[Peace-discuss] WEFT coverage

[Jason Pitzl-Waters]

Just because Democracy Now! decides to add a second hour doesn't mean we 
can just decide to throw it into the schedule, any more than I or any other 
WEFT program can decide to expand their show another hour and expect the 
shows that come before or after to make room. To do that would violate what 
WEFT stands for. Each air shifter "owns" their piece of air time granted to 
them by the programming committee. To expand one show means to take away 
from another. Hence, decisions to preempt or replace a program are not made 
lightly or capriciously.

Would you like to see our great locally produced public affairs programming 
fall to the wayside to make room for Democracy Now!? Or are you saying that 
music air shifters should sacrifice time to a program that they might not 
even agree with? How is that keeping with the values that shows like 
Democracy Now! endorse?

Programming decisions at WEFT are made by the programming committee, not by 
the station manager who's job it is to oversee the daily operation of the 
station. If you or anyone else wants to see changes happen in the WEFT 
schedule I suggest that you get involved and become a part of the  WEFT 
process. We currently have vacant BOD appointed slots on the programming 
committee, perhaps you or someone else could be a part of guiding WEFT's 
future.

To learn more about how the programming committee works you can e-mail the 
current chair of the committee Kimberlie Kranich at Kranich at will.uiuc.edu

To learn more about our board of directors and how to perhaps run for a 
board-appointed slot on the WEFT programming committee you can contact the 
current board chair Janet Lowry at jplanet10 at earthlink.net

Remember, direct action in your community trumps e-mail every time.

Jason Pitzl-Waters
TheSkysGoneOut
Sundays from 10pm-12am
WEFT 90.1fm, Champaign IL
http://www.wildhunt.org/sky/


Al Kagan wrote:
>If you are dissatisfied with the lack of news coverage on WEFT,especially 
>the lack of playing the 2nd hour of Democracy Now! and the complete lack 
>of news on weekday mornings, please e-mail Mick Woolf, the station 
>manager, at mwoolf at prairienet.org