Good news. My radio show might be back on the air shortly.

I got a call  last week from Lee, part of the new management team at WBTN Community Radio of Bennington, Vt. I loved what I heard from him.

As some of you know, I had a one-hour weekly radio show – “Katz On Dogs,” which was great fun and drew callers from all over the country and some of the world. It lasted about six months – people politics did it in.

I love the show, and we were beginning to get lots of phone calls when the station manager quit, and I didn’t feel comfortable there. There was no support of any kind for the program.

Things have changed; the station is going FM, is receiving an infusion of money and community support, and signing up some exciting and highly qualified contributors and staffers.

I love rebirths in a good cause.

I’m going to the station this afternoon to meet with the new management, which has asked if I might be willing to host the broadcast again.

It’s a very appealing thing for me. I am a strong supporter of Community Radio, the last and most democratic radio in the age of Corporate Media – we can all see what they are doing to our country.

But I do want to make sure the new managers are serious and committed. I am hearing that they are.

I’ve also believed for some time there is a genuine need for an intelligent and thoughtful forum to talk about dogs and cats and other animals without the sappiness,  romanticizing, arguing and corporatizing of the dog world.

I did a dog/animal broadcast with Joe Donahue at WAMC Public Radio in Albany, but he got promoted, and we stopped the broadcast.

I love taking calls and sparking conversations about real people and their dogs and animals.

I like to talk about dogs’ intelligence, the best ways to get a dog, training issues, and especially how we navigate people’s compelling and increasingly intense emotional connections with animals.

Dogs used to exist on the periphery of our lives; now, they are our children, best friends, and emotional supporters.

We often need some perspective on how to get a dog and how to grieve for them in a healthy way.

That’s where I think I can be of some help. If we do this broadcast, especially if the station has FM, we can stream the show easily from anywhere, using free radio apps.

I’ll keep you posted. The show only works for me if I get a lot of calls. I don’t want to be talking to myself for an hour on the radio, although I have sometimes had fun doing that. But I soon tire of listening to me.

I want to listen to you.

The station seems to want me back very much, and I’d like to pick up where we left off. The show was catching fire when it stopped. Perhaps it’s time for a rebirth.

I’ll know more this afternoon, assuming the talks go well. I don’t wish to be paid for this work; I am delighted to support community radio and engage in useful and civil conversation with other dog and animal lovers at the same time.

My blog gets millions of hits now, perhaps I can pull a good chunk of those people into my broadcast. I’ll work hard at it.

All you have to do is download a Tunein Radio App, which is free, and you can listen to the program from anywhere in the world. If this happens, I’ll provide a special call-in number too.

Stay tuned. The show only works if people call.