Re: Broadcast News
On Aug 18, 2006, at 12:11 PM, Michael Perelman wrote:
I listen a lot to KPFA. I absolutely abhor the talk show format.
First of all there a lot of people who call in at every opportunity to make the same
point over and over, like some woman who called in about some judge in Oakland.
Most of the callers tend to be rhetorical. The questions are rarely on the subject.
Part of the prob is that Pacifica stations refuse to screen calls -
consequently you get lots of loons. Whenever I’ve taken calls, mostly
because a guest has stood me up, it’s driven me into despair.
Doug