Can anyone help me with information on WBAI

Self | 1/29/2003 | Vanity

[Mixer]

Does anyone have much information on this radio station other then Pacifica being the owner. I am especially looking for any wrong doings of the station and here is why......

My friend and I were having a heated discussion last night about the current situation in Iraq and the world events. He is a conspiracy guy and gets a lot of information from online conspiracy websites. He also get a lot of information from WBAI and he suggested that I take a listedn because they are not owned by big business and or the government and they have no hidden agenda......Impossible I thought....

Today I decided to give him the benifit of the doubt and I knew that since the State of the Union was last night there would be some American Government bashing going on.....Boy was I right. The host was not answering any questions from anyone who opposed his views and he would simply ekude to.....Hey brother this is everyone's chance to talk, let's hear what you think. Also 7 out of 10 calls I listened to were all anti American, anti Bush anyway so I knew where it was all leading.

Anyway I also noticed that the host was talking with an accent , not of NYC, and could not make it out but sounded Hatian(sp?) to me. I come to find out through the help of a caller that he is also a Muslim due to the fact that he greated a called (that he knew) with the greeting in Islamic. I am not at all familiar with the language other that that greeting. Talk about an agenda!!!!!!!! Now even if Muslim extremists did not take part in 911 they are being accused so it would be natural to have a show like this that allows people to bash the American government with noone there to respond in defense of America or George Bush. It would also be expected that they would be defending muslims and against the American Government because they feel wrongly accused.

Sorry for the long drawn out story but I am getting to the point. I have searched the web and there is little on there about this station other then the fact that it is owned by Pacifica and takes 100% donations from it's listeners. Here are afew links as well but I wondered if anyone could help me to find out why my firend believes there is no agenda here given the facts that I just stated.

Any help with this qyuest is greatly appreciated. I feel my firend is slipping away into this Anti Bush, Anti War on Terror conspiracy stuff and would really like to show him some things that might open his eyes.

[JennysCool]

I feel my firend is slipping away into this Anti Bush, Anti War on Terror conspiracy stuff and would really like to show him some things that might open his eyes.

If the State of the Union didn't do that, there may be little hope left.

[RippleFire]

Pacifica is the height of leftist wingnuttery. But the good news is that they are fighting among themselves over who is nuttier. Ses this for example.

[Mixer]

Ping

Coleus....if you could help with your ping list that would be much appreciated.

How can the NY and NJ groups be pinged other then posting in those location boards?

[Rain-maker]

THE PACIFICA RADIO FOUNDATION http://www.pacifica.org/
Our Sister Stations

Pacifica Foundation is the non-profit parent of Pacifica Radio Network, comprised of:
KPFA (Berkeley),
KPFK (Los Angeles),
KPFT (Houston),
WBAI (New York) and
WPFW (Washington DC).

 

THE PACIFICA RADIO FOUNDATION
Interim Board of Directors

 

Teresa Allen - KPFT LAB member
Houston, TX
email Teresa Allen

 

 

George Barnstone - KPFT
Houston, TX
email George Barnstone

 

 

Marion Barry - WPFW
Washington DC
[no email address]

 

 

Pete Bramson - KPFA
Berkeley, CA
email Pete Bramson

 

 

Janice K. Bryant - WBAI
New York, NY
email Janice K. Bryant

 

 

Leslie Cagan, Chair - WBAI
New York, NY
email Leslie Cagan

 

 

James Ferguson - WPFW
Washington DC
email James Ferguson

 

 

David Fertig - KPFK LAB member
Los Angeles, CA
email Dave Fertig

 

 

Dick Gregory - WPFW
Washington DC
email Dick Gregory

 

 

Ray LaForest - WBAI LAB member
New York, NY
email Ray LaForest

 

 

Bertram Lee - WPFW
Washington DC
[no email address]

 

 

Rob Robinson - WPFW
Washington DC
email Rob Robinson

 

 

Charles Smith - KPFT LAB member
Houston, TX
email Charles Smith

 

 

Carol Spooner, Secretary - KPFA LAB member
Berkeley, CA
email Carol Spooner

 

