KPFA

Reprimanded by KPFA management!

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Here is an email I received on Friday from KPFA’s interim program director: David, I have been clear that KPFA’s internal issues should not be discussed on air, especially during fund drive. Wednesday night at the beginning of Dead to the World you made comments that were unacceptable. (She included a link to the show … Read more

Email from KPFA LSB chair

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This is a letter from Margy Wilkinson, chair of KFPA’s local station board: Like you, the majority of the KPFA Local Station Board (the group known as SaveKPFA) is deeply unhappy at the abrupt, illogical and unnecessary changes at KPFA – beginning with the cancellation of the Morning Show. We see the station we love … Read more

KPFA marathon 2/19/11 PLAYLIST

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Unofficial total for the day: $58,363!! Credits and more info here Promised Land Dire Wolf Cassidy Candyman El Paso They Love Each Other Passenger Brown-Eyed Women Lazy Lightnin’-> Supplication – Grateful Dead 5/5/78 Thompson Arena, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH Phone interview with Mark Pinkus, the head of Grateful Dead projects at Rhino Records Black Throated … Read more

My perspective on KPFA, part N of N

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This is a post I made to a KPFA discussion in The WELL, my online home of 25 years. Part of the problem is that the station is regarded as too mainstream (“in the pocket of the Democratic party”) by many people – staff, board members, listeners, would-be programmers, etc. There is a struggle for … Read more

KPFA workers to picket Pacifica 11/4

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 3, 2010 KPFA Workers To Picket Thursday to Oppose Cuts to a Quarter of Staff (Berkeley, CA – November 3, 2010) Union workers at America’s first listener-sponsored radio station, KPFA 94.1 FM, have mobilized to oppose imminent dramatic cuts to KPFA staffing by their parent organization, the Pacifica Foundation. The Morning … Read more

KPFA speaker donors

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Big thanks to these kind souls who chipped in to buy new monitor speakers for the KPFA performance studio! Moonalice Marc Evans Paul Mosher Sandy Sonnenfelt Dario Birindelli Barbara Gabel R. David Guidry Hamlin Endicott Andy Cahn Classic Kicks, Inc. Jeff Mitchell Steve Golston Eric Eichorn Grateful Dread Design Daniel Frederick E.J. Service Jennifer Neal … Read more

KPFA performance studio speaker plea

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A monitor speaker was stolen from the KPFA performance studio last week. This was the second of two (both now missing) donated in 2003 by the Jerry Garcia Estate. I and my listeners get tremendous value out of that studio. Given the station’s tight financial situation, I am taking on the mission of raising $800 … Read more