I am a consistent listener of WPVM (at home, in car, at my studio) and have been so since it came on air. This exceptional station has greatly added to my quality of life—it’s creative, authentic, real, intelligent. It’s magnificent! Nowadays, media is [mostly] geared to make a profit and appeal to the lowest common […]

Mountain Xpress got it wrong with David Forbes’ flagging piece on the so-called internal disputes at URTV [“Whose TV?” Feb. 25]. For starters, the title on the cover—“Changing Channel?”—is a convoluted double-entendre that ultimately does not work. Is Forbes suggesting that the channel is changing its philosophy midstream because it is not doing more to […]

I thank David Forbes for his article regarding the current uproar at URTV [“Whose TV?” Feb. 25]. I and my wife, Valeria, have been URTV producers since before URTV even opened. To date we have submitted well over 40 original documentaries. Our productions focus on cross-cultural awareness. From my perspective, the current issues with the […]

I hope architect John Rogers was misquoted in Mountain X regarding his concern about regulations proposed in the new Downtown Master Plan: “If you follow the letter of the plan, you’re never going to get a building anybody likes” (emphasis mine) [“Try This on for Size,” Feb. 11]. While he may be speaking as an […]

The Obama administration has decided to stay the course of increasing the federal debt by yet another $787 billion in passing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which merely perpetuates and compounds our economic crisis. There is apparently little to no difference between the lack of economic leadership of the Bush and Obama […]

In response to the recently publicized, local Denny’s incident, some have expressed the opinion that this situation is not newsworthy. Certainly there are more pressing and dire social problems, but to suggest that we merely ignore this contention over the right to breastfeed in public is to dismiss the concerns of women and children as […]

Back in October of last year, I wrote a commentary to Mountain X that was intended to help smooth over the controversy that had erupted at WPVM and put us back on track to a reinvigorated community radio station [“Media as if People Mattered,” Oct. 1]. I did this under direct encouragement by MAIN’s board […]

As one of the newest volunteers at WPVM, I can’t speak to past experiences or grievances at the station. As a matter of fact, I’m happy as a toad that I’m getting a chance to enhance the Asheville community by being a volunteer here. So what a shame it was for me to find that […]

I’ve been volunteering with WPVM for the past four years, producing and hosting a freeform music program and assisting fellow volunteers with behind-the-scenes work as well. I’ve dedicated well over 1,000 volunteer hours—joyfully—because I’m proud of what WPVM is and excited about its potential. I love diverse music programming, alternative news sources and hearing local […]

Our government seems determined to subsidize large corporations and government offices. The price tag is enormous, but how will this bailout benefit the taxpayers who are ultimately footing the bill? It won’t. I have a solution that will make taxpayers happy and bounce the economy back in a matter of days. Instead of spending billions […]

Connie Bostic’s commentary [“Drifting Toward Diabetic Coma,” Feb. 4] on the art scene in Asheville is very encouraging. I’ve been passing those ho-hum galleries for the unsophisticated art client by, allowing that the people who frequent them contribute significantly to the local economy. However, Connie’s article awakens a latent desire to ratchet art awareness up […]