There’s all sorts of barbs and counter barbs being thrown around about the demise of 990AM and the person responsible for it all. Let me interject a few absolute facts on the subject. Yes, it’s long. But rest assured, it is factual.
FACT: According to the documents sent to the station's creditors, both 990 and 700 are to be auctioned off. The recent press release is correct (sort of). They are for sale, but to buy them you have to do it by way of the auction. Auction bids are due by September 15, 2005. For clarification one only has to look at Section ‘C’ of the document, entitled “Auction and Sale Procedures”.
FACT: Despite all of Dave Schum’s constant assurances that employee’s health insurance premiums were all being paid, they were NOT being paid. Don’t believe me? Call the insurance company. The premiums were not being paid. And to make matters worse, there was a period of time when everyone’s insurance had been cancelled.
FACT: Dave Scum has told employees as well as clients a number of times that he has every intention of getting the funding to change the company name and sell the stations back to himself and continue operating (God help us all).
FACT: Again, according to documents sent to creditors, Dave Scum’s intent, as regards KHSE 700AM is NOT to build an “on-air facility” as the press release indicated. In fact, his intent is, (quoting from the legal documents) only the “necessary ground grid, tower array, and transmission equipment sufficient to meet FCC licensing requirements”. Dave Scum has said he would get the tower site up and then just run a looped CD or satellite feed from the site. A far cry from a complete on-air facility.
FACT: Some employees (not all, but some) have been denied unemployment benefits due to the company not reporting some people’s wages to the State. Yes it will ultimately be straightened out. But the burden is placed on the employee to gather documents proving they were paid and deliver them to the Texas Workforce Commission for review. Why did Dave Scum not report some people’s wages? According the TWC, that’s a common scam - for an employer to keep from paying the proper amount of payroll taxes.
FACT: A few weeks ago several people were offered a few dollars to entice them to hang on and not quit. Where did the money come from? Dave went to the churches that broadcast their services on his station asking for donations. One could question the legality of his soliciting money to pay employees from churches, thereby bypassing the court.
FACT: The station is running illegally, and has been for close to a year. Dave Scum has repeatedly refused to install FCC required equipment at the transmitter site. And ever since the 990 transmitter site was vandalized a while back they have been completely out of spec as to their pattern and power. And since he doesn’t have the FCC required equipment, he has no way of correcting the problem.
And these are just some of the high points. There’s plenty more. This isn’t a matter of things slipping through the cracks or simply being mishandled. One poster on a previous thread asks why do people stay and continue to take the abuse? Because of the long line of outright lies and never-ending empty promises. The owner is the worst kind of radio snake. A snake that feeds off those who depend on him for their livelihood.
FACT: According to the documents sent to the station's creditors, both 990 and 700 are to be auctioned off. The recent press release is correct (sort of). They are for sale, but to buy them you have to do it by way of the auction. Auction bids are due by September 15, 2005. For clarification one only has to look at Section ‘C’ of the document, entitled “Auction and Sale Procedures”.
FACT: Despite all of Dave Schum’s constant assurances that employee’s health insurance premiums were all being paid, they were NOT being paid. Don’t believe me? Call the insurance company. The premiums were not being paid. And to make matters worse, there was a period of time when everyone’s insurance had been cancelled.
FACT: Dave Scum has told employees as well as clients a number of times that he has every intention of getting the funding to change the company name and sell the stations back to himself and continue operating (God help us all).
FACT: Again, according to documents sent to creditors, Dave Scum’s intent, as regards KHSE 700AM is NOT to build an “on-air facility” as the press release indicated. In fact, his intent is, (quoting from the legal documents) only the “necessary ground grid, tower array, and transmission equipment sufficient to meet FCC licensing requirements”. Dave Scum has said he would get the tower site up and then just run a looped CD or satellite feed from the site. A far cry from a complete on-air facility.
FACT: Some employees (not all, but some) have been denied unemployment benefits due to the company not reporting some people’s wages to the State. Yes it will ultimately be straightened out. But the burden is placed on the employee to gather documents proving they were paid and deliver them to the Texas Workforce Commission for review. Why did Dave Scum not report some people’s wages? According the TWC, that’s a common scam - for an employer to keep from paying the proper amount of payroll taxes.
FACT: A few weeks ago several people were offered a few dollars to entice them to hang on and not quit. Where did the money come from? Dave went to the churches that broadcast their services on his station asking for donations. One could question the legality of his soliciting money to pay employees from churches, thereby bypassing the court.
FACT: The station is running illegally, and has been for close to a year. Dave Scum has repeatedly refused to install FCC required equipment at the transmitter site. And ever since the 990 transmitter site was vandalized a while back they have been completely out of spec as to their pattern and power. And since he doesn’t have the FCC required equipment, he has no way of correcting the problem.
And these are just some of the high points. There’s plenty more. This isn’t a matter of things slipping through the cracks or simply being mishandled. One poster on a previous thread asks why do people stay and continue to take the abuse? Because of the long line of outright lies and never-ending empty promises. The owner is the worst kind of radio snake. A snake that feeds off those who depend on him for their livelihood.