KUHF Head Mocks GOP

After months of anticipation of the new all classical station, I tried to tune in this morning and got nothing but static. I live inside the beltway and listen on a BOSE Home Theater which picks up KUHF loud and clear. Haven't been in my car yet, but I am sure the story will be the same.Once again Houston has effectively NO CLASSICAL station. I moved here in 1968 and enjoyed KLEF until they sold out, then K-ARTS until they went away. Dallas can support a great classical station for over 50 years, but not Houston. Sad.I will now only tune in to KUHF for my Saturday morning ritual of Car Talk and Wait Wait Don't Tell. I notified them to not expect further contributions until they get the signal strength on KUHA up to a par with KUHF. In my humble opinion, they should have made KUHF all-classical and put all that talk talk babble babble on KUHA.

So much for me EVER contributing $$$$$$$$$$$$$ to KUHF again.

An entire article about how the local NPR head doesn't like Republicans? I was touched by your "fear" that Proffit's quoting Mencken would be received "explosively" (once you had published a sensationally-written column about it). It's a shame that there's been no reaction to your bullshit hit-piece article -- maybe if you could get Drudge Report to link it?

You may not know this, but disdain for modern Republicanism is widespread among people that read Village-Voice owned alternative papers, people who listen to KUHF, and people in the arts, in general. So no, I don't think Proffitt's offending anyone anywhere near his sphere of influence. And if you've checked the top 10 movies at the box office or paid attention to the political discourse lately, I think you can see how there's an argument to be made about not underestimating the intelligence of the masses. Read the Federalist Papers, Mark Twain, or yes, Mencken, if you'd like to see how esteemed and far back the tradition of questioning the intelligence of the masses go.

I'm more curious about who tipped you off on this story. It's doubtful that you were just randomly scrolling through the quotes on Moffett's FB page, and the entire article is obviously designed to stir up anger at NPR, so my question is, are you writing troll articles on behalf of Republican anti-NPR interests, or because you're angry about the whole KTRU/KUHF deal, and you're just looking for ways to get back at the perceived bad guys?

So who was it that tipped you off, Lomax? And do you enjoy playing a role in intimidating anyone in the public sphere from voicing personal (and well within the mainstream) political beliefs on their goddamn FB page? In all seriousness, you should be ashamed of yourself. Leave the intimidation tactics to Bush-era relics and Fox News.

John Proffitt is listing a degree from Oberlin College in Ohio on his FB page; one of the most prestigious small liberal arts colleges in the World.

He must be their only graduate to misquote H.L. Mencken.

Another first for H-Town.

What is it about the political left that attracts these yahoos all ooey-gooey with smarter and more virtuous than thou self regard? Talk about people who lack any sense of what it really means to be--dare I say it--an American.

oh please! He's not done anything worse than what this very publication has done. And they do it without ads for strip clubs, masseuses, escorts, and trannies. Go get some real journalism.