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Kali

(54,990 posts)
Sun Apr 27, 2014, 02:44 PM Apr 2014

radio programming director wanted

from a list I am on:

Radio Catskill (WJFF), a small, rural, hydro-powered public radio station in the Catskill Mountains of NY – site of the Historic 1969 Woodstock Festival – is seeking a full-time Program Director. The Program Director will join a paid staff of two and have the opportunity to work with a range of volunteers to creatively shape and expand programming at this grassroots broadcaster as it approaches its 25th year of community service. Complete job description available at our web site – www.wjffradio.org OR
http://www.wjffradio.org/wjff/index.php?section=96
Competitive salary range, experienced based. Submit cover letter and resume by 5/30 to:
[email protected]
Radio Catskill WJFF is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/D/V.
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radio programming director wanted (Original Post) Kali Apr 2014 OP
I will pin this for awhile. hrmjustin Apr 2014 #1
FYI the date says by May30th. hrmjustin May 2014 #5
kicking but unpinning. hrmjustin May 2014 #6
Wear your hardhat. rug Apr 2014 #2
heh Kali Apr 2014 #3
Jeffersonville is in very red Sullivan County. rug Apr 2014 #4
 

rug

(82,333 posts)
2. Wear your hardhat.
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 02:01 PM
Apr 2014

WJFF manager resigns amid controversy

A public spat over the management of WJFF, a community public radio station broadcasting at 90.5 FM from Jeffersonville, came to a head Wednesday night when station manager Winston Clark resigned at a station board meeting.

In March, the Times Herald-Record reported, a simmering dispute over programming between the station's board of directors and a large group of volunteers erupted in outright conflict after a popular program was abruptly pulled off the air.

At a WJFF board meeting last month, several dozen volunteers crowded into the station to demand change in the station's management:

"Don't just ask me for money, ask for my opinion when you're going to change a program," former station manager Christine Ahern said. "You're not listening to us. That's why a lot of us are here."

The target of much of the anger wasn't just the all-volunteer board, but station manager Winston Clark.

One example, said Barbara Gref and others, is that the station hasn't had a full meeting of a Community Advisory Board for years, as mandated by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Instead, moves are made in executive session because they feel "uncomfortable" talking about programs and hosts in public, some of the speakers said.

http://www.watershedpost.com/2013/wjff-manager-resigns-amid-controversy



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http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130322%2FNEWS%2F303220355

https://www.facebook.com/WJFFRadio/posts/10151522771484827

This is one of the few stations I can get in my town (we're in a valley) and it's always been quite good. I hope this doesn't turn into a war like WBAI had some time ago.

Kali

(54,990 posts)
3. heh
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 02:18 PM
Apr 2014

saw the videos a while back on that same list, the Grassroots Radio Coalition. This an all too common experience in community radio - instigated by the CPB originally called the "Healthy Stations Project" - the commercialization and "professionalization" of great small community stations. That process fucked up a lot of stations including the ever on-going problems at Pacifica. This is how I met MFM.

One or two real community radio people in management, like this position could do wonders. Our station made some real strides when the Board accidentally hired a GM with community radio experience. Of course they fired him as soon as they figured out he was really inclusive and was doing some healing with the community. He moved to the little arts town nearby and seems to have settled in with their station quite well.

 

rug

(82,333 posts)
4. Jeffersonville is in very red Sullivan County.
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 02:22 PM
Apr 2014

It's a sorely needed voice. There's a few hippie enclaves here and there but it's an uphill fight.

I was picking a jury there a few years ago and one of the jurors said she worked there. That was the first one the DA struck from the panel.

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