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Barrington, MA
Do you love Classical Music?
Are you tired of 'talk' radio?
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Articles
by
the WAMC Pirates -
TAX
CHEAT! How Alan Chartock conspired with WAMC to avoid
paying IRS.
Selected,
not elected -- EVER!!!
Me
vs. Mario: A bad breaker-upper
WAMC's
surplus pledge$$$ lavished on exec salaries
UAlbany
fails to enforce SUNY policy against Chartock for full-time 'moonlighting'
WAMC
Boss breaks pledge to cancer survivor
Press
coverage was rigged at Cuomo/Pataki debate
Hack
Journalism: A Tale of Two Stories
The
matter of responsibility - WAMC's board of trustees
Why
did WAMC pull plug on staff E-mail?
The
boss takes a hike
At
'not-for-profit'
public radio, how much is too much?
Sexual
Harassment at WAMC
WAMC
Admits Cancellation Morning Pro Musica Contract
Eagle
Editor-in-Chief Refuses to Retract False Morning Pro Musica Info
Eagle
Editor Defends WAMC Apologia
Is
this guy a hypocrite or what?
Articles
reprinted
from elsewhere -
Tax
Abuse Rampant in Nonprofits, IRS Says
Master
of Your Own Domain
'Auditorium
of new WAMC studio named for Gt. Barrington woman'
reprinted from The Berkshire Eagle
'Radio
on stage' reprinted from Albany Times-Union
'Bank
on it' reprinted from Metroland
SUNY
prof's radio jobs bring waves of static
"Freespeech.com":
Albany's Metroland reviews WAMC Pirate
Robert
J. Lurtsema, region's
'Pro Musica' host, dies at 68:
Obituary reprinted from the Boston Globe.
Lurtsema's
demise not WAMC's fault: The Eagle's "Apologia"
for WAMC-FM
Thank
You, Robert J.: WAMC-FM salutes Lurtsema;
kisses-off Morning Pro Musica.
Long-timeWAMC
host leaves the air: WAMC-FM Press Release
Republicans
trapped by gun issue: "I Publius" (March
24, 2000)
"Street
Talk": A WAMC First: Alan Refuses Comment!!!
Rogue
sites: "I Publius" (April 1, 2000)
Police
can't silence the truth: "I Publius"
(February 12, 2000)
Worthy
Salaries: "I Publius" (November
13, 1999)
Letters
to
the WAMC Pirates
Contact our Executive
Pirate Director
(Letters are arranged with the most recent posted
at the top.)
Denotes latest posting.
'P.S.
Isn't it wonderful ....'
Asks:
A WAMC Arts Center, Why?
WAMC
underwriter 'shocked'
WAMC's
News
Dept. -- 'I wonder what else they haven't told me over the years?'
Alan
and the Merry Band at WAMC
Loathing;
praise; fear.
Chair's
Reply:WAMC
Pirates protect letter writers- And for good reason!
Publish
names!'
Chair's
reply: 'Where there is smoke, there's fire!'
'Why
aren't you going to the District Attorney?'
Something
great has happened!
WAMC
listeners denied Robert J. memorial programming
Re:
Classical music under Chartock
Classical
music on WAMC fares poorly under Chartock
Alan's
Pets
WAMC
is the best!
Worked
at WAMC 20 Months Too Long
Sexual
Harassment at WAMC
Morning
Pro Musica still on the air!
SUNY-New
Paltz Legislative Gazette--Controlled by Chartock in Albany
WAMC
Insider is Fed-Up; Promises More to Come....
Chair's
Reply: Happy to Oblige!
WAMC
Insider Seeks to Share Memories
Publish
WAMC's IRS Form 990
Flat_Hat:
Chartock Never Wrote Back
Chair
to Flat_Hat: Chew on This!
All
Smarm All The Time
It
is "Our" Station, Right?
Free
Speech Advocates Don't Suffer Criticism Well
Re:
Alan's Jobs, Part 2
Chair's
Reply: Alan Chartock's jobs
Alan's
Got My Vote!
Ultra-Nauseated
by "Count Chartockula"
Has
someone gotten Chartock's attention?
How
can Public Radio be dominated by one person?
WAMC
has many good points, but.....
To submit a
letter to the WAMC Pirates or to express your views,
Contact
our Executive Pirate Director
or
Contact WAMC's board!
