Oregon Media Insiders

Submitted by LynnS on Fri, 02/09/2007 - 9:32pm.

John, first off, big kudos for coming here and having this conversation. It was completely unexpected. Thank you.

John wrote:

Actually, one of the projects I was hired to take on was a station blog, where this conversation could happen. You can appreciate that some folks are less than thrilled at the idea of providing a forum where people can bash our station and practices.

Point those folks at OMI. The conversations are going to happen whether you guys provide the forum or not; but if you provide it, you'll know what's being said and can respond accordingly. Your agency can't be afraid of the conversation.

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Are we subsidizing Macadam real estate?

I'm not sure what this means. We have a studio with offices. Is this an odd thing?

This is a reference to a real estate deal a few years ago that some people thought was ill-advised; it ended up with the agency taking on some considerable debt. Me, I don't know enough about it to have an opinion either way.

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I can't tell you what our ratings are for local programs. (I'll find out if you want - I'm home right now).

We rarely get accurate public radio numbers here, so whatever you can share we'd love to see. I've been looking forward to OPB being included in the publicly released ARBs; I've gotten conflicting reports on when that'll be--winter or spring I'm hearing.

Anyway, thanks for being willing, John.