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NOVEMBER 2013 e-Newsletter
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From the Station Manager - Berthold Reimersgenman 

  

Dear WBAI Family,

 

The following is an excerpt form my General Manager's report to the Pacifica National Board.

 

Read the full report here. 

 

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BAI BUDDY

Prognosis:

"The outlook for WBAI for surviving and repaying its financial debts is, guardedly, a positive one. I cannot thank enough the other stations in the Pacifica network for extending funds to meet WBAI's shortfalls - some of which were unexpected, due to last year's unprecedented hurricane, and some of which were due to WBAI's inability to, on its own, meet the exorbitant costs of running a radio station in New York City. I am hopeful that with the greatly reduced expenses and fundraising projects underway, we can make WBAI sustainable within the next few months and begin repaying the debts we owe to the other stations. THANK YOU! But WBAI needs to be given the ½-year to 1-year needed for those projects to take root...."

 

Thank you,
Berthold Reimers
General Manager

   

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Please click here: Calendar for an extensive list of upcoming community events

 

  • THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 8pm (Doors open 6:30) -FIRST VOICES BENEFIT CONCERT FOR WBAI .  A WBAI Benefit Feat with PETE SEEGER +FRIENDS: David Amram, Tiokasin Ghosthorse, The Last Internationale, + Earthmum! AT: THE CUTTING ROOM 44 E 32nd St  New York, NY 10010 212 691-1900$30 Advanced (Standing) - $35 Door - $50 Advanced (VIP Seating) - $55 Door. Get Tickets Here  
 
  • Monday, November 18, 1:15pm - THINK ACT CHANGE LUNCHTIME CHAT- Benefit for WBAI. The "Center for Remembering and Sharing" invites you to participate in a lunchtime conversation with Weather Underground activist, author and educator Bill Ayers - live and in person, activist / poet Mitchel Cohen, and "Right to the City" director Rachel Laforest. This is a co-presentation of Think Act Change NYC meetup.

    At Think Coffee, 123 4th Ave., 2nd floor (on top of Think Coffee, 2 blocks south of Union Square). Tickets are $15, sliding scale. No one turned away if you can't afford it -- pay what you can. Get tickets here.   

     

  • Monday, November 18, at 8pm - MONDAY NIGHT COMEDY- We just got to Brooklyn and wanna have a good ole Barn Stormin Comedy Fun* Raiser that doubles as a HOUSEWARMING. Join Brooklyn native Dave Lester (film "Freakonomics" TV1) as he hosts comedians Omar Thompson, (BET's "Coming to the STAGE"), Lee Camp (The Onion, creator of "Moment of Clarity") and  Calise Hawkins ( Nickelodeon's "Mom's Nite Out" and FX's "Totally Biased") with as much to say socially as they are funny. Mix and mingle after work for a cause! Tickets at the door: $20. Doors open: 6:30pm for a wine reception - 8pm, Comedy Show. At WBAI 388 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY, 11217 (between Hoyt and Bond Sts.)   
 
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  • The Pacifica national Office is preempting all daily programming from Tuesday , November 19th starting at 9 AM until Thursday, November 21st at midnight.  The following day, Friday, November 22nd, which marks the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy, will also be a day of special national programming from the Pacifica Foundation. This will start at 9 AM and will last until 5 PM that day.  
  • The Pacifica Radio Archives (PRA) regularly schedules national days of Fund Drive to support their operation. The PRA is one of the largest depositories in the world of the audio history of the Unites States in all its diversity. These fundraising events are regularly scheduled by the National Office. Thursday, November 21st will be devoted to fundraising for the Pacifica National Office. During our fiscal crisis the National Office has generously supported our efforts.
 Please note the following pre-emption details below:
  • 1. Tuesday November 19,  at 9:00 AM and ending  Wednesday November 20, 2013 at Midnight all regular WBAI shows are pre-empted.
  • 2. Thursday November 21, at 9:00 AM and ending at Midnight all shows are pre-empted.
  • 3. Friday November 22, at 9:00 AM and ending at 5:00 PM all shows are pre-empted.