[WXBH-Discuss] wxbh bummer
John Hicks
johnhicks at wxbh.org
Sun Jul 15 02:06:33 EDT 2007
anita solomon wrote:
>
> *So John, let me make sure I understand what you're saying here. Are
> you suggesting that the radio committee's decision to rent a studio
> in Buechel is a good idea and should proceed immediately and the BH
> board should seek out add'l funders to outfit a second studio at the
> BH? Because if that's what you're saying, I guess I don't get what
> all the fuss is about? Anita*
>
Anita--
I for one strongly support a Buechel studio (especially if grant money
will pay for it). I don't know how the rest of the board feels about this.
I also strongly support a Brick House studio, and, yes, I believe we
should be seeking funders for that. Since a majority of the board are
now firmly committed to keeping and developing the Brick House, I
believe we should be able to meet with success in our quest for funds.
(Any ideas?)
--John
>
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> Subject: /Re: [WXBH-Discuss] wxbh bummer/
> Date: /Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:21:10 -0400/
> My apologies for the drama. I really believe we are poised to do
> great things and that Mark is reading far too much into Thursday's
> meeting. No action transpired at the meeting that affects radio.
> Mark appears to be upset that some discontent that had been
> brewing (and that he was aware of) rose to the surface and was
> voiced at the meeting.
>
> I believe we all have voiced approval of the idea of having two
> studios: one in the Brick House and one in our coverage area (and
> the Buechel location is ideal for that). The discontent was heard
> at the meeting is that, while money and effort are being poured
> into the Buechel studio, the same can't be said for the Brick
> House studio. Many of us have struggled over the past year to get
> the BH on its feet so it could see the day when radio goes on the
> air. Now that that day is here, we'd like to see a few of the
> dollars being expended going into a Brick House studio. (We need
> air conditioning and some modest computer and audio equipment.)
>
> I'm sure we can work all this out in short order. For one thing,
> we have not really undertaken any fund-raising in recent months.
> In a city of a million people, I'm sure we can raise a few
> thousand for a modest studio in the heart of that city.
>
> Yes, it is about the money. The past few months have been a lesson
> in that. Radio found a single source of funding, and that source
> was willing to fund the Buechel studio but not the Brick House
> studio. I for one am very grateful to that single source. But
> let's not let that source of money skew our operations. The Brick
> House was founded on the principles of DIY -- Do-It-Yourself.
> Let's roll up our sleeves and get that studio built in the Brick
> House the old fashioned way!
>
> --John Hicks
>
> Mark McKinley wrote:
> >
> >Friends,
> >
> >LPFM Community radio: it's not about the money - it's about
> >authentic voices having access in their own community to the
> >airwaves. Local. Diverse. Public interest.
> >
> >This past Thurs afternoon WXBH was positioned for the next plateau:
> >the Brick House Board's Radio Committee had reached an agreement
> >($250/month utilities included, immediate move-in condition) for
> >studio space (at Bardstown Road and Hikes Ln) in our broadcast
> >listening area . No more need to pre-record, transfer, download,
> >edit, upload, blah, blah,.....Finally, feasibly within a week,
> >programmers such as the Newburg Youth Council would have a studio in
> >their own community - turn on the radio: on-air!
> >
> >Transparency: As previously shared at other meetings and with other
> >Brick House Board members including BH Chair John Hicks, our plan
> >was modeled after our mentor, highly successful lpfm sister Radio
> >Free Nashville, WRFN. WRFN operates a studio in its broadcast
> >listening area as well as an urban studio. Hicks responded to me:
> >"Makes sense." The Buechel studio location not only validates our
> >position in the broadcast listening area for programmers, it
> >positions us within walking distance of hundreds of potential
> >underwriting neighboring businesses - revenue for BRYCC, Inc.
>
> My support for the Buechel studio is more than perfunctory. I
> strongly support it. (I had proposed such a studio in a grant
> application I submitted in February, long before any one else had
> proposed it.)
>
> >Transparency: As I've shared previously with Hicks and others at
> >open meetings, this is no plan to undermine or split off from the
> >Brick House. I've continued to support the Brick House - recently
> >writing another check and only last Sunday afternoon working a
> >concession stand at Slugger Field to raise money for the Brick
> >House. Last year alone, the WXBH radio project contributed $7,000 or
> >so to keep the organization's building afloat, a building without a
> >heating or cooling system and other safeguards to protect studio
> >recording and broadcast equipment.
> >
> >Rather than celebratory, Thursday evening's Board meeting was toxic:
> >more than once, Radio Committee members were lectured by other Board
> >members with limited or peripheral WXBH engagement - a litany of
> >biased voices raging that a studio in the broadcast listening area
> >was divisive.
> >And then one of the loudest voices, David Morrison, new to the Board
> >this spring, honestly admitted in the meeting: "IT IS ABOUT THE
> >MONEY" - David wants the money that would go to the studio in the
> >broadcast listening area to go to the Brick House. Throughout the
> >rancor, John Hicks was laryngitic, his Makes Sense voice shrilly
> >silent.
> >
> >Passion fuels our drive. Fanaticism blinds and people drive off the
> >cliff. Jim Jones probably began innocently passionate before
> >eventually blindly dispensing his deadly kool-aid. I hold no
> >personal grudges (or icepicks) against anyone at the Brick House.
> >
> >IT IS ABOUT THE MONEY - that's corporate media's kool-aid. Holding
> >the WXBH project hostage is unacceptable. After 2 years+ actively
> >engaged in the WXBH project, I'm not drinking or dispensing that
> >kool-aid.
> >
> >Bummer. I guess pissing and spinning will begin. No cheers. - Mark
> >
> >
>
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