 

Jabari Zakiya, Treasurer - WPFW LAB member
Washington DC
email Jabari Zakiya

 

[Kookenhagen]

It seems like you know most of what you need to know about WBAI. It is a Pacifica radio station and, like perhaps all Pacifica stations, it is a mouthpiece for the most radical, left-wing, anti-American hate speech and rediculous conspiracy theories known to man. I monitor the station with some regularity here in NY and would describe it as a radio version of the Democratic Underground, produced to sound like NPR. It is a place where all the disparite leftist protesters -- be they anti-war, anti-captitalism, anti-development, anti-globalism, you name it -- can find comfort and support. It is truly the voice of the farthest left elements in our society.

[Dustin DeNiro]

This outfit has been around at least since the 60s and was very big for the Viet Cong during the Vietnam war. They are as far left as possible. If your wife ever bought anything from Bergdorf Goodman in NYC, she helped support it. The individual I remember who helps run Pacifica, from that family, is Amy Goodman (90pct sure). Of course the store is the most expensive around. Lots of moneyed types hate the U.S. Look at Hollywood.

[4.1O dana super trac pak]

If you wanna laugh, listen to Al "Grampa Munster" Lewis on Saturday mornings. Grampa Munster, beleive it or not, is an ultra leftist and a big Farrakhan supporter.

[Station 51]

Now even if Muslim extremists did not take part in 911 they are being accused so it would be natural to have a show like this that allows people to bash the American government with noone there to respond in defense of America or George Bush.

Yes, this outlet for Free Speech should be stomped out immediately. Write your Congressman, call the President to put a stop to this dissent in the left wing media.

[Mixer]

Yes, this outlet for Free Speech should be stomped out immediately. Write your Congressman, call the President to put a stop to this dissent in the left wing media.

My comment had nothing to do with free speech. I wasn't saying that they shouldn't be allowed to broadcast, but in a question of whether or not they have an agenda for hating American policy, I would say that being Muslim would be a strong case. Nice try on the spin though.

[Kookenhagen]

I trust that your suggestion that the station be "stomped out" is in jest. As offensive as the station is to the sensibilities of most Americans, including me, every group has a right to express its opinions -- even left-wing wackos.

[Coleus]

From what I understand BAI was bought up by Pacifica about a year ago and then fired all of the staff at BAI and hired their own.

[Black Agnes]

I have had a lot of opportunity to listen to WBAI over the past 7-8 years. I have this to say about them.

WBAI...All Commie, All the time!

This was the station in NYC, that on the evening of 9/11 and morning of 9/12 '01 was playing middle eastern music and blaming the US for the WTC attack.

[beckett]

WBAI has been in serious financial trouble for years. When push came to shove about 2 years ago, new management discarded the utopian blather the network feeds all the dummies who listen to it and coldheartedly s***canned longtime staffers in the time-honored capitalistic tradition of eliminating deadwood.

The audience for the network is tiny, composed of simple-minded folks, like your buddy, who believe the powerful spend all their time conspiring about new ways to oppress the poor.

[Coleus]

NJ ping for Mixer who requires more info about this radio station. Very left wing. I used to listen to the Gary Null Nutrition Show when I had the chance.

[Mixer]

Thanks for putting the ping out there.

Thanks to everyone who responded.

I myself am listening now just to be able to see what my friend finds so informative about this station. Just now I went to get something at the supermarket and they had a guy on there talking about the SQL worm and how he didn't think they intended for it to cause any damage it's just that it propagated itself so many times that it did end up causing damage!!!!! The host agreed with him!!!!!!

[firewalk]

sorry can't help Coleus...but here's a bump

[Coleus]

Ok, thanks, no problem...

If you ever want to listen, they are on 99.5 FM

[firewalk]

thanks....

[Question_Assumptions]

I haven't listened to WBAI in years (I used to listen to "Hour of the Wolf", a science fiction show that was on for two hours on Saturday (?) mornings). One of my strongest things they ever ran was a full uncensored dramatic reading of the Marquis deSade's book Justine. No obscene language, per se, but it certainly was graphic.