WBAI is part of the national network of Pacifica Radio stations. Broadcasting from New York City, it reaches a wide ranging area, including parts of New Jersey and Long Island. WBAI 99.5FM is community radio dedicated to peace and justice. The station recently held an election. Winners below. Details at read more.
The newly elected/re-elected listener members of the WBAI station board are: Mitchel Cohen; Lynne Stewart; Alex Steinberg; Nia Bediako; Andrea Fishman; Russell Dale; Elizabeth Brown; Betty J. Dopson; Manijeh Saba.
Link to staff results at the web-site: here.
Link to listener results at the web-site: here.An e-mail message with personal comments from Mitch Cohen:
Hi,
A VERY tight and VERY important election, with the Independents and non-aligned maintaining a 14-10 non-Justice & Unity majority on the Local Station Board.
Attached are the round by round results.
Thank you, thank you — you may have actually saved Pacifica by this crucial vote. (Check out the attachments for details.)
Mitchel
LOCAL STATION BOARD ELECTION RESULTS
With the ballots counted and scanned, the results of 41 rounds of electronic single-transfer vote counting are as follows:
Listeners:
CANDIDATE STATUS
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Mitchel Cohen ELECTED — 1st round 1,140 #1 Votes
Lynne Stewart ELECTED — 1st round 1,135 #1 Votes
Alex Steinberg ELECTED — 2nd round
Nia Bediako ELECTED — 3rd round
Andrea Fishman ELECTED — 4th round
Russell Dale ELECTED — 5th round
Elizabeth Brown ELECTED — 38th round
Betty J. Dopson ELECTED — 40th round
Manijeh Saba ELECTED — 41st round
Camille Yarbrough DEFEATED — 39th round (1st runner-up)
Austin Kelley DEFEATED — 37th round (2nd runner-up)
Andrea Katz DEFEATED — 36th round (3rd runner-up)
Gil Obler DEFEATED — 35th round
Sharonne Salaam DEFEATED — 34th round
Hillary Weiss DEFEATED — 33rd round
Chude Mondlane DEFEATED — 32nd round
Chris Farrell DEFEATED — 31st round
Teresa Palmer DEFEATED — 30th round
Jonathan Asculai DEFEATED — 29th round
Frank LeFever DEFEATED — 28th round
Paul DeRienzo DEFEATED — 27th round
Arun Aguiar DEFEATED — 26th round
Carlos Canales DEFEATED — 25th round
John Brinkley DEFEATED — 24th round
Linda McDonald Carter DEFEATED — 23rd round
Berta Silva DEFEATED — 22nd round
John H. Reynolds DEFEATED — 21st round
Terrence Podolsky DEFEATED — 20th round
Jeffery Peress DEFEATED — 19th round
Lionel Legros DEFEATED — 18th round
Myriam Decime DEFEATED — 17th round
Ken Laufer DEFEATED — 16th round
David Barreda DEFEATED — 15th round
Write-in DEFEATED — 14th round
Rolando Bini DEFEATED — 13th round
Sarah Klepner DEFEATED — 12th round
Sam Weinreb DEFEATED — 11th round
Wellington Echegaray DEFEATED — 10th round
Albert Baron Solomon DEFEATED — 9th round
Andrew Aaron DEFEATED — 8th round
Ebonie T. Grayson DEFEATED — 7th round
Shanti-Rica H. Josephs DEFEATED — 7th roundStaff (six rounds of vote counting):
Kathy Davis ELECTED — 1st round
Janet Coleman ELECTED — 3rd round
Daniel Vila ELECTED — 6th round
Delphine Blue DEFEATED — 5th round
Write-in DEFEATED — 4th round
Kiera Feldman DEFEATED — 2nd round
Reggie Johnson DEFEATED — 2nd round[Detailed reports of both staff and listener voting arettached and should be linked to website.]
Filed under: local, Long Island Politics, News, Peace, politics, progressive politics, radio, social & economic justice Tagged: | 99.5, Alex Steinberg, Andrea Fishman, Andrea Katz, Austin Kelley, Betty J. Dopson, Camille Yarbrough, Community Radio, Daniel Vila, Elizabeth Brown, Janet Coleman, Kathy Davis, Lynne Stewart, Manijeh Saba, Mitchel Cohen, Nia Bediako, Pacifica Radio, Russell Dale, WBAI
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