KSER Vision Quest
KSER is on a vision quest – to set goals for service in our next decade -- and we want our members, listeners, friends and supporters to help us.
Imagine a radio station serving yourself and your community. What would it be like? How could it serve you best? How do we get KSER to where it needs to be? What threats and obstacles need to be overcome?
You can make your voice heard by participating in any of 3 live, in-studio and call-in community forums.
We at KSER are committed to advance the common good in our community through public radio and other services dedicated to arts, ideas and civic engagement.
We are a local media resource that is in a unique position to become a focal point of community life and connect people of the entire region.
We see a historic opening, and we want to take it.
How can we grow to better serve our community?
We can’t answer that question without your help!
Please RSVP below if you plan to attend a Vision Quest meeting in person
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Hi,
I'd like to say that I enjoy the balance between information and music you presently have. The information you provide is critical to our democratic process, as well as useful for participating in the big changes we are all going through. The music is also, for me at least, critical for our community health. It helps us to relax and just feel alive; sort of outside the stressful stuff that we need to deal with.
So, thanks for the good work, and don't change too much!
~Bruce
Where are we (you) headed
Hello,
I do not listen to KSER as much as I used to. Why? When John "the Hawk" Hawkenberry and Adora "your dopey" took over the morning on KSER that was enough for me. If you listen closely its the same old corporate drivel that started up when Bush and his buddies took over Public Radio. It only took a week of listening to figure out that the "Take Away" was just that the take away. John H. is not what I would call a humanist, and he is all for war if you listen real closely. And Adora is just in full agreement. Personally I think Ed's program was much more down to earth with the realities of our time. The take away comes off to me as a cover up to bury what really matters to humans that care. When do they talk about the realities of innocent women, children, and men suffering and dieing so we can continue to be the number one enemy of the world. No its all about low level stuff like sports, Santa Clause and all the other stuff that is wrong with the way things have been done up in this country. I get more real news listening to Cheech One Road speak in between his American Indian music, then I get from John the Hawk and Adora your dopey. (I agree name calling is low, but with these 2 corporate phonies I can't help it.)
Give the station back "to people," not the people that are unwilling to make big changes and cover up for all these poor Wall street thieves. Give the show back to Ed.
If you make some changes to the better I would give money again to the effort, but with shows like the "Take Away" I cannot support it. To me going from Amy Goodmann to John and Adora is like going from Jimmy Carter to George W Bush/Hitler. No thanks.
This is my honest opinion, don't let 2 rotten eggs spoil the civility of your effort.
Yes and I did get your letter yesterday to try to get me back into the flock, but you have some feather pulling to do. Other wise I love you people. You don't have to sound like a mature semi commercial radio station to have maturity that is going to be a real help for people, you know real human beings, the kind with flesh and blood. Don't get caught in the same leg trap NPR is, you end up becoming the same animal.
That goofy doctor that you have on that laughs at his own jokes a lot is about as holistic as the Dow Chemical company (Doctor Zorba). The "Doctors are In" is fine though, it is local and informative.
I will say this, the majority of your programming is good to excellent but you have a few things that are way off course and only inspire selfish people. We need inspired selfless folks.
I listen to the birds in the morning after Amy Goodman goes off the air, much more being said through bills then mouths after her show.
Please read this the next time youhave one of your on air planning sessions.
Kind Regards,
Steve
Audio from Saturday Vision Quest Show.
A transcript of the program will be posted soon, but in the meantime you can listen to Saturday's program by downloading the audio here:
http://kser.org/download/KSER_VisionQuest_20090221.mp3
More details later...
Bruce Wirth General Manager, 90.7 KSER
Mailing comments
Thank you for your feedback and for your observation that we neglected to mention that you are always welcome to submit your comments by mail or via email:
Board@kser.org
or
KSER Foundation
attn: Board of Directors
2623 Wetmore Ave
Everett, WA 98201
The announcement has been modified above, and I will update our on-air promo ASAP.
Bruce Wirth General Manager, 90.7 KSER
I cannot attend any of the
I cannot attend any of the meetings NOR participate via phone, because I'll be otherwise engaged (working, practicing my faith, or out of town) at those times. It's too bad we weren't invited to submit comments in writing--but here's (one of) mine, anyway: I think it is important for KSER to provide LOCALLY PRODUCED programming, whether music or public affairs. If we don't have enough of that, I think we should spend our hard-earned dollars recruiting more volunteers rather than paying for nationally syndicated programming that can be heard on NPR. If I want to listen to NPR, I'll listen to NPR, eh?
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