Put the Public back into Public Radio!

This is http://justiceandpeace.net/WFCRdemocracy/

The website of the WFCR Democracy Task Force

Bringing democracy to WFCR

Do you wish that our Public Radio Station would invite comments and suggestions from the Public? Take the WFCR listeners Survey! Would you like the station to make use of the vast cultural resources of our Five College region? Would you favor WFCR substituting locally-produced shows for a portion of its existing program material?
If so, read on...

Mission Statement of the WFCR Democracy Task Force

The WFCR Democracy Task Force is a group of WFCR listeners whose purpose is to contribute to making WFCR a lively and interesting radio station, dedicated to carrying out its stated mission by involving and encouraging the active participation of the WFCR listening community.

Versión en Español:
La Agrupación de Fuerza de WFCR” es un grupo de radio escuchas de la emisora WFCR con el propósito de llevar a cabo la misión de la emisora por medio del involucro, apoyo y la participación activa de nuestra comunidad radio escucha de WFCR.

Our Goals:

We believe that two definite steps toward this participation would be:

(1) Establishing the equivalent of a Community Advisory Board, described by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as openly, enthusiastically, and vigorously welcoming input from the public, holding well publicized open meetings, making minutes of its meetings public, and providing a vehicle for effective community input; and

(2) Holding quarterly meetings open to the public, in which listeners could bring forward to the WFCR staff their concerns and suggestions, and the staff could explain the station's goals and operation to the public, and solicit public support.

We view these as bringing an increased spirit of Democracy to WFCR, and increasing the sense of accountability to its listeners rightly expected of a Public Radio station. We further expect that these steps will bring improvements to the quality and relevance of programming and will result in a more loyal and supportive listenership.

What has the WFCR Democracy Task Force done, so far? Read a compact summary of our Activities, here.


Our next Task Force meeting will be at 7:00 on Wednesday, December 19, at 12 Country Lane, Pelham.