— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |
It appears that Pirate Cat Radio got jealous of KUSF's shutdown drama and decided to get in on the mix. Pirate Cat's website and online radio stream been down for nearly two weeks. At one point, their Wikipedia page was 'vandalized' with this statement:
On Saturday, Febuary 12th 2011, Pirate Cat Radio ceased its live stream and podcasts. Their website also went dark. Founder, and former owner Monkey had sold a majority share in the station, took the broadcasting equipment, cashbox from the cafe, and left town. The remaining DJs are forming a collective to try to bring the station back on.
Of course, Monkey claims this was “slander,” but another source at PCR told Mission Loc@l “that’s about right.” Lucky for us, the former staff of the station recently formed the PCR Collective, which is intermittently broadcasting online today. And while it looks like we'll still be able to enjoy the pastries over at the cafe, 2011 is already shaping up to be one fucked up year for San Francisco radio.
Comments (4)
yikes! sounds like a real mess. Between this, the KUSF fuck up, and the ongoing battles at KPFA, one wonders what’s in the water at all these places!
Well that sounds like classic Monkey.
I feel bad for the various folks that have fallen under his sway over the years, but I won’t tell stories, only say that I hope the new crop of eager DJ types have learned from their fleecing and manage to make something out of the twisted mess Monkey undoubtedly left behind. Of course no one should be astounded if the collective makes good and monkey comes back claiming he owns it/it owes him money etc.
It is a law of nature that community/collective-type radio stations are a magnet for weird drama.
Pirate Cat Radio: where unpaid interns make coffee all day and hope the egomaniac owner will one day let them speak on the air for 15 minutes.