{"id":10948,"date":"2019-10-07T18:32:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T00:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10948"},"modified":"2019-10-08T08:13:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T14:13:47","slug":"margot-adlers-old-radio-station-shuts-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10948","title":{"rendered":"Margot Adler’s Old Radio Station Shuts Down"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Margot Adler, 1946\u20132014<\/p><\/div>\n

Well-known Pagan writer Margot Adler<\/a> worked for National Public Radio<\/a>, but she also had a presence at\u00a0 Pacifica’s WBAI in New York City, where she hosted a talk show called “Hour of the Wolf<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

The show continued after her death, but no more: WBAI has shut down<\/a>. Apparently the “listener-supported” thing no longer worked for them. And their website links to articles about Margot no longer work either.<\/p>\n

In the \u201960s and \u201970s, the station had been a platform for the counterculture, broadcasting everything from Arlo Guthrie\u2019s \u201cAlice\u2019s Restaurant\u201d to George Carlin\u2019s \u201cFilthy Words.\u201d<\/p>\n

More recently, it hit financial turbulence, laying off nearly two-thirds of its staff in August 2013. In November of that year, musicians including Pete Seeger staged a benefit concert for WBAI at the Cutting Room.<\/p>\n

In March 2014, after falling $1.8 million behind on rent in the Empire State Building, the station received an emergency loan to prevent the building\u2019s holding company from seizing its assets. It then relocated to 4 Times Square.<\/p>\n

Pacifica said Monday it would relaunch WBAI once it\u2019s able to create \u201ca sustainable financial structure for the station.\u201d Until then, it said WBAI\u2019s signal would carry \u201ca network source called Pacifica Across America.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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