I wrote NPR and KUOW during the Virginia Tech coverage to tell them that it was a bunch of shit and no one will really care in a few months. and i was right.

The reply was, 'it is news for the moment and we will scale it back soon enough'

I definitely dont think telling them they are turning into fox news has any truth to it and it just serves to make the average listener seem like an even smaller person or group than they are.

I'm stumped as to why KUOW would want to be making massive changes, considering they are more popular now than they have ever been.

However, it sounds like Ken V. has had issues with his boss for a very long time, not just due to recent changes.

What I hate is KUOW's awkward tagline: "KUOW: News and Information". It just sounds so badly done.

I know Ken Vincent was around for a long time. I like long-timers. They're the best-timers. But, Jesus Christ, he was a close second to Deborah Brandt with the ole stumblemouth.

The good work that comes from KUOW hides their dirty family secret. Traditionally public radio reporters and hosts care more about their good work than how they are treated but I guess everyone has a breaking point. There aren't many options for this kind of reporting in Seattle. KUOW, KPLU and the Seattle Channel.

Since there is no social contract, that's why you need a union.

John is now working for Americn Public Media's "Weekend America", with his old "Rewind" cohort Bill Radke.

I appeared on John's The Works show many times over its few years in action, and then KUOW asked me to take over the name at the Beat, which I've been doing since about January.

What's funny reading all these negative comments is that I spend an hour or so every week or so over at KUOW, and find it a charming group of neat people who really care about politics and arts from the local and national angles, and put enormous amounts of time into making sure that smart and talented people (staff and guests) are heard broadly.

It's pretty obvious from listening to KUOW that that's what's going on there, too. That doesn't take away from any individuals' own philosophical issues.

I don't work for the station, so I don't know anything about working there. But I like the people and I like their work.

I had only been there a week. And this was one of the largest broadcasters in the US. Hint: It was founded by a general, who demanded he be referred to General Sarnoff. (google that) So rather to look at KUOW and say "tough that's the way it is today," why not say it doesn't have to be this way? ..... 'Some dream of what could have been and say why not?' Why not treat people as people rather than your means to your end?

Don't give a shit that he bounced though. Fuckin' NPR ain't populist.

The stupid working class, we're pub ed crazy. We like you to talk like us. Maybe deign to suck the shit out of our socialist assholes every now and then, Mercer Dad.

Quit whispering like you're gonna get scolded for talking over Howard Stern or something, pussies.

I am on two non-profit boards as well as a commission. I know how finances work and how hard it is to raise money for most. KUOW has no such problem since they use their captive audience and I believe if not lie, clearly misrepresent their situation in their twice annual 'guiltathon'. They imply that times are challenging yet they do not clearly post their audit or state the real facts of their surplus (the term for profit in non-profits) or their plans for this surplus that justifies ongoing fundraising. My concern is that the general public naively gives to an entity that basically does not need so much money.

Don't get me started on some of their programming decisions, but reasonable people can differ on that. I will miss Garrison Keillor's brief spots.

I hope that the writer or someone will do an incisive story on KUOW's finances. That is far more salient to the public than an employer/employee dispute, where reasonable people can differ and one can't really infer any particular systemic problem.

I am on two non-profit boards as well as a commission. I know how finances work and how hard it is to raise money for most. KUOW has no such problem since they use their captive audience and I believe if not lie, clearly misrepresent their situation in their twice annual 'guiltathon'. They imply that times are challenging yet they do not clearly post their audit or state the real facts of their surplus (the term for profit in non-profits) or their plans for this surplus that justifies ongoing fundraising. My concern is that the general public naively gives to an entity that basically does not need so much money.

Don't get me started on some of their programming decisions, but reasonable people can differ on that. I will miss Garrison Keillor's brief spots.

I hope that the writer or someone will do an incisive story on KUOW's finances. That is far more salient to the public than an employer/employee dispute, where reasonable people can differ and one can't really infer any particular systemic problem.