![]() ![]() Said one of them, “The future of KCSM is what's at stake here. ![]() Most of the part-time announcers made $20 to $25 an hour (plus one hour per shift for preparation work). … No solid explanation has been given as to why the station can't dip into the rainy-day fund.” The part-timers say questions to administrators “have gotten us little to no response. … What we are doing is slightly modifying our program schedule to make better use of our funding.”ĭespite the station’s shortfall, there reportedly is surplus money of some $1 million, raised from KCSM pledge drives but controlled by the college district. One staffer said the union “wants to eliminate this classification of employee.”Īs listeners began to protest on the station’s Facebook page, and as talk spread that KCSM might be sold, Dante Betteo, the general manager, posted a response: “There are absolutely no plans to sell KCSM-FM. Part-timers are considered “short-term” or “at will” employees and are not union members, and have worked with a waiver from the union. Other reasons include a new enforcement of HR policies previously overlooked, and a need to involve students with the station more.” In an online “Message to Our Listeners from Members of the Part Time Staff at KCSM Jazz 91,” staffers said, “The truth is that we have been given a very muddled and shifting list of reasons for these sudden cutbacks the budget issue is real, but not the complete story. The 19 part-timers, including Dick Conte, Sonny Buxton, Harry Duncan, Jayne Sanchez and Greg Bridges, were informed that their services would no longer be required, and their hours will be filled by recorded shows and, eventually, by CSM students.Īs reported by Jesse Hamlin in The Chronicle, college administrators are saying it’s a budgetary issue, with KCSM reportedly having a $180,000 shortfall last year. The public station, owned by the San Mateo County Community College District and based at the College of San Mateo, is dispatching all but a core group of full-time DJs by July.įor years, KCSM has relied on an impressive stable of musicians and broadcasters who’ve programmed and hosted eclectic and lively specialty shows ranging from one to three hours. KCSM (91.1 FM), one of the last bastions of true (as opposed to smooth) jazz, is in upheaval mode. Amy Osborne/Special To The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of2 Dick Conte is among part-timers being let go by jazz station KCSM. 1 of2 KCSM DJ, Sonny Buxton, at the exclusive benefit concert for the late NEA Jazz Master Bobby Hutcherson held at SF Jazz on Sunday, in San Francisco, Calif. ![]()
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