Environmental activists are launching a new wave of protests against conservative billionaire and WGBH board bigwig David Koch, sponsoring ads at MBTA bus stops with his image and the station's logo calling for his ouster.
"We've discovered that as locals are learning about David Koch's connection to WGBH, their first reaction is one of shock and their second reaction is one of disgust," said Emily Southard, campaign manager for Forecast the Facts. "We are disappointed that WGBH has resisted our calls to kick Koch off the board. That's why we're ... taking it to the local community."
The ads read "Boston: We have a Koch problem," and are located at Harvard University, near Charles River Ventures, Ruggles Station, and Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge by MIT.
The ads cost about $2,400, she said. The group has received about $5,000 in donations since launching its Koch protests.
"This has probably been one of our most successful fundraisers for Forecast the Facts," said Southard.
The group — including a sign-waiving Elmo — protested outside the WGBH Brighton studios in October and urged trustees to kick Koch off their board.
WGBH spokesman Michael Raia told the Herald that Koch and other board members do not influence programming and that Koch is staying put.
"Nothing has changed with the board," said Raia. "We welcome the diversity of opinions and we appreciated the time Forecast the Facts took. We heard them. The board plans no action."
A spokeswoman for Koch said, "Mr. Koch has never interfered with or tried to influence WGBH's programming decisions and he has no intention to resign from the WGBH board."
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