"Democracy Now" is carried on public radio stations, public television stations, and various cable channels.
I specifically asked about the "standards" by which Democracy Now could be considered a success on the Pacifica stations
The corporate broadcasting mind-set does not apply to Pacifica. They are not in operation to maximize an audience in order to maximize advertising revenue. You all have decided that they must play your game and you get to make the rules.
There is no "corporate" mindset involved in wanting your voice to reach a larger group of people. If it reaches few people, the ideas they wish to express and expose are not being heard. If there are so few listeners, what is the purpose of operating?
As an example, the average audience size of Democracy Now at 6 AM on KPFK, in a market of 13,400,000 persons, is 1,000 persons.
If an altruistic endeavor in another field were to have that sort of results, there would be a thorough review of operations and lots of changes. For example, if the Red Cross had an emergency blood drive for victims of a local disaster, and only 11 people gave blood, they would examine everything from the work of their communications department to the attitudes of the public in respect to blood donation. They certainly would not continue "as is".
The only answer to the Pacifica question is the one BigA gives: a bunch of "I´m for me!" individuals with different agendas and no group spirit or ethic.
PS: San Francisco "Bay" is not a bay; it's an estuary.
Technically, it is just the northeastern section that is a true estuary with a tidal basin. The rest is a bay, and 99.999990% of the 7.5 million folks in the metro area call it a bay and refer to the general zone as "the Bay Area" and not "the Estuary Area".
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