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20. a WBAI producer posted on FaceBook that BAI is streaming online from CA

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 03:51 PM

Oct 2019

James Irsay
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As of this morning, there is no more WBAI. The national office has fired ALL staff (including our manager Berthold Reimers and program director Linda Perry-Barr). There is no more technical staff, and 99.5FM is broadcasting programs remotely from a California Pacifica station (not sure if KPFA or KPFK). This is the work of new Pacifica interim Executive DirectorJohn Vermile.

Sorry to bring you such horrific news. We are hoping to get back in action after consulting with the appropriate professionals.

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NOTE THAT THIS WAS A DECISION, APPARENTLY WITHOUT ADVANCE NOTICE, THAT CAME FROM NATIONAL PACIFICA BOARD, APPARENTLY OUT OF THE BLUE

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'A Complete Shock:' Long-Running Freeform Radio Station WBAI Abruptly Shut Down [View all] brooklynite Oct 2019 OP

wow, that is the end of an era indeed. Voltaire2 Oct 2019 #1

I haven't been this upset since WEVD was bought by Disney/ABC Corp. no_hypocrisy Oct 2019 #9

I felt the same way about WEVD, no_hypocrisy.. choie Oct 2019 #29

Religiously. I got up at 5 a.m. to hear Bill sing The Star Spangled Banner. no_hypocrisy Oct 2019 #45

oh no_hypocrisy... choie Oct 2019 #47

+ 1 million no_hypocrisy Oct 2019 #65

Remember "Underground Uplift Unlimited" on St Mark's Square or David Peel and the Lower East ... marble falls Oct 2019 #16

I sure do! UUU! DFW Oct 2019 #22

They always had the best collection of buttons, posters, comix. Those were the days, marble falls Oct 2019 #67

I used to go back to DC with a box full of pins and buttons. DFW Oct 2019 #68

Not enough public support to keep it on the air. MineralMan Oct 2019 #2

Alex what is the 'free-rider problem?' me_not_you Oct 2019 #48

Rightwing radio is subsidized by rightwing billionaires sharedvalues Oct 2019 #55

Maybe Rupert Murdoch can buy it and keep it on the air. 3Hotdogs Oct 2019 #3

The Progressuve Left Can't get Big Bucks Advertisement ritapria Oct 2019 #4

but why???? me_not_you Oct 2019 #49

Largely because the left doesn't build institutions sharedvalues Oct 2019 #57

i see & agree me_not_you Oct 2019 #60

Why doesn't Skidmore Oct 2019 #5

Perhaps because liberals don't spend endless hours listening to the radio? brooklynite Oct 2019 #12

Perhaps liberals don't Skidmore Oct 2019 #24

Because radio is dead. Codeine Oct 2019 #14

Like vinyl? Cetacea Oct 2019 #15

radio is why we have trump. WBAI should switch to liberal talk, a national lineup certainot Oct 2019 #32

BINGO!!!!! me_not_you Oct 2019 #50

There are vast swathes of land in the US where there is nothing but wingnut, or religious, or diva77 Oct 2019 #62

podcasting is elitism me_not_you Oct 2019 #64

'podcasting is elitism' Celerity Oct 2019 #70

We had that and it failed. Codeine Oct 2019 #66

The Mythical We me_not_you Oct 2019 #69

Here's Why the Right Wing Dominates Talk Radio Today diva77 Oct 2019 #72

Also add, repeal of the fairness doctrine me_not_you Oct 2019 #74

It seems to me that the fate of the radio is linked to the car genxlib Oct 2019 #6

Radio is for cranky old people Codeine Oct 2019 #13

I am not cranky nor a long-haul trucker. I listen to NPR when I am working around the house, japple Oct 2019 #18

Right Cetacea Oct 2019 #19

This. Skidmore Oct 2019 #23

Sad about WBAI. Plenty of folks in many US areas listen to NPR appalachiablue Oct 2019 #34

I'm happy old people orangecrush Oct 2019 #26

guess I'm cranky and old.... IcyPeas Oct 2019 #35

I listen to KXLU DBoon Oct 2019 #46

You surely don't speak for all of us. elleng Oct 2019 #39

Ageism is unattractive and won't win any friends, especially here. We also have several current and littlemissmartypants Oct 2019 #40

a 2016 study found 25% of americans get most of their news from radio certainot Oct 2019 #33

wrong me_not_you Oct 2019 #51

It's streaming now. no_hypocrisy Oct 2019 #7

a WBAI producer posted on FaceBook that BAI is streaming online from CA cloudythescribbler Oct 2019 #20

WBAI was an icon of "alternative" radio broadcasting. This is a shock! Hopefully they can resolve... George II Oct 2019 #8

They've hemorrhaged money forever. Codeine Oct 2019 #11

Pacifica went to shit 20 years ago. Codeine Oct 2019 #10

Agreed Cetacea Oct 2019 #17

Correct. The Mouth Oct 2019 #21

well, there was some other shit that went down 20 years ago Kali Oct 2019 #25

Hi Kali! orangecrush Oct 2019 #27

... Kali Oct 2019 #36

I go back orangecrush Oct 2019 #44

I agree, Codeine PlanetBev Oct 2019 #31

This is totally off topic, but since you mentioned it... Jedi Guy Oct 2019 #42

Yeah, those were the days, Jedi PlanetBev Oct 2019 #73

This is one of those things that's both surprising and not. PoliticAverse Oct 2019 #28

Unbelievable...in as liberal a city as NYC is... choie Oct 2019 #30

NYT has a slightly less cataclysmic take on it. marybourg Oct 2019 #37

Apparently, the corpse lingered on for a very long time. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2019 #38

So sad. WBAI was one of my lifelines to progressive world views as a kid. FailureToCommunicate Oct 2019 #41

Any dialogue that's contrary to consumerism and profit will not be supported by corporate America. YOHABLO Oct 2019 #43

Jackpot me_not_you Oct 2019 #53

Honestly, I haven't listened to the radio in years... brooklynite Oct 2019 #52

I wouldn't brang about that... me_not_you Oct 2019 #54

Who says I'm disconnected from my community? brooklynite Oct 2019 #56

think: LIVE ... me_not_you Oct 2019 #58

When I was young and hip I didn't listen to endless hours of "live" radio either... brooklynite Oct 2019 #59

your experience is not universal (egocentrism) me_not_you Oct 2019 #61

I've been a community radio dj for 45 years tirebiter Oct 2019 #63

UPDATE: Beloved radio station WBAI gets a reprieve from shutdown -- for now brooklynite Oct 2019 #71