motive. > > > > Frieda Werden, Series Producer > WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org > > -- > Frieda Werden, Series Producer > WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > > > -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org From adrienne at sonic.net Fri May 31 10:27:08 2019 From: adrienne at sonic.net (Adrienne Lauby) Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 10:27:08 -0700 Subject: [grc] Found this on Quora In-Reply-To: References: <385C74CB-6CF9-47F1-9816-E34D549D52F9@wimberleyvalleyradio.org> Message-ID: <0e8335b5-9932-ce29-feaf-0e2773f275eb@sonic.net> I wonder if any segment of the DSA is educated and interested in changing the radio landscape for the better. Does anyone know? Adrienne On 5/31/19 4:44 AM, Frieda Werden via grc wrote: > I remember attending a live Air America broadcast hosted by Jim Hightower > in Austin. We had a lot of hopes for the competition against Limbaugh. It > was a cryin shame that network could not survive. > > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 9:55 PM Susan Raybuck < > communitynews at wimberleyvalleyradio.org> wrote: > >> He makes a lot of sense. I remember Air America finally folding after a >> lot of large corporations refused to advertise on stations that carried Air >> America. >> >> He does make a couple of mistakes. The FCC under Reagan ended the Fairness >> Doctrine ? after a carefully planned campaign to undermine it, involving >> Congressional hearings and university curriculum to look at ways it could >> be abused. (The American Enterprise Institute played a major role in the >> campaign.) Congress tried to pass it as legislation during Reagan?s second >> term but failed. >> >> Also, the Communications Act wasn?t the source of the Fairness Doctrine. >> After WWII, the Hutchins Commission met for many months to hammer out media >> policy with an aim to prevent the rise of Communism and Fascism which had >> gotten a toehold in America in the twenties and thirties. Truman?s FCC >> developed The Blue Book which articulated the Fairness Doctrine, based on >> work of the Hutchins Commission. >> >> I did research on the topic in grad school hoping there was a way to bring >> it back. I concluded it was dead as a doornail in that form, largely due to >> FOX News inculcating their audience to despise and fear it. (If the >> propaganda network was exposed and checked, maybe, just maybe.) >> >> Susan Raybuck >> >> On May 30, 2019, at 2:46 PM, Frieda Werden via grc >> wrote: >> >> I do think he is wrong about Congress deleting the Fairness Doctrine. As I >> recall, the FCC was able to make that call on its own. Also, there are >> some shreds of Equal Time currently in place. Basically that stations have >> to sell candidates ads at the same rate. >> >> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 11:30 AM Frieda Werden wrote: >> >> For anyone who wondered about this question - this fella's answer covers a >> lot of the bases: >> >> [image: Sean Phillips] >> Sean Phillips , Poker >> Dealer In Pre-Early-Semi-Retirement (2016-present) >> Answered Aug 25, 2014 >> < >> https://www.quora.com/Why-have-conservative-radio-talk-shows-been-more-successful-than-liberal-radio-talk-shows-e-g-Limbaugh-vs-Air-America/answer/Sean-Phillips-29 >>> >> >> < >> https://www.quora.com/Why-have-conservative-radio-talk-shows-been-more-successful-than-liberal-radio-talk-shows-e-g-Limbaugh-vs-Air-America# >>> >> >> >> I spent 25+ years in the business. The answer to your question is >> complex, but clear. >> >> First, to those who insist there is no audience, or that the political >> left represents a minority, I say "Hogwash". The fact is, this country is >> split into three virtually equal groups; the left, the right, and the >> middle, and the 1/3 of the country that makes up the middle splits almost >> perfectly down the middle, half leaning right, half leaning left. >> >> The reason all you hear is right-wing talk on the radio has to do with the >> psychology of human beings, and how that relates to the methodology of >> ratings being tabulated, and ruthless profit motive. >> >> Radio audiences are measured in two ways. The first is cumulative >> audience (called "cume"); the total number of people who listen to your >> radio station each week. The second is average quarter hour audience >> (called "AQH"), which is quantified in time spent listening ("TSL"). >> >> Each listening day is broken up into quarter-hour periods, and just as if >> an attorney spends 5 minutes reading your email, and is ethically allowed >> to bill you for a quarter-hour's time, if you sample a radio station during >> a quarter hour, even if you stop listening after only a minute, or two, >> they get credit for that quarter hour. >> >> Ratings are arrived at though a mathematical combination of both cume and >> AQH. Let's say Tom tunes into a radio station for 5 minutes in the >> morning, every Monday, but doesn't listen any more that week. He is >> considered a member of that station's audience. Now let's say Bill tunes >> into that same station for 3 hours a day, 5 days a week. He is also >> considered to be a member of that stations audience. Cume-wise, both Tom, >> and Bill represent the same thing to that radio station, they are both >> members of it's audience. >> >> AQH is another thing, however. Tom gave the radio station a single >> quarter-hour's listening for the survey week. Bill listened for 15 hours >> that week, so he gave them 60 quarter-hours. He is exponentially more >> valuable to the radio station. >> >> How does this relate to the political right, or left? Psychologically >> speaking, the further left you go, the more anachistic you tend to become. >> The further to the right you go, the more you tend to crave organization. >> Politics aside, look at the difference between the TEA Party and Occupy >> Wall Street. Occupy was, by design, an organization with no leaders, no >> agenda, no defined mission, and no two people seemed to be there for the >> same reason. Meanwhile, all of the various TEA Party organizations quickly >> coalesced into a single entity. People on the right tend to pick a single >> station, and listen with great loyalty, while people on the left tend to >> listen to a wide variety of stations. Loyalty = TSL. Very valuable to a >> radio station. The tendency of loyalty towards a single station inherent >> in people who lean right politically can also be greatly intensified by >> making them feel they are a part of a group of people who are looked down >> upon, and discriminated against. >> >> There's more. Ratings are measured by recruiting respondents, and people >> on the political right are much more likely to take a telemarketing call >> recruiting them, and agree to participate. They're also more likely to go >> through the process, and return the diary, or people meter. This leads to >> an undersampling of the left, and an oversampling of the right. There's no >> conspiracy, it's simple psychology. >> >> Most people don't realize it, but the airwaves are actually a public >> trust. Just like a national park, they belong to the people. All the >> people, regardless of their politics. Radio stations are issued licenses >> to "broadcast in the public interest". In the Communications Act of 1934, >> congress went to great pains to ensure no one single political voice could >> dominate the airwaves. They put strict ownership limits in place, and >> cross-ownership limits (radio, TV, and newspaper). They initiated The >> Fairness Doctrine, which held broadcasters to a standard of truth. They >> also initiated the Equal Time Rule, which required stations broadcasting >> one political viewpoint to give equal time to opposing views, so if you had >> 3 hours of Rush, you'd have to give three hours to the left. >> >> Beginning in the 80s, ownership limits were relaxed again and again, until >> you got to the present day, where one company (Clear Channel) owns over >> 1,000 radio stations, and over 90% of the radio audience in this country >> listens to radio stations owned by just four companies. The exact sort of >> concentration of power the Comm Act of 1934 was designed to prohibit. Once >> consolidation began, those newly powerful broadcast companies used their >> lobbying power to have congress do away with the Fairness Doctrine and the >> Equal Time Rules, so they were free to broadcast anything they liked. >> >> Then there's the fact that right-wing talk is pro-business, and left wing >> talk advocates re-regulation. If you owned a company whose very existence, >> let alone it's massive profits were owed completely to the lifting of >> virtually every regulatory restriction, would you pay to air a show that >> urged people to reach out to their elected representatives to demand >> regulations be put back in place? That's why Air America failed. >> >> When a radio station has a signal that only covers part of it's market, >> it's called a "rimshot" signal. After deregulation, the big four gobbled >> up all of the strong signals in the 200 most heavily populated cities in >> America, leaving only the rimshots for independent owners. The four >> companies that owned all the strong signals wouldn't touch Air America, so >> they ended up on the rimshots, with no money for marketing, or promotion. >> >> Years ago, while working for one of the "Big Four", I went to a manager's >> meeting, attended by all the top-level brass. We'd just put on a new talk >> station in a crowded market. It was the third one, and it's competitors >> already had Rush, Hannity, O'Reilly etc. all locked up. Rather than >> putting on third-rate conservative talkers, the program director wanted to >> put on Air America, and had reams of ratings breakouts, showing where, in >> zip codes where the signals were comparable, Air America performed on-par >> with the big conservative talk shows. The president of the company became >> very agitated, and said: "we aren't EVER going to air a show that wants to >> destroy us". >> >> The fact is, for the past 20+ years, the peoples' airwaves have been >> dominated by a non-stop right-wing political propaganda machine, not >> because of some vast conspiracy, but simply due to the most basic of >> capitalist principles: profit motive. >> >> >> >> Frieda Werden, Series Producer >> WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org >> >> -- >> Frieda Werden, Series Producer >> WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org >> _______________________________________________ >> grc mailing list >> grc at maillist.peak.org >> http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc >> >> >> -- > Frieda Werden, Series Producer > WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > >