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But D'Arcy's report doesn't address the custody of the artwork, and
in regard to ownership says only that when "MoMA has discussed the
case over the past seven years, the museum has said it's bound by its
loan contract to return the painting." As for the claim that he
failed to give the museum a chance to present its point of view,
D'Arcy says he has a fax in which the museum declines to participate
in the story.
NPR, where D'Arcy has been a freelance contributor for 20 years, gave
D'Arcy a two-paragraph "termination" memo accusing him of overlooking
"basic standards of journalism" in the report. D'Arcy says adamantly
that "MoMA was not able to find any inaccuracies in the report, and
the correction aired and posted by NPR does not address any
inaccuracies."
High-profile reporters and experts in Nazi-era art resitution have
rallied to D'Arcy's cause. In a letter to the NPR board, Morley Safer
suggests that the broadcaster "has caved in to intimidation by a
large, wealthy and powerful cultural institution." The lawyer and art
historian Lucille Roussin disputes MoMA's claim that it has never
taken a position on the question of the painting's ownership. "MoMA
is on record, under oath, in court documents systematically crediting
the ownership claims of the Leopold Foundation and questioning the
legal foundation for the Bondi claims," she writes. "MoMA's position
in the current case also asks the court to prevent the Bondis'
ownership claim from ever coming before a US judge."
What happens now? "It's been an awful experience for him, being
undermined as a journalist by both MoMA and NPR," D'Arcy's attorney,
David S. Korzenik, told Artnet News, "and we are now deciding what
action to take." D'Arcy remains a correspondent for the Art
Newspaper, a contributing editor at Art & Auction and a regular
critic on the "Front Row" program on BBC Radio.
(via Barry Rueger, Community-Media.com, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 2S9
http://www.community-media.com Blog: http://www.threesquirrels.com
via Canada NewsWire, via CAJ-list via Ricky Leong, DXLD)
** U S A. SALE OF WVXU SHUFFLES RADIO DIAL Saturday, March 12, 2005
By John Kiesewetter and Janelle Gelfand Enquirer staff writers
Some of WVXU's beloved old radio shows like "Mystery Theater" could
disappear.
RELATED STORIES Xavier president: WVXU sale hard
Sale of Xavier University's WVXU-FM to WGUC-FM for $15 million Friday
will change the radio landscape in Greater Cincinnati and Northern
Kentucky. The seven-station transaction is the largest public-radio
station purchase in the nation in 10 years.
The consolidation will allow WGUC-FM (90.9) to be all classical music
all the time, while "All Things Considered" and "Car Talk" join the
news and information format on WVXU-FM (91.7).
But some of the beloved WVXU-FM programs - "Jack Benny," "Mystery
Theater" and other old radio shows; jazz and big-band music; and local
health, cooking, arts and antiques shows - could be dropped after the
ownership change this summer.
Xavier agreed to the sale after turning down more money from religious
broadcasters, said the Rev. Michael Graham, XU president. WGUC-FM
promised to retain the WVXU-FM call letters and some local
programming.
"It is a very sad and disturbing day," says Jim King, who started
WVXU-FM in 1976. He left the station in December and resumed teaching
at Xavier rather than prepare the necessary paperwork to sell the
station.
Graham told the 21 full-time WVXU-FM employees about the sale at 11:30
a.m. Friday. They will be offered severance packages, and will be
interviewed for possible employment at WGUC-FM, Eiswerth says.
"People are in total shock," said Mike Martini, WVXU-FM senior writer
and producer. "A lot of tears were shed. This is a very close-knit,
family-like operation."
The school will use the proceeds to help pay for the new James E. Hoff
Academic Quadrangle on the main campus, projected to cost more than
$45 million (via Artie Bigley, DXLD)
FROM: Dr. James C. King, WVXU founder and former director for
broadcasting
RE: Sale of WVXU and the X-Star Radio Network DATE: March 11, 2005
When I first learned of Xavier's intention to sell the entire X-Star
radio network, including WVXU, I was shocked, disturbed, and deeply
saddened. The cost of the incredible growth of WVXU, from a small 10
watt station to one of the largest privately-held public radio
networks in America has been paid for, almost entirely, by WVXU, its
members, and our corporate underwriters. These radio assets, however,
are fully owned by the university and this was a decision only the
University could make.
About three years ago, I elected to begin the transition back to full-
time teaching at Xavier, my original profession. My plans called for a
full transition back to the faculty at Xavier in late 2005. Xavier's
interest in selling the radio stations, however, served to accelerate
my plans by several months. It would have been difficult for me to
continue as manager under those circumstances.
I express my eternal gratitude to our incredibly dedicated and hard-
working staff of professionals. I am deeply proud of every one of them
and my life has been made richer by working with them. My deepest
thanks are extended to the thousands of members who have helped create
WVXU and maintain its unique brand of radio broadcasting. Finally, my
thanks go out to the business community which has stood behind WVXU in
good times and bad for these past 29 years.
This is, without a doubt, one of the saddest days of my professional
life. I wish the new owners well and would implore them to maintain
the integrity of WVXU`s commitment to classic radio, local news, and
local talk programs. Dr. Jim King (from http://www.wvxu.org/ via DXLD)
Program schedule http://www.wvxu.org/html/programs.html
Shows Dr King still does a show on Sunday afternoons, The Music Shelf
at 2100-2200 UT with archive: http://www.wvxu.org/html/musicshelf.html
I enjoyed listening to his oldies this Sunday (Glenn Hauser, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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