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From The Station Manager
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From the Station Manager - Berthold Reimers
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Berthold Reimers
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WBAI Family,
The power to save WBAI is in your hands.
Here we are in July contemplating what seems to be the end of our rope. I have received numerous correspondences from concerned listeners and members urging me to do all I can to preserve WBAI as it is right now.
WBAI as it exists right now will not be preserved because it can not survive under the current financial model. However, WBAI will continue to exist as a local NY metropolitan area radio station.
We were making real progress in meeting our obligations until the confluence of factors that came together in the past year that include Hurricane Sandy and the changing of Program Directors.
So, where do we go from here? WBAI has been one of the most successful Pacifica stations raising money outside of on-air drives. Management and staff have worked relentlessly to reduce on-air fund drive days. Two major events, one with Dr. Michio Kaku and the other with Chris Hedges, raised $90,000.00 and $12,000.00 respectively. Our first art auction netted over $40,000.00 followed by a mini auction that raised another $3,000.00. Our grant efforts raised about $50,000.00 not withstanding the regular stringer grants of $30,000.00. We also raised over $15,000.00 in matching grants. WBAI revamped our website that has increased our profile and exposure and thereby increased our website income tremendously.
However, WBAI's most significant accomplishment has been the launching of the BAI Buddy initiative. In an effort to reduce on-air fund drives we asked you, our listeners and members, to join as a BAI Buddy and become a sustained monthly donor. About 800 of you have responded to our call and it is generating approximately $12,000.00 per month.
Let me emphasize that ultimately the well being of WBAI rests with you, our listeners and members. If our 15,000 active members donated at least $15.00 per month thru the BAI Buddy program, we could generate $225,000.00 per month and reduce on-air funddrives by 2/3rds instantly. Our programming may not be as compelling to you as it used to be because of interruptions by funddrives, but a reduction in contributions has a direct impact on our ability to focus on the important programming that WBAI provides.
So, to all of you who asked me to save WBAI, I am giving you the solution and the power to do just that, right now. Click on the BAI Buddy Button below and subscribe to donate $15.00 per month or more. I can see the results almost immediately and make the case to the Pacifica National Office that we can continue to be a viable, sustainable entity.
Sincerely,
Berthold Reimers
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Please click here: Calendar for an extensive list of upcoming events
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July 6, Saturday 7pm-2am , Replay Radio Bloomsday! 2013: In Search of a Father - For those of you who missed the broadcast that had some technical difficulties: This year's broadcast included a kaleidoscope of global artistic talent united by a passion for getting under the hood of the most influential novel of the twentieth century - James Joyce's Ulysses. Artists include Alec Baldwin, Aaron Beall, Charles Busch, Bob Dishy, Janet Coleman, Frank Delaney, Paul Dooley, Roma Downey, David Dozer, Michael Elias, Anne Enright, Jim Fletcher, Judy Graubart, Tony Hendra, Susanna Lindsay-Norris, Marc Maron, John McDonough, Paul Muldoon, Johnny O'Callaghan, Bob Odenkirk, Brian O'Doherty, Roger Norris, T. Ryder Smith, John Spinks, Amy Stiller, Jerry Stiller, Kate Valk, Derry Woodhouse and Zeroboy. At 11pm, Caraid O'Brien revisited her acclaimed Molly Bloom monologue as a dialogue that Molly Bloom has with herself performing together with Bernadette Quigley (In America, Law & Order). Musicians appearing live on the broadcast include All Ireland Button Accordion Champion, Martin O'Connell, fiddle player Marie-Louise Bowe, singer Eileen Ruby, Steven Antonelli, Ralph Martin, Johnny Coughlan, Brad Maestas and Keith Connolly. Radio Bloomsday is a seven hour nationwide live broadcast on the Pacifica Radio Network "where artists interpret James Joyce's Ulysses." Coinciding with Father's Day, this year's program highlighted the many different, sometimes tender and often difficult relationships between fathers and their children seen throughout Ulysses. WBAI and the Pacifica Radio Network have been broadcasting marathon performances of James Joyce's Ulysses for over 30 years. Since 2008, Radio Bloomsday has been directed by Caraid O'Brien in collaboration with Janet Coleman, WBAI's Arts Director. KPFK in Los Angeles will also carry the broadcast.
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July 19-25 - Friday-Thursday - Join WBAI and ArtMattan Production to celebrate the theatrical release of La Playa D.C., official selection in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival official. This coming-of-age story set in the culturally vibrant, politically and socially turbulent city of Bogot�, Colombia portrays the complexities of racism and identity politics in contemporary Latin American cities and offers a fresh look at the largely misrepresented city of Bogot� and its inhabitants. "A quietly impressive first feature from Colombian writer/director Juan Andr�s Arango. Absorbing rather than gripping at first, it confidently builds into a tale of hope and transformation,"-Screen International. SPECIAL ONE WEEK ENGAGEMENT -Rerun Theatre, 147 Front St , Brooklyn, NY. (718) 766-9110. Screening Times: reruntheater.com.
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TRAILER LA PLAYA D.C.
