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Berthold Reimers
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Dear WBAI Family,
I am pleased to announce that WBAI continues to take steps towards stabilizing its affairs. We have caught up on a number of major bills such as severance pay, and rent. Our BAI Buddy continues to increase as we are reaching the $20,000.00 mark per month. Please become a BAI Buddy ..... and help us to reduce the number of on-air drive days. Click here to sign up for your automatic monthly contribution.
However, we still face some daunting issues. The monthly rent for the antenna on top of the Empire State Building is approximately $55,000.00 per month and with the yearly increase will reach about $72,000.00 in 3 years. WBAI management with the support of the PAcifica National Office have begun to take steps to solve this problem.
Further, the same layoff measures that allowed us to survive have also impacted programming. Programming needs a re-evaluation and it is my duty and responsibility, in the absence of a Program Director and a Public Affairs Director, to make what I deem to be the necessary changes. We have many programming changes and events coming this month...please see what is happening at WBAI below.
- Looking forward to continue working towards a better WBAI.
Berthold Reimers
General Manager
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- Monday, July 7, 6:30pm-mixer, 8pm - show, MONDAY NIGHT COMEDY, TOO RAW FOR RADIO: Our monthly pro show has drawn RAVE REVIEWS from enthusiasts and
 critics alike. Join us for a night of hilarious irreverent funny folks waaaay too raw for radio, proceeded by a reception with drinks and vegetarian fare provided by Powerful Pioneers Catering to loosen up the old gears. The best, healthiest happy hour in town! At 388 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn.
- Saturday July 12, 4-8pm - A Sip of Summer: WBAI's producer Ifé Dance presents a
 free outdoor family event at Fulton Park in Brooklyn. Miss I.D. and Max Jerome from WBAI's "The Show" will spin classic R&B, Soul, House, Disco, and Hip-Hop. The park is located directly in front of Boys and Girls High School. For public transportation, take the B25 bus to Fulton Park or AC trains to the Utica Avenue stop.
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The Julianna Forlano Show will join WBAI on June 30th - Mondays to Thursdays at 6-7pm. The show will cover the important topics of the day using jokes, parody and political satire along with interviews with powerful speakers and great segments like Meet the Independent Press. Julianna is a humorist, activist, writer, and professor, and also is the host and creator of the award winning syndicated political news parody Absurdity Today which can be found on DirectTV and Dish Network's FSTV, The Young Turks Online Network and other outlets. She also produces The Laughing Liberally Lab, a live political humor showcase in New York City, and has appeared at Barack Obama's Official Inaugural Ball, The Friar's Club in NY, on The Daily Show and Friends Show, at the Democratic National Convention, several Netroots Nation Conferences, and other venues nationwide. Ms. Forlano is a popular guest commentator and appears regularly on TV and radio programs including Huffpost Live, The Randi Rhodes Show, Progressive Voices Radio, Current TV's Viewpoint with John Fugelsang, The Jimmy Dore Show, TYT Network's The Point and more. She is a contributing writer for CrooksandLiars.com, The Huffington Post, MichealMoore.com and other outlets. Her writing can also be found in the Chicago Sun Times, in the book Letters to President Obama and in a forthcoming book on humor and elections. Ms. Forlano teaches Media Ethics, Broadcast Journalism, Writing for Broadcast and New Media and Comedic Scriptwriting in the Department of Television and Radio at Brooklyn College.  | |
Need More Satire?
Introducing Absurdity Today
with Julianna Forlano!
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________________________________________________________ NEWS at WBAI: Linda Perry-Barr has kept local news coverage at WBAI alive, despite losing our  | |
Linda Perry-Barr
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news department due to layoffs. She has trained several people to do news gathering and is looking for more people who can go out to rallies, events, and conferences to gather sound and take photos. She will train you in what we need.
If you are interested in being a WBAI news journalist, please email her with a note about yourself, contact information and whether you have a digital recorder. Linda's email is Linda@WBAI.org - and please visit our website under In The News to see the types of stories we've been covering.
