{"id":12019,"date":"2019-10-08T13:15:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/?p=12019"},"modified":"2019-10-08T13:51:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T18:51:07","slug":"pacifica-radio-ignores-court-order-to-halt-the-dismantling-of-wbai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewei.com\/kimi\/pacifica-radio-ignores-court-order-to-halt-the-dismantling-of-wbai\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacifica Radio ignores court order and continues dismantling WBAI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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WBAI fights a hostile shutdown by its parent company, Pacifica Radio. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WBAI is fighting a hostile shutdown by its parent company. <\/em>WBAI radio was abruptly shut down by the Pacifica Foundation. Employees were fired, locked out and Pacifica has ignored a Manhattan Supreme Court order<\/a> to restore WBAI’s operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WBAI Eco-Logic<\/a> Host\/producerr Ken Gale circulated this letter on Tues, 08 Oct 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 9am Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, all staff at WBAI was fired, management and non-management alike. All programs were canceled and replaced with “a network source called Pacifica Across America.” These plans seem to have been in the works for a while and there are many theories and rumors about why and who. Responses are still being planned as I write this. The Pacifica Foundation said it was a cost-cutting measure only.<\/p>

Judge Frank P. Nervo of the Supreme Court of the State of New York granted a restraining order to WBAI, and against Pacifica. The Pacifica Foundation is ordered to show cause. All staff and programming to be restored.<\/p>

Eco-Logic will apparently continue today, but might be internet only afterward, possibly on the Eco-Logic web site, possibly on another site. But there will be an announcement on http:\/\/www.ecoradio.org<\/a>.<\/p>

Pacifica has taken down all WBAI archives. This seems to be an act of hostility, not a cost-saving measure. They also timed their move for the second week of a fund drive that was going well,replacing programs that were raising money with California programs that do not. Pacifica has also replaced www.give2wbai.org with a single page reading “THE WBAI ONLINE DONATION SITE IS NOT ACCEPTING PLEDGES AT THIS TIME.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Ken will be speaking at the “EcoJustice & Joy” event and potluck in Reidy Hall at All-Souls Church on Thurs. 10 Oct 2019 from 7 to 9 pm. Lexington Ave between 79th & 80th streets. Visit the Eco-Logic Facebook<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WBAI staffers found their Brooklyn studio torn apart Tuesday morning even after a judge ordered the beloved community radio station’s owner to let it back on the air, station representatives said…<\/p>

The order “means the station is legally back in the hands of WBAI’s personnel,” station General Manager Berthold Reimers said in a statement<\/a> Tuesday morning, adding his thanks for the “enormous support that we had from our staff and broad sectors of the listening community.”<\/p>

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.@WBAI<\/a> UPDATE: A Manhattan Supreme Court judge ordered @RadioPacifica<\/a> to let the station back on the air after amid a suit accusing Pacifica of violating its bylaws. Staffers found the BK studio torn apart this a.m., WBAI host\/lawyer @advocat4justice<\/a> said https:\/\/t.co\/urepRUpY65<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Noah Manskar (@noahmanskar) October 8, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>