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Host Highlights
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Linda Perry Barr- WBAI News Dept.
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Linda Perry joined the WBAI News team recently. She came to us after being on staff at the CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. There she ran the New York Bureau and was their TV and Radio News, Arts and Field Reporter and Producer. "Back in the day," Linda used to work at WBAI. She was staff announcer, Drama and Literature department director, program producer, live radio host and volunteer coordinator. Now she is happy to be back with us. Linda loves covering the city and bringing underserved, underreported stories to life and sharing them with our listeners and online viewers. Her stories are on file on our under "In The News" on our website homepage. Linda also enjoys participating in workshops at Columbia Journalism School. She's very interested in using her old school journalism skills on new media platforms. Follow her on twitter: @lindaperrybarr and check out her profile www.linkedin.com/lindaperrybarr/. Her email is [email protected]. She looks forward to the station being settled in a new home and for WBAI to be the fine progressive beacon in the city and online it was meant to be. ________________________________________________ Kimberly Massengill - Producer, Thump and Growl, Tuesdays 10am to noon | |
Substansia Jones aka Kim Massengill
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Kim is being recognized for her fat acceptance activist work as "Substantia Jones", her "nom de plump" on her Tumblr site Smile, Sizeist! where those who experience public fat-shaming are invited to snap a photo of their harasser and submit it for publication on the blog, ideally with the story of the incident. Massengill is sensitive to the accused in certain ways. On the "About" page of Smile, Sizeist!, Jones writes, "Unkind references about the harasser's appearance, age, race, gender, sexuality, or physical ability will be deleted." She is also being highlighted in the media for her work on
The Adipositivity Project to "widen definitions of physical beauty - literally." It was made to push through all the fat-hate and prove that big bodies can be strong, confident, and really really beautiful. A collection of professionally-snapped pics, Adipositivity showcases full-figured bodies in all their glory. Round, soft, strong, and naked. Read more about her projects being featured at these links to articles on Bust, The Huffington Post, and in a video on The Daily Mail, in the UK. |
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Announcing Two New Segments:
BIKE TALK -on Wake Up Call every Wednesday at 7:45am
Bike Talk will bring you news on all things bike related in NYC. Every week get your bike headlines, your 'Bike Top Tip', hear from cycling advocates and activists plus the funny on the world of bikes & riders via comedic commentary.
Four rotating correspondents will report for Bike Talk weekly and with a bit of encouragement from listeners they may get a show of their own:
Keegan Stephan - has served as a Time's Up! volunteer in almost every capacity: as a mechanic, instructor, admin, and organizer. Keegan is looking forward to starting his own bike co-op He is also a regular contributor to The Villager, Streetsblog, and other periodicals and blogs about bike politics.
Nadette Stasa -is an avid cyclist with a much-admired, and photographed, bike that is decorated seasonally. In 2004, Nadette helped organized the fundraiser "Bike to Beat Bush" and in 2006 worked with United for Peace and Justice/NYC on their fundraiser "Pedal for Peace".
Paul Steely White - the Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives, the leading local walking, bicycling and transit advocacy group in the United States. He is an internationally known author and lecturer on bicycling, walking and transportation reform. He was selected to receive the Rockefeller Foundation's Jane Jacobs Medal, which recognizes those whose creative uses of the urban environment build a more diverse, dynamic, and equitable city.
Laura Solis- is an activist of the Transportation Alternatives Bronx Committee, a Greenway Team Member of the Bronx River Alliance, the Outreach Coordinator for WE Bike NYC (a community of women who ride bikes with the goal of providing a safe space for women to ride together regardless of skill, speed and riding style) and on the Transportation Committee for her local Community Board in the Bronx.
FREE + CHEAP NYC - on Wake Up Call Thursdays at 7:30am AND also airs at 4:55pm
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Maayan Schneider and Angela Church
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Beginning July 4th, WBAI will be launching "free + cheap nyc", on the air and online on our homepage at WBAI.org! Hosted by Angela Church and Maayan Schneider, the two aficianados of all things free, cheap, and fun to do in the 5 burroughs, the 5 minute segment on air will also be posted online for easy access (and no having to run to get a pen while you are listening to the radio).
