Comments on: Reclaiming Radio http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/04/17/reclaiming-radio/ As The Media Watches The World, We Watch The Media Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:00:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Thandisizwe Chimurenga http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/04/17/reclaiming-radio/#comment-16525 Fri, 16 May 2008 22:27:08 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/04/17/reclaiming-radio/#comment-16525 First of all "Mary", actually doing good radio - that is pleasing to the ear; taking compelling information and packaging it nicely - is of great concern, but not because we are interested in the likes of you tuning in. Secondly, Who is doing the actual whining? You are free to tune out ... as you have obviously been doing ... Thirdly, as regards us, a Black women's radio program, we are only interested in Black women of the Diaspora as hosts, not white people - the true minority. First of all “Mary”, actually doing good radio - that is pleasing to the ear; taking compelling information and packaging it nicely - is of great concern, but not because we are interested in the likes of you tuning in.

Secondly, Who is doing the actual whining? You are free to tune out … as you have obviously been doing …

Thirdly, as regards us, a Black women’s radio program, we are only interested in Black women of the Diaspora as hosts, not white people - the true minority.

]]> by: Cord;ey Coit http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/04/17/reclaiming-radio/#comment-14279 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:18:35 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/04/17/reclaiming-radio/#comment-14279 It can be done, yes but there needs to cooperation and that spirit has been lost or crushedin the transition of school from education to behavioral modification. It can be done, yes but there needs to cooperation and that spirit has been lost or crushedin the transition of school from education to behavioral modification.

]]> by: Mary http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/04/17/reclaiming-radio/#comment-14265 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:52:38 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/04/17/reclaiming-radio/#comment-14265 So a great number of strategies were considered. Was "put on a good show that people want to listen to" among them? Woe is us, there are no black women in radio. There could be if you'd all stop whining and start writing funny, compelling or otherwise interesting material and find a funny, compelling or otherwise interesting minority to deliver it. So a great number of strategies were considered. Was “put on a good show that people want to listen to” among them? Woe is us, there are no black women in radio. There could be if you’d all stop whining and start writing funny, compelling or otherwise interesting material and find a funny, compelling or otherwise interesting minority to deliver it.

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