WAMU going under?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a game now where I turn the car radio to 88.5 and see how long it takes for race, gender, or trans issues to come up (always in an in-your-face, non-nuanced way). It's usually less than a minute. It's very clear that the agenda simply became DEI stuff all the time about 5 years ago. We used to give money, listen avidly, etc. It's not not listenable anymore. They obviously just ignored the disappearing audience and chose to ride this into the ground. It stinks because we desperately need a smart local news station.

I just drove 10 minutes to the grocery store with WAMU. Race came up in the second minute. I heard about how difficult it is for a metal band comprised of black females and also how underpaid black actresses are. I’m not doubting these challenges and those stories of course should be heard, but it seems to dominate what I hear whenever I listen. I want a broader set of topics and perspectives and I would think a mass audience (if that is what they are actually trying to appeal to) would want also.

Yeah dude. Based on the timestamp of your post you were listening to "It's Been a Minute," which is largely about black culture. So it's not surprising that you heard a a lot about black culture on a show about black culture.

Why do we need a show about one culture? Do we all get our own show? All I’m asking is for a PUBLIC radio station to try airing content that appeals to the general public. Yes, sometimes that will include culture-specific stories! When there is so much we could all share and discuss, why are we dividing ourselves into groups, putting up walls?

[Anonymous]

The ironic thing about this whole WAMU debacle is that it happened under the leadership of the new GM, Erika Pulley-Hayes, who replaced the forced out GM, JJ Yore, due the creepy Martin Di Caro scandal.

Di Caro was justly bounced out of WAMU, but the DCist staffers could not help but write an article seemingly once a week about the guy. well after he was fired. I remember seeing an article on DCist about him being hired by WTOP (I believe) heavily insinuating that he be dismissed. It was very stalkerish "reporting" and not professional at all.

Welp, kids. You got what you wanted. A creep bounced, a boss brushed away and representation stewardship. Look what that got ya.

Something something be careful what you wish for.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Leftist NPR crap crash & burns.
Clap! Clap! Clap!
Could not have happened to a better group!😊

Sorry to disappoint you but NPR is still alive and well!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:WAMU has not struggled for years. It’s one of the best funded NPR local affiliates in the country. It’s also the most listened-to radio station in DC. They routinely end their funding drives early because they hit their goals.

I’m sorry to see DCist go, but WAMU listeners (myself included) pay to support their programming. DCist users don’t, and unfortunately, that’s the way media is moving.

I agree. I listen to WAMU way more than I read DCist. DC could certainly use another independent newspaper but DCist did not add much. Let WAMU focus on radio programming. I actually really like 1A - yes it has that sometimes annoyingly progressive homogeneity but consistently also gets good guests for in depth stories. I think Jenn White and 1A actually better successors to Terry Gross and Fresh Air than the new Fresh Air host.

I love Jenn White. I don’t always get to listen to her (because: work) but I listen to WAMU every day to/from work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I have a game now where I turn the car radio to 88.5 and see how long it takes for race, gender, or trans issues to come up (always in an in-your-face, non-nuanced way). It's usually less than a minute. It's very clear that the agenda simply became DEI stuff all the time about 5 years ago. We used to give money, listen avidly, etc. It's not not listenable anymore. They obviously just ignored the disappearing audience and chose to ride this into the ground. It stinks because we desperately need a smart local news station.

I just drove 10 minutes to the grocery store with WAMU. Race came up in the second minute. I heard about how difficult it is for a metal band comprised of black females and also how underpaid black actresses are. I’m not doubting these challenges and those stories of course should be heard, but it seems to dominate what I hear whenever I listen. I want a broader set of topics and perspectives and I would think a mass audience (if that is what they are actually trying to appeal to) would want also.

Yeah dude. Based on the timestamp of your post you were listening to "It's Been a Minute," which is largely about black culture. So it's not surprising that you heard a a lot about black culture on a show about black culture.

Why do we need a show about one culture? Do we all get our own show? All I’m asking is for a PUBLIC radio station to try airing content that appeals to the general public. Yes, sometimes that will include culture-specific stories! When there is so much we could all share and discuss, why are we dividing ourselves into groups, putting up walls?

If you're white, then yes, I'd say we'd do. Like the great majority of the time WAMU and NPR programming appeals to a white audience.

There are 168 hours in the week. Black people got one hour on Saturday at noon. Maybe you should just listen to something else then and deal with it. I don't like the old time radio show that's on Saturday or Sunday night so I just listen to something else instead of whining about a show for the elderly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of changes over the years/decades, from broadcasters to topics. Agree there seems to be a lot more lgbtq+ items covered, and that's not my cup of tea, but everyone should see themselves in the coverage, right? I could live with it. But Ayesha Rascoe finally did me in (had to look up how to spell her name). Every time she says "git" instead of "get," "wif" instead of "with," etc. When I heard her on the air, I turned WAMU off.

It's racist to mock her accent, just so you know. Ayesha is an accomplished journalist who cut her teeth in challenging trade news and worked her way up the ladder. And WAMU didn't add her, NPR did. You people make me sick.

