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Anti-dissent measure on Pacifica’s Jan 10 agenda
On less than four days’ notice, the lame-duck Pacifica National Board has scheduled a vote on a resolution designed to prevent people who dissent from the current majority from serving on local or national boards. After we alerted SaveKPFA supporters to this, hundreds wrote, calling the measure what it is: a political witchhunt. “I’m stunned that a measure about ‘loyalty’ should even be considered by a Pacifica board,” wrote listener Alan Snitow. “Please stop this measure and repudiate its intent. The loyalty measure is the kind of pseudo-leftwing idea that merges Stalinism and McCarthyism.” “How can you dare to try to turn … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Steinberg WBAI, Bill Crosier, elections and governance, free speech, Kathy Davis WBAI, KPFA, legal, Morning Show 4, Pacifica, Tracy Rosenberg
Tagged KPFA, Morning Show 4, Pacifica, Pacifica loyalty resolution, Pacifica National Board
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Why I’m Supporting SaveKPFA in KPFA’s Board Election
By Brian Edwards-Tiekert This month, KPFA is going through what will probably prove to be one of the most important elections of its 10-year experiment with democracy. I’m supporting the candidates listed at www.savekpfa.org, along with many other endorsers, because what’s at stake is the survival of KPFA as we know it. Right now, KPFA is slowly recovering from a near-mortal blow. When Pacifica purged The Morning Show two years ago, it removed KPFA’s biggest fundraiser from the air. To compensate, the station had to increase the amount of days it spends in fund drives by 30%–a sure recipe for dropping listenership … Continue reading
Posted in Brian Edwards-Tiekert, budget, elections and governance, endorsers, KPFA, KPFA election 2012, labor, Pacifica
Tagged anti-union, budget, endorsers, fundraising, KPFA, labor, Pacifica, Pacifica Radio
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KPFA’s local board chair urges YES vote
“Let me paint a picture of where KPFA is now — because it should concern all of us — no matter which side we’re on,” writes Margy Wilkinson, chair of KPFA’s local board in an open letter to listeners. Wilkinson cites evidence of the dramatic loss of listenership following Pacifica management’s purging of the station’s most listened-to program, the Morning Show, produced by a crew of young, diverse journalists. What follows is a tale of stunningly undemocratic dirty-tricks, financial mismanagement and anti-union maneuvers that have caused KPFA listeners to demand an immediate change in Pacifica’s management — starting with the … Continue reading
Posted in Brian Edwards-Tiekert, budget, censorship, elections and governance, endorsers, fund drives, KPFA recall, labor, Margy Wilkinson, Tracy Rosenberg, union-busting
Tagged anti-union, budget, censorship, endorsers, KPFA recall, Pacifica, recall Tracy Rosenberg, SaveKPFA
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Noted Tracy Rosenberg endorsers withdraw support, YES on KPFA recall endorsers list growing
David Barsamian, host of Alternative Radio, who was initially listed as an endorser of the “no” recall campaign, now says that it was a “total error on his part.” He told KPFA staff that he retracted his endorsement once he found out more about the issues. KPFA staffer Davey D of Hard Knock Radio, in response to a listener query, has also said he did not take a position against the recall. Nevertheless, his name still appears on the anti-recall site as a staff endorser. Meanwhile, the YES campaign is adding endorsers daily, including (titles & organizations for ID only): … Continue reading
Posted in elections and governance, endorsers, KPFA recall, KPFA recall endorsers, KPFA recall vote, labor, Pacifica, recall election, recall Tracy Rosenberg, Tracy Rosenberg, who supports KPFA recall
Tagged endorsers, KPFA listeners, KPFA recall endorsers, Pacifica, recall Tracy Rosenberg
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Make sure your vote is counted!
HELP US MONITOR THIS ELECTION! Please let SaveKPFA know when you get your ballot and have voted by contacting us at votesavekpfa@gmail.com or (510) 969-9373. Or, if you prefer, you can answer this convenient online survey. You’ll be helping us document the vote in case there are challenges to the process. IF YOU DIDN’T GET A BALLOT, or if it is lost or damaged, contact election supervisor Matt Ward at kpfarecall@gmail.com or (323) 375-4126. We’d appreciate it if you’d copy SaveKPFA at votesavekpfa@gmail.com or (510) 969-9373. Ballots were mailed June 28 to KPFA listener-members in the Tracy Rosenberg recall election. … Continue reading
Pacifica demanding $1 million from stations to fix network’s financial problems
While KPFA’s fund drive came in a little low, the station’s overall budget remains balanced — the station is on track to have a small surplus. Not so with Pacifica, the corporation that owns KPFA as well as KPFK (Los Angeles), WPFW (Washington), WBAI (New York City) and KPFT (Houston). Pacifica treasurer Tracy Rosenberg told KPFA’s local board on June 2 that Pacifica is demanding $1 million from all member five stations to balance its budget, and that cuts will likely come as staff layoffs. Rosenberg said KPFA would be responsible for a larger part of the cut since its … Continue reading
Posted in budget, elections and governance, KPFA, recall Tracy Rosenberg, Tracy Rosenberg, WBAI
Tagged budget, KPFA, Pacifica, recall Tracy Rosenberg, SaveKPFA
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Listeners love KPFA’s new UpFront program at 7AM
The new UpFront program from 7-8 AM hosted by KPFA’s Brian Edwards-Tiekert and KPFK’s Sonali Kolhatkar brought in the highest number of pledges per hour during KPFA’s spring fund drive, raising nearly $40,000 in just 7 days — an astonishingly good response to a new show rushed onto the air with virtually no advance publicity. That helped KPFA’s drive finish up with nearly $690,000, about 7% short of its $740,000 goal. You can see a breakdown of pledges by program here. UpFront‘s presence in the AM drive time also clearly pushed other slots to higher fund totals. UpFront is an … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Leslie Phillips, Arlene Engelhardt, budget, fund drives, Pacifica, Programming, UpFront
Tagged Andrew Leslie Phillips, Arlene Engelhardt, fundraising, KPFA Morning Show, KPFA News Department, Pacifica, UpFront
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Interim KPFA manager leaving, but Pacifica’s Engelhardt refuses to follow bylaws in replacing him
Just after the recent fund drive ended, KPFA’s interim general manager Andrew Phillips announced he’ll be leaving as of June 30. KPFA’s Local Station Board (LSB) had been interviewing candidates for the permanent general manager position, and passed this resolution last month objecting to Pacifica executive director Arlene Engelhardt‘s apparent refusal to do her part, under the bylaws, to finish that process. The LSB had interviewed candidates and chosen a pool of 3 it found qualified. The bylaws require Engelhardt to hire a GM from that pool, but Engelhardt dragged the process out for months, then refused to make a … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Leslie Phillips, Arlene Engelhardt, elections and governance, KPFA, Pacifica
Tagged Andrew Leslie Phillips, Arlene Engelhardt, KPFA, Pacifica, SaveKPFA
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