Contact Alan S. Chartock
Contact WAMC's board of
trustees
Letters reprinted
from elsewhere -
A
plea for classical music
Less
radio talk, more classical music
WAMC
donor has had enough
Return
public radio to the Public
Worrisome
cutbacks of classical music
Where
is loyalty to loyal Lurtsema?
Seek
the quiet middle ground
Using
gun issue for political gain
Chartock
off base on Court ruling
You
win Alan, now please stop
Questions
for Chartock
Chartock
makes himself the issue
To submit a letter to the WAMC Pirates
or to express your views,
Contact
our Executive Pirate Director
or
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Contact Alan S. Chartock
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"I
Won't Tell If You Won't" Dept.
TAX CHEAT!
How Alan Chartock conspired with WAMC to avoid
paying IRS.
Failure to report CEO's taxable 'perks' could
leave trustees liable.
By G.M. Heller
Washington, D.C.
Originally published: Thursday, May 11, 2006
For
more than two decades, radio station chief executive Alan S. Chartock has
been the recipient of expensive fringe benefits provided by his employer,
WAMC
Northeast Public Radio, benefits that consistently went unreported
to IRS apparently in an effort by the public broadcaster to shield its
CEO from having to pay income taxes on their value.
Go
to Article!
'Kiss-of-Death'
does it again:
Called the election for
John Kerry
in June 2004!
Also predicted US House
and Senate were "in play for the Democrats.".
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Here!.
Uh-oh, Hillary's in BIG
trouble!
K-o-D just gave
her the BIG thumbs-up.
Watch out Senator,
K-o-D's on your side!.
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Hillary Clinton and California
Senator Barbara Boxer in Monterey, CA -- ©1995
by Michael
Maloney Photography
Selected,
not elected -- EVER!!!
by G. M. Heller
Washington, D.C.
WAMC-90.3 FM has a perennially self-appointed chairman
and executive director -- but why is that?
Go to Article!
SUNY
Shenanigans
UAlbany
fails to enforce SUNY policy against
Chartock
for full-time 'moonlighting'.
Is Prof an embarrassment to UUP?
by G. M. Heller
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, February 6, 2002
Alan Seth Chartock has reason to be smiling.
He takes home more money annually than the Governor. And the bulk
of it comes from public coffers, from you the taxpayer. But
is it legal?
Go to
Article!
Also, see related letter: 'P.S.
Isn't it wonderful .... '
Me
vs. Mario
A
bad breaker-upper
Chartock banishes Cuomo from WAMC's Web sites
by G. M. Heller
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
As splits go, this one was pretty messy.
Go
to Article!
Did
you get a big pay raise last year? They did!
WAMC's
surplus pledge $$$
lavished
on exec salaries
Is this what they mean by not-for-profit?
by G. M. Heller
Washington, D.C.
Friday, March 01, 2002
Whether WAMC 90.3-FM's listeners
know it or not, their pledge dollars last year were used to fund some of
the biggest salary increases in WAMC, Inc.'s 21-year history.
Go
to Article!
Wasn't
it supposed to be called the Linda Norris Performing Arts Center? WAMC
boss breaks pledge to cancer survivor
by G. M. Heller
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, January 31, 2002
Last year, it was announced on-the-air and in
the press that WAMC Inc.'s proposed new performing arts center building
was to be named after Great Barrington resident Linda Norris.
Go to Article!
Did
Pataki know?
Press
coverage was rigged at 1994 Cuomo/Pataki debate
by G. M. Heller
Washington, D.C.
Updated: Sunday, March 18, 2001 07:00 PM
EST
In a revelation that may shock some and come as
no surprise to others, an informed source alleges that press coverage of
the famous October 1994
‘no-show' gubernatorial debate, between
then three-term incumbent Governor Mario M. Cuomo and then freshman
state Senator George Pataki, was rigged in advance by the organizer
and moderator of the event, in order to favor Mr. Cuomo.
Go
to Article
Hack
Journalism:
A
Tale of Two Stories
How the Albany media fail at the most
basic level to do accurate and straightforward reportage on matters of
corruption within NY State government.
Go
to Article
Why
did WAMC pull plug on staff E-mail?
