Urban Unrest

09 June 2005 | Community | Ernesto Aguilar

SECURITY ISSUES

On Tuesday around 8:30 p.m., three bricks were thrown at the control room window. That window, as you may know, is Plexiglas and did not shatter, but those individuals are still at large.

Prior to that, the lockbox located in the conference room was pulled off the wall and taken. We’ve also had a number of items disappear as well. Police reports were filed on the above incidents. However, these issues underscore the importance to being aware of your surroundings, those in the building, unusual activities, etc. Certainly, you are encouraged to keep an eye on your belongings too. Please do not hesitate to call me or appropriate authorities as needed. Please let me know if you need any numbers.

MORE ON FCC ISSUES

Just another reminder that we are in a license renewal period and that you should be diligent in reviewing the music you play.

I recently took several actions over FCC violations by programmers, including suspensions, over repeated airings of profanity. The “seven deadlies” (shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, tits) are not okay outside of safe harbor, and should be very selectively chosen during safe harbor. In addition, explicit portrayals (and innuendoes, on occasion) of sexual and excretory activities are actionable; please use the CD in my box for shows in safe harbor to warn listeners about language. Thanks.

PSAs

Please remember to wrap up two minutes to the close of your shift, so you can play PSAs. There is a PSA/ID log on the clipboard. Most people are doing this well, but many evening programs aren’t ending at 2 until, nor are some shows playing PSAs. Please remember the PSAs serve two purposes.

They’re our service to the community.
They’re a great transition time between shows.

Please make sure to play PSAs.

JUNE PROGRAMMER MEETING

By request, June’s programmer meeting is being scheduled during the week after work hours. No set agenda, but please come by if you can. It will be Thursday, June 16, at 6 p.m. at KPFT.

REMINDER: YOUTH VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

If you have family, friends and/or associates with kids out of school for the summer and looking to be involved in radio, we have a cool new thing. I will be coordinating the summer’s Youth Volunteer Program.

No, we didn’t have a spring or fall program. It’s new and initiated by me. I’d love your input. This gives youth a chance to learn valuable skills and have some fun by being involved in radio. They’ll get equipment training, learn about Pacifica and eventually get to apply their skills on youth volunteer-driven Open Journals.

Later this summer, I’ll be applying the same model to a new volunteer program to get people who want to participate in radio a chance to learn the skills and try them out with us. Currently, we have no means of broadly incorporating volunteers, so this is an exciting development indeed. Contact info below if you need folks to get in touch.

BIG DADDY J UPDATE

Jeff Kendricks (Big Daddy J of Redeye Special) has been transferred to a continuous care facility on Gessner. He can take visitors, but isn’t supposed to talk much on the phone. He reports feeling better, but does have recovery time ahead. Folks are still filling in for him in the meantime. Keep him in your thoughts, please.

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