[jjotto]

If this can happen in Utah, we're doomed!

[driftdiver]

If the listeners don’t care why should anyone else?

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting/commenting. DEFUND socialist collectives, foreign and domestic.

[ex91B10]

Listeners promised $230,000 in pledges, but they were never paid.

Too funny! Sounds like a liberal M.O. to me.

[Vince Ferrer]

Thank God, they almost had to demean themselves and sell advertisements.

[martin_fierro]

Like Public Radio was ever gonna do hard-hitting stories about city council in the first place -- but kiss that possibility goodbye completely now.

"We've established what you are, madam -- now we are only haggling over price."

[kingu]

Well, I guarantee that the station manager just picked up his yearly raise, as well as the director of fundraising, plus the news manager, and likely the programming manager as well. The vice president and president of the station probably picked up a few bucks as well. And no scrimping on the next trip to the national NPR convention either!

Seriously, they could pay off that loan, and likely be well in the black, simply by keeping present staffing and capping salaries at $50,000 a year. But I guarantee the leadership of the station is pulling down at least a million dollars between them, and all looking forward to heavily subsidized retirements for the rest of their lives.

Every trick learned by the public drone is out-shined by their NPR and PBS counterparts.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Sounds like Solyndranomics at work. The radio station doesn’t have a viable business plan. It’s customers have reneged on their promises to pay. It hasn’t found any other revenue sources. It takes out a loan, but hasn’t restructured to make sure that loan can be paid. If they couldn’t get their existing customers to pay their obligations, where in the world are they going to get the revenue to pay the debt PLUS interest?

The SLC city council is just as stupid as the depart of no-energy. Every government at every level across the land is infested with idiots.

[SkyDancer]

The taxpayers didn’t contribute voluntarily so the taxpayers are made to pay forcefully without any say in the matter.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

If the taxpayers of SLC accept this loan from tax receipts they are idiots. The proviso should be that the city council members should be personally on the hook for making this loan. That’s all there is to it.

[Graybeard58]

Salt Lake City Councilman Luke Garrott says the City provided the loan because KCPW raises property values by increasing the quality of life.

What horse s***!

[Secret Agent Man]

There are dozens of other stations that carry news and entertainment that don’t beg for public donations.

THe market (ie listeners) determine their makeup. There are also sports and news stations. Good grief you can listen to radio across the internet.

[RetiredTexasVet]

They had $230,000 in pledges ... yeah, I'm sure they took them to the bank to get the $250,000 loan. I can see those pledges now: I pledge $50,000 Captain America, or $10,000 Bernie Maddoff, or $5.00 Warren Buffett.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Hey SLC! Think that loan is ever going to be paid back? If you do boy do I have a bridge to sell you!!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!