Yeah at least be accurate. Ayesha doesn't work for Wamu she works for the national branch

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a game now where I turn the car radio to 88.5 and see how long it takes for race, gender, or trans issues to come up (always in an in-your-face, non-nuanced way). It's usually less than a minute. It's very clear that the agenda simply became DEI stuff all the time about 5 years ago. We used to give money, listen avidly, etc. It's not not listenable anymore. They obviously just ignored the disappearing audience and chose to ride this into the ground. It stinks because we desperately need a smart local news station.

I just drove 10 minutes to the grocery store with WAMU. Race came up in the second minute. I heard about how difficult it is for a metal band comprised of black females and also how underpaid black actresses are. I’m not doubting these challenges and those stories of course should be heard, but it seems to dominate what I hear whenever I listen. I want a broader set of topics and perspectives and I would think a mass audience (if that is what they are actually trying to appeal to) would want also.

Yeah dude. Based on the timestamp of your post you were listening to "It's Been a Minute," which is largely about black culture. So it's not surprising that you heard a a lot about black culture on a show about black culture.

Why do we need a show about one culture? Do we all get our own show? All I’m asking is for a PUBLIC radio station to try airing content that appeals to the general public. Yes, sometimes that will include culture-specific stories! When there is so much we could all share and discuss, why are we dividing ourselves into groups, putting up walls?

If you're white, then yes, I'd say we'd do. Like the great majority of the time WAMU and NPR programming appeals to a white audience.

There are 168 hours in the week. Black people got one hour on Saturday at noon. Maybe you should just listen to something else then and deal with it. I don't like the old time radio show that's on Saturday or Sunday night so I just listen to something else instead of whining about a show for the elderly.

+1

And the 200 people who listen to jazz from the 1940s get their own show on Saturday nights. I am not one of those 200 so I just don’t listen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love watching the left implode. Think if Biden dies before November. What will they do?

Trump '24!

Anyone who thinks the demise of local news coverage is a good thing is anti-American. Irony much?

WAMU is being bashed specifically for not being a source of local news. Try and keep up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ironic thing about this whole WAMU debacle is that it happened under the leadership of the new GM, Erika Pulley-Hayes, who replaced the forced out GM, JJ Yore, due the creepy Martin Di Caro scandal.

Di Caro was justly bounced out of WAMU, but the DCist staffers could not help but write an article seemingly once a week about the guy. well after he was fired. I remember seeing an article on DCist about him being hired by WTOP (I believe) heavily insinuating that he be dismissed. It was very stalkerish "reporting" and not professional at all.

Welp, kids. You got what you wanted. A creep bounced, a boss brushed away and representation stewardship. Look what that got ya.

Something something be careful what you wish for.....

DiCaro was hired by the Washington Times (unsurprisingly). And the WAMU staffers wrote less than a handful of stories about what DiCaro did there. Only an idiot with no understanding about how the newsgathering process works or how news reporting works in general would call their reporting on DiCaro as "stalkerish." Unless you like creeps like DiCaro.

[Anonymous]

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WAMU is being bashed specifically for not being a source of local news. Try and keep up.

Anyone who thinks WAMU doesn't adequately cover local DC is an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a game now where I turn the car radio to 88.5 and see how long it takes for race, gender, or trans issues to come up (always in an in-your-face, non-nuanced way). It's usually less than a minute. It's very clear that the agenda simply became DEI stuff all the time about 5 years ago. We used to give money, listen avidly, etc. It's not not listenable anymore. They obviously just ignored the disappearing audience and chose to ride this into the ground. It stinks because we desperately need a smart local news station.

I just drove 10 minutes to the grocery store with WAMU. Race came up in the second minute. I heard about how difficult it is for a metal band comprised of black females and also how underpaid black actresses are. I’m not doubting these challenges and those stories of course should be heard, but it seems to dominate what I hear whenever I listen. I want a broader set of topics and perspectives and I would think a mass audience (if that is what they are actually trying to appeal to) would want also.

Yeah dude. Based on the timestamp of your post you were listening to "It's Been a Minute," which is largely about black culture. So it's not surprising that you heard a a lot about black culture on a show about black culture.

So.... you're confirming what he said. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'd like to see a Venn diagram of the people who are irate of Ayesha being made fun of for speakaing like an illiterate ratchet ho and those that were relentlessly mocking Trump for being... fat, orange, balding, a fast food consumer.....

If you don't see the difference between mocking a fascist authoritarian like Dump (and world's biggest public figure) and mocking a black woman's accent, then you are a raging racist.

People like you keep him relevent. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP again. I thought Ayesha Roscoe was fine.
That slam above was uncalled for.

I love Ayesha and this post reminded me--I need to go and buy her new book!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
WAMU is being bashed specifically for not being a source of local news. Try and keep up.

Anyone who thinks WAMU doesn't adequately cover local DC is an idiot.

Uhhh, you know this thread started because WAMU axed the portion of their holdings that specifcally covered DC local news, right?

They killed DCist, dumbass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Uhhh, you know this thread started because WAMU axed the portion of their holdings that specifcally covered DC local news, right?

They killed DCist, dumbass.

Yes, I misspoke. WAMU did a great job covering local news until it decided to fire half of its newsroom. You = intelligent.