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The WBAI Rent Party / Resistance in Brooklyn's Annual Anti-July 4th Barbecue
will take place on SATURDAY, JULY 5, 2014 from 4 to 8 p.m. at The Commons, 388 Atlantic Avenue (between Hoyt & Bond Sts.),Brooklyn.
There will be performances by Spiritchild (of the Black Arts Movement) and others. All proceeds from this event will go to help WBAI pay its rent to The Commons, a movement-building space. Suggested sliding scale donation: $12-$20 (includes dinner; cash beer bar). Children under 12 free.
No one turned away. Join us to help the station, meet like-minded folks, and have a good time! Sponsored by Resistance in Brooklyn (an anti-imperialist/anti-racist/anti-sexist collective), 718-399-8366, mmmsrnb@igc.org. ____________________________________________________________________  Organized by WBAI volunteers, come to Coney Island and join other WBAI listeners on Saturday, July 19th, to watch the Brooklyn Cyclones baseball game and support WBAI. Tickets are available for a minimum of $25 as a donation to WBAI. All tickets must be picked up at 388 Atlantic Avenue, 3rd floor before July 12th. They will not be mailed to you. But order them NOW -- we have a limited supply and they go to first come first served. Get Tickets Here. ____________________________________________________________________ 
YES, WBAI will get a percentage of sales from the well known sites that you purchase from. Read about how to use GOODSEARCH for all your online purchases HERE. ____________________________________________________________________
Giving a non-cash gift donation can double it's value, triple it or initiate numerous donations from other listeners (ex: iPad lottery offered for new BAI Buddies). We accept the following:
- New, boxed, electronic equipment such as laptops and other portable devises.
- Airline tickets and vacation packages.
- Theater and other venue tickets.
- Stocks and bonds (they keep their full value + you get the deduction).
- Annuity assignments.
- Matching donations from your employer.
- Monthly MTA cards for interns.
***Please note: WBAI is in need of the donation of a heavy duty paper shredder.
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JOIN WBAI MEMBERS ON A TRIP TO SOUTHERN AFRICA
- December 4th to December 14th -
Join us for a 10 day trip to South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana.
The trip organizers will be donating a percentage of the proceeds to WBAI.
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Intern of the Month: Jay Ackerman
This summer WBAI is hosting 8 interns from schools all over the country and Europe. Interns each work with a producer learning the ins + outs of producing a show, help with
administrative tasks, learn social networking and web posting, create on- air promotions and this summer they will each be producing a 5 minute segment that will air on Fridays during the 6:30 news time slot.
Each intern will do a segment about a topic of local interest to them that we might not hear about in the news, but is important to them. WBAI is very appreciative of the interns and impressed by their knowledge of politics, commitment to helping support WBAI, and absorbing the expense to travel to our offices- several commuting from pretty far away!
Jay Ackerman, who is a student at Fredonia University majoring in Sound Engineering, is assisting Kim Massengill on Thump and Growl. Kim's early feedback about Jay," THANK YOU for Jay. He's a %#$$$ delight. I'm excited about the things we're going to work on this summer. LOVE my new intern! Smart, funny, full of life, digs my show. Knowledgable about activism and counterculture...I hope the world is ready for him when he's ready for it." Jay will also be assisting Out - FM with social networking.
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Volunteer of the Month: Jack Shalom
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Jack Shalom worked full time for the NYC Department of Education for the last 20 years. Now a part-timer, he spends the rest of his time volunteering, tutoring, acting, doing close-up magic, and writing. He first listened to WBAI 45 years ago on his transistor radio hidden under his bed covers. Sorry, Mom, now it can be told!
