I don't agree about volunteering. I tried this many years ago. The
station was not a Pacifica - but these "public radio" stations are all
cut from the same cloth. They are run by extreme left-wing elitists and
you have to be a part of their clique. Thank goodness for the internet
where anyone can run their own "radio station", so what do you need
"public" radio/cable access t.v. for? On a higher level, these state
"public radio" networks are even worse - there's nothing "public" about
them. The "public" can volunteer - yeah, only to answer phones during
Pledge Week. These are "non profit" operations that pay out good sized
salaries and they are run like a commercial venture, only they have the
benefit of getting all kinds of outside funding and they don't have to
pay taxes. Then you have Minnesota Public Radio and some others that
are also operators of for-profit enterprises which fuel the non-profit
side and keep the CEO's in the chips. I think the original complaint
here about simply answering their phones is quite valid. If they are too
lazy, incompetent, or short staffed to even do that . . . well, you know
the rest


In article ,
(David Kaye) wrote:

ChrisCoaster wrote:

It is all but impossible to reach a human being at WBAI through any
of
their phone numbers.

Maybe you should go visit their studios and offer to help answer phones.
You're right that Pacifica operates on a shoestring. Here in the SF Bay Area
where Pacifica began in 1949 KPFA has always been one step from disaster.
That's the way it works with this kind of radio.

So, GO VOLUNTEER your time to help out WBAI. They'll appreciate it.