On 8 Jan 1997, Chris Calloway wrote:

> speaking of david kirsch, you encourage politics, dontcha, duncan? kirsch
> used to do the most killer talk show on wsha called _the unofficial story_.
> none of this sitting around the microphone blubbering about what kinda
> chewing gum holds its flavor the longest. the fucker rocked so hard he got
> kicked off the air coz the peeps at shaw thought he was too radical for
> community radio after he had ramona africa on the air to describe her
> account of the bombing of the move compound in philadelphia. he also got
> _pacifica_ carried on wsha before xyc had it

David Kirsh got _pacifica_ carried on xyc *before* wsha had it.  He was
the primary fundraiser who came up with the money ("listener support") to
offset the cost of wxyc's _pacifica_ subscription.  When wsha began
carrying it approximately a year later, Kirsh discontinued any involvement
with xyc. 

jr