At WBAI, I answer phones to help members resolve premium problems, keep the BAI Buddy lists up to date, and solicit input from Buddies about the station. All in all, it's great to be around such creative, politically aware, committed people. I am also organizing the WBAI Online Stoop Sale. This is a way for listeners to donate worthwhile premiums of their own for other listeners. For example, I'm donating five packages of three one-hour sessions of close-up magic lessons. Stay tuned for further info on this.
VOLUNTEER @ WBAI
WBAI relies on a substantial team of talented volunteers to help support our staff. They are an integral part of our operations. As a volunteer you can help with mailing out thank-you gifts, filing, organizing, stuffing envelopes and data entry.
Help is needed at live events, making phone calls to collect pledges and doing research.
Have a specific skill? Let us know.
Contact our Volunteer Co-ordinator at volunteers@wbai.org
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Starting on JULY 6 the following schedule changes will occur:
Monday - Thursday:
- News Updates will be heard from 5-5:05pm.
Sunday:
- High Praize will now air from 6-8:00am.
- Here of a Sunday Morning will air 8am to 11am (with special new programming from 8-9am).
- Through the Opera Glass can be heard from noon to 3:00pm.
- Con Sabor Latino and New World Gallery will alternate weeks, 3-6pm.
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It's worrying to wonder whether Wbai programming decision makers may be unclear about the number of loyal and engaged music programming listeners. How can this be remedied? I am a Wbai Buddy, and have been an ongoing supporter of Democracy Now! for ages. Besides Democracy Now! and a couple other news / news commentary programs, Thump & Growl, along with the other stellar music programming on Wbai, is my other radio staple.
I listen religiously and interact online with other music programming listeners via Facebook every chance I get. This experience figures importantly in my week and I share the wealth with my sizeable personal and professional network, passing on recommendations (via links to music program archives), all the time. I want the powers that be at Wbai to know that. I would be devastated if the music went away, as would a great many others of your total listenership.
What Kimberly Massengill and her colleagues are doing with music on Wbai is nowhere else (that I know of). Wbai music programming makes my Wbai listening experience so much richer and more well rounded. Who can I and others like me talk to, to impress upon Wbai the vital and integral nature of the music shows in maintaining an engaged listenership; and importance of music, in cinching a complete radio experience? Is anyone listening? Please let me and other loyal listeners know how we can get this message across most effectively to ensure that music programming continues to occupy a prominent role in Wbai's offerings.
Sincerely,
Lisa Sabath NYC
Re: The Personal Computer Show
Thanks for a great show and the effort that goes into it!
Love the segments that give info, variety and focus along with a break from the multiple interruptions that sometimes make it hard for this old geek to follow. Helps my brain rest up for the POP/PUSH stack fest during the rest of the program. Thanks for preparing them and sharing.
Thanks for continuing on in the midst of trying circumstances.
Christy Ramsey
Carson City, Nevada
Dear Michael G. and WBAI friends,
WBAI is normally so clear about matters of war and peace, but the repeated interviews Karen Gerson of Kesher are an exception.
She has an innocent-sounding, little-girl voice, but her politics are poison She goes on and on about "Russian propaganda" as if US corporate media coverage of the Ukraine crisis were not propaganda. She blames the Ukraine crisis on Russia. Notice it's the same line as the US government ?
She is apparently blind, or willfully blind, to the fact the US and EU picked this fight by overthrowing the elected Ukraine government a few months ago and installing ultra nationalists and fascists It is part of the plan to move NATO right up to the Russian border.
NATO has been creeping closer to the Russian border since the 1990s. I wouldn't be surprised if Kesher were funded by National Endowment for Democracy. Neo-con Victoria Nuland said the US government had spent $6 billion in Ukraine "on democracy promotion."
I tuned in late today, but I heard no mention of the events in Odessa. The pro Ukraine government fascists torched a trade union building and forty people burned to death, or were asphyxiated.Democrats don't torch trade union buildings. Odessa is historically a very Jewish city. Chances are good some of those forty people were Jewish. I didn't hear her
express concern about that.
Mary Jamison
Bayside, NY
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