LET THEM LISTEN TO CAKE! SAYS QUEEN WELLS CONTEMPOUSLY

 https://www.riverfronttimes.com/music/kdhx-executive-director-kelly-wells-tried-to-explain-herself-yesterday-41940142

150 BUSINESS OWNERS SIGN LETTER CRITICAL OF KDHX

 https://www.riverfronttimes.com/music/50-st-louis-business-owners-sign-letter-critical-of-kdhx-41627670

KDHX FIRES ANDY COCO AND DREA STEIN

 https://www.riverfronttimes.com/music/kdhx-fires-longtime-djs-andy-coco-and-drea-stein-40765782

THE FIRST STEP IN KELLY WELLS ASCENT TO QUEEN DICATOR AND DESTROYER OF KDHX

 One of Kelly's first coup d'etats was getting Beverly Hacker fired. 

Here is an letter from Ms. Hacker about that:

https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/beverly-hacker-why-im-leaving-kdhx-2900295

I'm sorry to say that I bought the Board's official story at the time of Ms. Hacker's dismissal, that she was responsible for the cash flow crisis.  I think if they had kept her on the station would be better for it today. 

Certainly, she wouldn't have turned it into her private domain, put her husband's picture on the billboards, or made the focus of all off-air events she and said husband's folk school, or spent over a quarter of million dollars in consulting fees. And there would have been a memorial for John McHenry, and the station would still have members. 

OPERATIONALIZE THESE COMMITMENTS

KDHX under Kelly Wells has spent over $250,000 in the last two years alone on consultants.  Mostly Gladiator, but plenty of others.  

Consultants, of course, are like those old royal courtiers.  They have to say precisely what the queen wants to hear, but make it sound like they are giving her advice. (Also, a group of courtiers and a group of consultants are both called a "clusterfuck".  Historical fact.)

A burning question since Tom Ray's dismissal has been "who came up with the term 'operationalize these commitments'" because once found, that person will never be hired anywhere.  (Not even by the city leaders that determined that the answer to all of the ills of St. Louis were "talented young professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit." Which further proved those city leaders did not actually know what any of those words meant.)

"In 2020, KDHX committed to transforming this organization. The transformation was cocreated with our partners —- listeners, donors, staff, and volunteers. Through this process, we collectively developed a new purpose statement, a set of organizational values, and a strategic plan to guide our work and operationalize our commitments. In implementing this strategic plan and living into our values, KDHX has made a number of organizational changes, including the separation from Tom Ray. This decision was not made lightly, nor was it the comfortable or easy choice for anyone. The process of making the decision and the actions we took were aligned with the values and actions our community helped create in 2020."

I added the bold.  The quote is from the Riverfront Times article https://www.riverfronttimes.com/arts/tom-papa-ray-speaks-out-after-kdhx-firing-39566281

When you give to KDHX, you give to Gladiator and other consultants. Operating costs and salaries are mostly covered by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Grant. 

Don't send Kelly Wells your money until she starts making some changes. Please.