[imc-st.louis] Tell KDHX Not to get rid of its community talk shows!

[Adam Shriver]

Urban Review St. Louis (and other sources) report community radio  
station KDHX 88.1 is considering getting rid of all of its talk  
programs: http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/?p=6508 . Last year, in a St.  
Louis market already dominated by right-wing radio, KDHX decided to  
get rid of the full radio version of Democracy Now and replace it with  
a short headlines segment. These new changes could make talk shows  
like Earthworms, Collateral Damage, and Topic A completely disappear  
or be reduced to short sound bites.

This is a terrible idea! With recent cuts of important St. Louis  
journalist voices like Sylvester Brown, Eric Mink, and Lizz Brown, St.  
Louis needs MORE voices in the media, NOT LESS! Traditional media  
outlets are getting rid of quality reporters and columnists, so its  
more important than ever that COMMUNITY RADIO provide an outlet for  
different points of view.

Please join this group and send emails to Bev Hacker (bhacker at kdhx.org  
) and Nico Leone (nico at kdhx.org) letting them know that we don't want  
them to get rid of talk shows, or to turn them into podcast-only, or  
to collapse them into three minute soundbites.  They will be meeting  
on Thursday at 6 PM to decide the fate of these programs.

KDHX's motto is "your community, your media." Let's let them know that  
the St. Louis Community is in favor of a wide range of opinions and  
quality discourse. If KDHX wants to support the community, they need  
to provide a way for the community to discuss the important issues of  
our time.