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LA Times: Op-Ed KPFK's death by democracy

b-turner said:
Funny, TheBigA, your words have been said so many times from my mouth to LPFM stations serving 20,000 people that opt to program for 1% of the audience versus a mainstream format that captures as many local ears as they can get.
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Truthfully, 1% is great for an LPFM. Brings a different meaning to the 1per-centers. In the non-com world, what matters isn't how big the audience is, but how many people in the audience contribute. Back in the old days, there were a lot of rich socialists who contributed to Pacifica. Not so many any more and the current staff has done a lot to alienate that base of contributors. So who's left to contribute when the only people left listening are the employees?
 
...Bay Area TV anchorman Bill Schechner, who got his start at KPFA Berkeley, once famously stated that "we" is a dangerous term to use at a Pacifica facility...
 
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