The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #73028 Message #1276554
Posted By: Big Mick
20-Sep-04 - 01:39 PM
Thread Name: Disservice to Folk Awards
Subject: RE: Disservice to Folk Awards
To WDET in the Detroit area of southeastern Michigan for deciding that we are better served by removing "Folks like Us" with Matt Watroba and "Arkansas Traveller" despite the fact that they were among the leading fundraising shows in their stock. They did this so they could move to a more "formatted" type of programming, among other reasons. They did this without advance notice, hence denying Matt the opportunity to even say goodbye to his loyal audience of 20+ years. Another example of how "public" media is whitewashing itself and doing a huge disservice to the folk community.
Mick