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Pacifica Radio Appoints Indra Hardat Interim
Manager of WBAI 99.5 FM
NEW YORK (May 16) -- Indra Hardat has been named interim
manager of Pacifica Radio station WBAI
99.5 FM in New York City, the network announced today.
Ms. Hardat has served as the station's business manager for
the last seven years. She replaces outgoing General Manager
Don Rojas. She will serve as the interim manager while the
station's Local Station Board conducts a search for a new
leader.
"I am humbled to serve as the manager of this great
institution," said Hardat. "I look forward to working
collaboratively with my colleagues to strengthen the core
values of WBAI and at the same time to do my very best to
deepen Pacifica's peace and social justice mission."
Ms. Hardat assumes the position effective immediately, said
Pacifica Radio Executive Director Dan Coughlin.
Outoing GM Don Rojas welcomed the new appointment.
"Indra brings a proven track record of strong financial
management and will continue to ensure stability, transparency
and accountability during this transition period," he
said.
During his two and half year tenure, Don Rojas pioneered
a variety of multi-media initiatives both at the station and
the network. They included creating and launching a new web
site, rolling-out an Internet
Radio stream, and reinitiating the station's membership
newspaper, "The WBAI Folio."
The station's audience continued to grow dramatically under
Rojas's leadership.
In 2001, the station's average weekly audience totaled about
200,000 listeners. Three years later, in 2004, the station
averaged more than 260,000 listeners a week, according to
Arbitron estimates.
At the same time, WBAI continues to be one of the most diverse
radio stations in the country. Half the audience is Black
and Latino, according to Arbitron estimates.
WBAI also maintains a strong gender balance among listeners,
equally divided between men and women.
Founded in 1949, Pacifica Radio is the nation's first listener-supported,
community-based radio network. Along with KPFA
in Berkeley, it includes WBAI 99.5 FM in New York, KPFK
90.7 FM in Los Angeles, KPFT
90.1 FM in Houston, WPFW
89.3 FM in Washington DC and more than 70 affiliates in
27 states.
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