 There will be info on events, dance concerts, music performances, indoor and outdoor films to see. There will be top picks each Thursday for what's coming up for adults, children, tourists - or if you are all of the above. There are so many festivals, parades, art openings - what's a NY-er to do? Lots! It's happening on Staten Island, in the Bronx, in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, on Long Island and in Westchester, Connecticut, and New Jersey! Announcing Two New Programs: 
NEW MUSIC : TURN IT UP, TECLA! Thursdays 10am to noonThis program is designed for audiences who are interested in mixed genres of music that is alternative to the mainstream norm. Tecla Esposito is a female musician who was classically trained in piano, studied Ethnomusicology in college, and has been involved in various musical ensembles, as well as my own self-produced projects, since college. She has traveled around the world playing music, and upon returning from her travels, noticed a void in FM radio's portrayal of local and world youthful alternative pop music. When thinking of popular music, one always thinks of the mainstream top 40 billboard charts. Tecla's goal is to expose the avid music listener who seeks alternatives to dance, funk, instrumental, new wave, electronic, lyrical, live music from all over the world, including right here in New York City. Mike Sargent started his career in theater and film as a sound designer. He was nominated several times for the prestigious Audelco Award for excellence in Sound Design. From there Mike went on to write, produce and direct radio drama and audio books, adapting the works of such acclaimed science-fiction authors as Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clark and has been the recipient of a series of grants to develop his feminist-science-fiction play Nemesis. The music played here will open up a discussion of musical genre, history, and instrumentation for people seeking new music. The discussion will be complemented by weekly musical guests who fit the alternative characteristics of the program, talk about their process, and perform a few songs live. This program opens the minds of diverse listeners everywhere to various forms of fun, positive, uplifting music, intended for people to Turn It Up! It also expands the range of WBAI listeners to youthful alternative music fans looking for something new and fresh on FM radio. INTERPERSONAL UPDATE - Alternating Thursdays beginning on July 11, 1-2pm
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Harriet Fraad + Tess Fraad-Wolff
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Political is Personal. Interpersonal Update presents updates on transformations in US personal life: dating, intimate relationships, and family life. The show will tell you what is happening in the larger economic social and political picture and its impact on our personal lives and welcomes call-in questions. Harriet Fraad, Ed.D, is a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist in private practice in New York City. She writes regularly for Truthout, and journals such as Tikkun, and The Journal of Psychohistory. Her latest book written with Richard Wolff and Stephen Resnick is Class Struggle on the Home Front (Palgrave 2009). She writes a blog called Economy and Society. Her newest publication is an essay written with Tess Fraad-Wolff, "Imagine Personal and Sexual Life Under Socialism" which appears in the forthcoming book Imagine Socialism in the USA (Harper Collins, 2013). Tess Fraad-Wolff, LMSW, CAT is a Psychotherapist and Art Therapist at the Center for Psychological Well-Being in New York City. She lectures and writes on the intersections of economic, psychological and sexual life. Her newest publication is an essay written with Harriet Fraad, "Imagine Personal and Sexual Life Under Socialism" which appears in the forthcoming book Imagine Socialism in the USA (Harper Collins, 2013). |
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INTERN OF THE MONTH: Stephanie Kossman
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"I am a rising junior at Wellesley College where I study Religion. I love being a Religion major because it gives me the opportunity to learn about so many different faiths and beliefs, which are not only the source of many major world issues but also are the center of everyday life for many people.
My favorite part of Wellesley, however, is our campus radio station. I've been a part of WZLY since my first year as both a Radio DJ and executive board member. My love for WZLY inspired me to learn more about working at a radio station, and ultimately, I chose to intern with WBAI for the summer because I love the idea of education through radio. I can't believe that only a few months after starting first internship, I'm being named Intern of the Month! Thank you WBAI."
SUMMER and FALL INTERNSHIPS
Internships (credit and non-credit) in audio engineering, marketing, accounting, graphic design, social media networking, event planning, general station support, and business organization. Please email a resume, days/hours of availability, and areas of interest to:
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During the month of June WBAI suffered too many losses of friends and colleagues.
We would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of Producer Ibrahim Gonzalez, Co-Producers Lynne Rosen and John Littig and Volunteer, The "Uncritic" and friend of WBAI Jim Krivo.  | |
Ibrahim Gonzalez Jim Krivo
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John Littig and Lynne Rosen
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Listener Commentary
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and tell us which WBAI show program is your favorite and why.
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To Pacifica CEO Summer Reese:
I am writing to you because I am extremely concerned about the impending layoffs at WBAI.
Over the years, my appreciation for WBAI programming has grown by leaps and bounds. In the current political climate, BAI is literally the ONLY station where the news is real and true. Programs like Democracy Now, Law and Disorder, Guns and Butter, and 5 O'Clock Shadow have become necessary listening for anyone who wants to hear the truth about nukes, global warming, war crimes, US imperialism, torture, NSA surveillance, and just about everything else that the mainstream media, because of its corporate ownership, tiptoes around. Where else will progressives be able to go? This would truly be a monumental loss!
Progressives, peace activists, human rights activists, animal rights activists and pretty much everyone NEED to have WBAI remain the bastion of excellent reporting and discussion that it has been for over 50 years.
Please examine your conscience. Examine what Pacifica must do to save WBAI. Provide CPB with what it needs in order to release the money that it is supposed to be giving you. Please do it now. Save WBAI.
A supportive listener and friend to WBAI,
-Barbara Balaban
To 5'Oclock Shadow's Robert Knight:
Thank you for letting us hear these magnificent speeches by Nelson Mandela, as the great man himself approaches his passing. It is so important to me to hear his profound and uplifting words at this ultimate time for him. Thank you.
Please send your comments, complaints, or compliments related to any program subject matter aired this month to [email protected] with "Listener Comment" in the subject line. Submissions should be limited to 400 words and please include your full name and location. We reserve the right to edit where deemed necessary.
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Berthold Reimers - General Station Manager
WBAI Pacifica Radio
250 Vesey St, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10282
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