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37. NYT has a slightly less cataclysmic take on it.

Mon Oct 7, 2019, 06:09 PM

Oct 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/business/media/wbai-pacifica-layoffs.html?searchResultPosition=1

They report that 10 of the 12 employees have been let go and Pacifica network shows, instead of local WBAI shows, are airing.

Don’t kill the messenger, please; just reporting what I’ve read.

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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