FishbowlLA: USC Prof to KPCC: You Blew It with Patt Morrison

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USC Prof to KPCC: You Blew It with Patt Morrison Oct 31st 2012, 09:30 Carol Muske-Dukes, an author and professor of English-creative writing at USC, takes KPCC 89.3 management to task on The Huffington Post for the way they have recently treated Patt Morrison. The SCPR radio personality and Pulitzer prize winner was shown the studio door in early September after six years of weekday, on-air service: The valedictory eloquence of Morrison’s thoughtful September 7 farewell stood in stark contrast to KPCC management’s close-mouthed handling of their cancellation of the show. There was, by all reports, no announcement or explanation by the station’s administrators until days after Morrison’s show vanished – literally “into thin air.” Then, on the creaky-voiced Larry Mantel show, which had been re-positioned and extended in the wake of the Patt cancellation, there was a brief, vague reference to the termination by President and CEO Bill Davis, who murmured something about a “change.” As KPCC assured that Morrison would continue in the future to contribute to the station in some way, an online petition was launched urging the Southern California Public Radio operation not to cancel Morrison’s program. Muske-Dukes meanwhile called the station to complain, and – to vp of content Russ Stanton’s credit – he returned her call. continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

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