Date: December 1st 2011

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Forwarded from Bernard White, former Program Director of WBAI.

Tim Wise On Housecleaning
http://timwise.from-ny.net/ <Video Link>

See him live and in full context

STOP the Decline of Progressive Media
Saturday, December 3, 2011    6:00 PM
Community Church of New York
40 E. 35th St. (Madison/Park), Manhattan

Come join hundreds of concerned members of our community for the launching of an Internet alternative that puts community issues, community voices and community people in the forefront of the struggle for peace with justice.

Tim Wise, Keynote Speaker
        Antiracist author, educator and activist

Larry Hamm, Chair, People's Organization for Progress
                                                                              
Bernard White, Media Activist

Sponsored by: Action for Justice Committee of the Community Church of NY Unitarian Universalist and Community for Progressive Radio (CPR Metro)

Donation: $10  * No one will be turned away

Reception following the program

Contact information: bwhite60@optonline.net


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Dear Comrades and Friends,

In response to the steady decrease in the coverage of community issues we offer this important forum. We've identified a trend in so called progressive media that results in fewer informed community voices discussing community issues.
 
In the search for increased revenue, progressive, community media is in a rapid state of decline. Managers and local station boards have decided to abandon their commitment to serve all of its listeners in the narrow and often racist pursuit of a more “affluent” audience. Producers and hosts with organic links to community are being removed or pushed out of prime time locations to make way for well known celebrities, conspiracy theories and medical cure-alls. As a result, it is extremely difficult to find out what is happening around us. This failed policy has resulted in increased fund drives and a continued decline in revenue and audience.
 
Come...Join concerned members of our community for the launching of: Community for Progressive Radio (CPR Metro), an internet alternative that puts community issues, community voices and community people in the forefront of the struggle for peace with justice.

Bernard White