[KFCF Friends] Democracy Now time change -- input needed

[subs at mail.kfcf.org]

Hi all,

Over the last several months, the KPFA Program Council has been debating 
a move of Democracy Now! into a higher-profile "drive time" slot. The 
decision to make a time change was approved by the council sometime last 
fall but the implementation of the change was stopped when former 
station manager Gus Newport resigned. 

This weekend a special meeting has been called for the KPFA board to 
vote on whether to direct Jim Bennett to implement last fall's Program 
Council decision to move Democracy Now to the 7-8 a.m. time slot and the 
Morning Show from 8-10 a.m. (and eliminating the 6-7 a.m. Democracy Now 
broadcast).

I have a prior commitment this weekend I *can*not* get out of and will
not be there to cast a vote on this motion, nor on a substitute motion
submitted last night to send the issue back to the Program Council for
more research.

The KPFA web worker has added a form to the station board's Web site
that allows comment to be sent directly to KPFA station board members:

http://www.kpfa.org/lsb/index.php?page=contact 

You can scroll down to the bottom of the page, fill out the form, and it 
is automatically sent to all 25 members of the KPFA board.

I think it would be helpful if KFCF board members and subscribers let 
the KPFA board know what they think either way, especially since KFCF 
was not, at that time, included in the discussion of the time change (we 
*now* have representation on the KPFA station board AND inclusion  
Program Council discussion).

So please drop a line with your thoughts, pro or con, on the possible 
time change for Democracy Now!

thanks,
Debbie Speer
KFCF Rep to KPFA Station Board