AMERICANS FOR RADIO DIVERSITY
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January 13, 2001
Another WBAI Staffer Banned
source: savepacifica.net
Unpaid staffer Rachel Barr has been banned from WBAI. Rachel is also the fifth member of WBAI's popular morning show Wake-Up Call to be banned or fired since the take-over. As reported in Haiti Progres, interim General Manager Utrice Leid also attempted to fire Robert Knight recently from his morning-news spot on Wake-Up Call. Knight is an award-winning producer of WBAI's "Earth Watch" and, along with Valerie van Isler and Bernard White, a twenty-year veteran of the station. Should management be successful in firing Knight as morning news anchor, only Amy Goodman would remain from the Wake-Up Call team that was in place before the take-over. To date, 3 paid staffers have been fired, and 4 unpaid staffers banned.
posted on January 13, 2001 05:34 PM