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Hosts of WBAI Taking Aim announce end after nine years of programming
Mya Shone and Ralph Schoenman abruptly announced today on their broadcast of Taking Aim that it would be their final one.
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Today, radio hosts Mya Shone and Ralph Schoenman abruptly announced on their broadcast of Taking Aim that, after nine years, it would be their final broadcast.
Citing plans at the Pacifica affiliate WBAI which were made without consulting them or WBAI's listeners, along "with other actions by the current WBAI and Pacifica management," Shone and Schoenman told their audience that they had decided to end their program.
Taking Aim was a rarity in America's broadcast media landscape: weekly, it openly criticized and challenged the capitalist system. Indeed, Schoenman mentioned the decision to call it quits at WBAI was due in part to the realization that WBAI's "methods are those of any corporate-capitalist management."
The full program should be available temporarily at WBAI's archives:
http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/101109_170001taim.MP3
Lasting archives of Taking Aim can be accessed at:
http://takingaimradio.com/shows/audio.html
Citing plans at the Pacifica affiliate WBAI which were made without consulting them or WBAI's listeners, along "with other actions by the current WBAI and Pacifica management," Shone and Schoenman told their audience that they had decided to end their program.
Taking Aim was a rarity in America's broadcast media landscape: weekly, it openly criticized and challenged the capitalist system. Indeed, Schoenman mentioned the decision to call it quits at WBAI was due in part to the realization that WBAI's "methods are those of any corporate-capitalist management."
The full program should be available temporarily at WBAI's archives:
http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/101109_170001taim.MP3
Lasting archives of Taking Aim can be accessed at:
http://takingaimradio.com/shows/audio.html
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