MY GOD. How can I thank the sort of support and love shown to me in the wake of being dismissed from a radio station where I gave St. Louis the blues for 35 years?? My path to being fired by Kelly Wells & her hand-picked board of directors began because I wished to see a notable long time volunteer given his due by the station. Instead, management barfed up HR babble, and marked me for removal due to having the audacity to question this & her other failures as a well-paid 'leader' of KDHX. But all that my firing did was reveal how this station has changed from its original moorings. The bylaws have been made to allow management to operate with no accountability. What was a model for volunteer non-profit community radio has been largely stripped of volunteer participation and input, beyond the on-air hosts. After some soul-searching, I CANNOT return to the station for one simple existential truth: knowing what I know, I could not in good faith ask anyone to give their money to what KDHX has become. I was humbled by the outpouring of support, but this is far bigger than Tom Ray---THIS IS ABOUT KDHX. What goes on in the dark will soon come to light, & I truly hope judgement comes down harshly on those who betray the trust that was built by those with no other agenda than an independent radio station, an alternative to the commercial airwaves, a voice for the city. No worries about me! I am fine, humbled and grateful to see so many that have my back. Negotiations are going on now that will see me return as The Soul Selector on a major station in Metro St. Louis---in the meantime, as has been said by many---including ex-staff who resigned---KELLY MUST GO. Love And Music, every time!
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