In its meeting last night, 4/15/99, the Board of Directors of WORT,
89.9 FM
in Madison, WI, decided to take the following measures in response
to the
deteriorating situation at Pacifica:
1) The Board will sign a letter circulated by station managers of Pacifica
affiliate stations.
2) The Board will draft and send its own letter, describing WORT's own
experience with strife related to authoritarian station management
and the
fact that since more democratic procedures and a greater openness to
the
community have been instituted (including killing the gag rule), the
station's financial situation has improved and its community standing
has
grown. Thus, WORT's experience stands in direct contradiction to the
theory
that "better" community radio is run by "experts" and through "discipline"
for those who don't toe the line they had no voice in establishing.
3) Informational announcements about the situation at Pacifica will
be
reinstituted before and/or after Pacifica
programs broadcast on WORT.
This report is non-official but accurate, filed by me as an individual
programmer/listener and not as a representative of the station in any
way.
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