To find out,
Go to Article
The
boss takes a hike!
or:
'You too can get rich off the public trough just by using my sure-fire
patented method!'
by G. M. Heller
February 22, 2001
The following chart shows WAMC, Inc. chairman
and executive director Alan S. Chartock's WAMC pay hikes each year, from
fiscal 1989 up to and including fiscal
1999, as reported
on WAMC's IRS Form 990 - Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax.
Go to Article
At
'not-for-profit'
public radio, how much is too much?
Minding the store - or milking it?
Getting rich off the WAMC golden goose --
$500K fund drives don't even pay top six salaries!
by G. M. Heller
February 16, 2001
It's next Friday February 23rd, and you're listening
to WAMC Northeast Public Radio (of course!), and you're being asked to
ante-up yet again for another WAMC fund drive. This one is being called
the cyber-drive, a lead-in to THE BIG ONE the following week in
which WAMC is asking the public to shell out $500,000, the station's highest
goal yet for a single fund drive.
Go to Article
Sexual
Harassment at WAMC
To: WAMC Northeast Pirate Network -
After listening to Fred Dicker's radio show the
other morning on WROW 590-AM--he was talking about WAMC and
he gave your site a free plug--I decided to write and let you know there
is something you should know about the inner world of WAMC and Alan
Chartock.
Go
to Article
WAMC
Admits
Cancellation
Morning
Pro Musica Contract
by G. M. Heller
June 10, 2000
In an afternoon telephone interview at his WAMC
Northeast Public Radio office in Albany on Wednesday, Alan S. Chartock,
chairman and executive director of WAMC, admitted to cancellation
of the contract between WAMC and WGBH in Boston to broadcast
Morning
Pro Musica, a long-running weekend classical music program. Mr.
Chartock's decision to stop broadcasting the popular program has caused
many upset WAMC listeners to barrage local print media with letters.
Go to
Article
Eagle
Editor-in-Chief Refuses to Retract False Morning Pro Musica Info
by G. M. Heller
June 9, 2000
"A Plea for Classical Music" is the title given
to a poignant letter-to-the-editor published in The Berkshire Eaglethis
past Tuesday, June 6th.
Go
to Article
Interview
with
Clarence Fanto/
Eagle
Editor Defends WAMC Apologia
by G. M. Heller
June 9, 2000
With an air of Yankee certitude, Berkshire
Eagle managing editor Clarence Fanto this past Monday (June 5)
defended his decision to publish what he labels a "Commentary" apologizing
for radio station WAMC
90.3 FM Northeast Public Radio's decision to cut back on classical
music programming.
Go
to Article
Editorial/
Is
this guy a hypocrite or what?
by G. M. Heller
November 14, 1999
(This editorial responds to Alan Chartock's column "I
PUBLIUS" which was originally published in The
Berkshire Eagle on Saturday, November 13, 1999.)
Alan Chartock, in his diatribe about politicians
and their hefty salaries ("Worthy
Salaries", 11/13/99, The Berkshire Eagle), fails to mention
that he too, skirts ethical boundaries on the very same issue. Mr.
Chartock, draws separate salaries for separate full-time jobs even though
the written policy of his chief employer specifically forbids such "moonlighting"
practice.
Go to
Article
Are
you fed up with the way things are at WAMC 'public radio'?
Contact the station's CEO, chairman, and the board of
trustees, and let them know what you think!
Alan
Seth Chartock,
president, chief executive and administrative officer
WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Inc.;
professor emeritus of communications
UAlbany-SUNY; date of birth: July 25, 1941.
WAMC-FM office
address:
318 Central Avenue
Albany, New York 12206
WAMC-FM office mailing address:
P.O. Box 66600
Albany, New York 12206-6600
WAMC-FM office telephone numbers:
518.465.5233 - ext. 150
800.323.WAMC (9262) - ext. 150 (toll free)
518.432.6974 - Fax
518.466.0973 - Cell Phone
WAMC-FM E-mail: alan@wamc.org
UAlbany-SUNY
office address:
Department of Communication - SS 322
University at Albany, SUNY
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12222-0001
UAlbany-SUNY office telephone number:
518.442.4884
UAlbany-SUNY E-mail: chartock@albany.edu
Residential address:
51 Hollenbeck Avenue
Great Barrington, Massachusetts 01230
Residential telephone numbers:
413.528.4199
413.528.3606
518.466.0973 - Cell Phone
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