Berkeley – Law firm Foster Garvey has revealed that $80,000 was secretly wired from Berkeley radio station KPFA’s operating account in October of 2019 to the law firm that was defending the failed WBAI shutdown. The amount represents approximately one out of every five dollars donated in KPFA’s September/October fall fund drive.
Berkeley-On the evening of Sunday October 13th, the majority of the Pacifica Board of Directors voted to restore WBAI-FM to local content and staffing and undo the heist that occurred on October 7th. This vote also occurred on Saturday, October 12th, but on that day the perpetrators decided to “not count” the votes of five members … Continue reading Majority of Pacifica Board Votes to Restore WBAI
Berkeley-Faced with an imminent loss on an after-the fact and in-secret Pacifica National Board vote to approve the shutdown of WBAI-FM, the perpetrators are changing the voters. During a closed session meeting on Saturday night, a letter was presented proposing to invoke conflict of interest charges against 75% of WBAI’s elected directors, who are charged with being the … Continue reading The Turn of the Screw: WBAI’s Elected Directors Prevented From Voting On WBAI Shutdown
Update 10-9-2019 WBAI programmer Paul DiRienzo reports that WBAI programmers and staff finally made it back into their facility to discover that all of the computers had been removed, wires were ripped out from the inside of microphones and station’s emergency alert system had been taken. A WBAI programmer purchased a new one on a … Continue reading Supreme Court of New York Stops Pacifica’s Attack on WBAI
On July 13, a number of prominent politicians came to the steps of New York’s City Hall on WBAI’s behalf to ask the Empire State Building Realty Trust to be a good corporate citizen and negotiate in good faith with Pacifica to resolve the long-term antenna lease at quadruple the market rate.
This audio clip contains an outburst by national board member Manijeh Saba – a listener representative from WBAI-FM – at the conclusion of the open session of the last board meeting. Her strong statement was removed from the audio archive of the meeting, but we have a copy here.
(It begins at about 2 minutes into the recording. The recording has all the discussion after the board vice-chair unilaterally declared the meeting “adjourned” without a vote).
March 20, 2014 | From the Villager BY PAUL DERIENZO | Summer Reese, the executive director of the Berkeley-based Pacifica Foundation, was fired on March 14 in a closed session of the Pacifica National Board. No official reason was given for the firing, which was announced two hours after Reese publicly announced that she had … Continue reading After director’s firing, WBAI sale is now rumored
THE NEWS After three years of litigation, and six figure legal fees paid out of KPFA’s bank account, the KPFA Protectors have abandoned their Safety Net lawsuit. A settlement agreement signed on June 5, 2023 and filed with the court dismisses the entire action with prejudice (meaning it cannot be re-filed), and stipulates no conditions except that … Continue reading KPFA Protectors Lawsuit Abandoned
It’s election time at Pacifica Radio again. Your annual contribution lets you pick the board at your local station. That’s pretty unique for a media outlet. How do you handle this grave responsibility? We are here to help with voting info, some news, endorsements at our local station (Berkeley) and a few opinions to chew … Continue reading 2023 Pacifica Election Is Here – How To Vote
Berkeley – We know it has been a long time since we’ve written. A lot is happening at Pacifica Radio, and a lot is also happening in our own lives, which has made the labor involved in following Pacifica happenings so closely less viable. But we will keep the option open when there is significant news … Continue reading Another Secret Lawsuit
