Programmers and management still remain in a face-off following last night's lengthy and emotional meeting of WPFW's listener-elected Local Station Board. But the future of the "Jazz and Justice" community radio station is now a lot more secure, at least physically: General Manager John Hughes told the assembly that the station may soon close an [...]

There were plenty of things that made Monday night's town-hall event hosted by the aggrieved volunteer programmers of WPFW surreal. Several minutes in, Jay Winter Nightwolf, the host of the "jazz and justice" station's Friday 7 p.m. block, slipped on a Native American headdress and read a list of grievances and demands. Programmers related horror stories about [...]

Any follower of WPFW, D.C.'s Pacifica-owned "jazz and justice" station, knows that discontent among its mostly volunteer staff is frequent and frequently high-pitched. But its current programmer revolt might be something else. Last week, 80 on-air programmers declared "no confidence" in the station's general manager, accusing him of mismanagement and a lack of transparency.
Now, the station's [...]

Staffers and volunteer programmers at WPFW, the D.C. "jazz and justice" radio station that is also Washington City Paper's neighbor one floor below, have declared no confidence in the station's general manager John Hughes, they announced in a press release this evening:
“Mr. Hughes has shown a willingness to circumvent station bylaws, ignore process, and demonstrated [...]

Washington City Paper contributor Sadie Dingfelder has received an Evert Young/Seth Payne Award honorable mention for her outstanding cover story from our 2009 Arts in Review issue, “Writing Music for Monkeys.” Dingfelder’s feature follows David Teie, a cellist in the National Symphony Orchestra who is working on a “unified field theory of [...]

At the southwest corner of 18th and Columbia, our home turf! Way to stay classy, Washington Examiner.

Happy holidays! Timestamp notwithstanding (see above), for at least a few minutes this afternoon, the Washington Post homepage traveled back in time to Dec. 31, 2009.
After today's Nats loss, who can blame 'em?

Anyone paying to ski today is a sucker. In D.C., the snow is falling at a consistent clip; on the streets it's not too slick, and in many places nicely packed. The only problem? No ski lifts.
So it didn't surprise me to see Washingtonians skiing past my Dupont apartment all day, about two or three [...]