Re: Professionalization and staffing at KPFA

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:

> I doubt that "professionalization" improves the substantial quality
> of radio products.  Much of commercial programs produced by
> "professionals" are as crappy and kooky as the crappiest and kookiest
> of Pacifica and other non-profit radio and public access cable fare,
> except that they are slicker and come with higher "production value."

"Professionalization" to me means that broadcasters should know what
they're talking about, speak with reasonable fluency, not make
repeated gaffes on the air (long silences, serious mispronunciations,
bad grammar), and have reasonably appealing or intriguing voices that
people will want to listen to. If that's elitist, I plead guilty.

Doug