15 October

Saving Community Radio: The WBTN Amazon Wish List

by Jon Katz

We have a new WBTN Amazon Wish List. It is short and inexpensive.

First of all, thanks. The first ever WBTN Community Radio Amazon Wish List sold out in a few minutes, on Friday, there were only two items on it, and they both arrived at the radio station this morning.

Thomas Toscano, the Executive Director of the station,  is in shock. “It’s like Christmas,” it’s a miracle.” He meant the wish list and the donations beginning to come in.

I hope we can clean it out again. I bought the first item, scotch tape for $20.00. The page is working well now, and thanks so much.

He also called me to tell me that someone from the blog send him a check for $250, and this was on top of the $300 he received a few days ago.

I think we are helping just in the nick of time.

They are sorting out the bugs there and a new WBTN Amazon Wish List has just gone up, with eight items, none of them costing more than $19, most costing less. As of 5:28, there are only four items.

This station needs every single thing there is in the world, and they are getting a dose of the Army Of Good, a powerful force, but unlike any other army I have ever known about.

“This has never happened to us.” The stations address, for those who like s-mail, is WBTN, 407 Harwood Hill, Bennington, Vt., 05201. The phone is 802 442-6321.  You can also donate online here.

You can also use that address and number to choose an item from the WBTN Amazon Wist.

I am joining up with Community Radio, something I have always believed in as our behemoth corporate media eats up civil and free speech, and anything resembling the voice of the people, which media was created to present and represent.

Wednesday, I begin my two-hour weekly radio show on WBTN, it’s called “Talking To Animals.” It will be a toll free call-in show – 886-442-9286. Our trial run last week was a great success. Please call with any question you have about dogs or other animals, and if you prefer, you can e-mail me y our questions to [email protected]., and I will get to them on the air when I can.

You can live stream my animal broadcast for free on Wednesday ( 1 to 3) P.M. by clicking here.

I’ve also begin a weekly column on my spanking new blog on Fridays,  called Dog Talk. I pick a question each week from the e-mails and answer it.

If you wish to contribute an item to WBTN – they are deserving and it is important that they survive – you can check out the new wish list here. If Amazon asks for the mailing address, which it should, the address is WBTN, 407 Harwood Hill, Bennington, Vt., 05201, the phone is 802 – 442-6321.

The station is hanging on by a thread, but they have a charismatic leader in Thomas, a former opera singer, and a composer and conductor. He told he has chosen to remain single and childless as a public service.

It’s certainly good for the radio station. I hope to hear from you, one way or another. We are having our long-delayed running conversation about dogs. We might even have a sponsor.

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