Originally posted June 1, 2015 Berkeley-Controversy continues to rage at Pacifica’s Los Angeles station KPFK-FM, after former board chair Margy Wilkinson appointed former board member and factional crony Leslie Radford as the new permanent general manager at Pacifica’s LA station KPFK, one day before vacating her position as interim executive director. Incoming ED John Proffitt … Continue reading Uprising at KPFK
Originally posted May 2, 2015 Berkeley-Consistent with their long-standing pattern of retaliating against staff and board members who blow the whistle on financial malfeasance, the rogue board majority joined by KPFA’s UCR representative Janet Kobren who cast the tiebreaking vote, kicked LA listener rep Kim Kaufman off the Pacifica National Board for the alleged crime … Continue reading Pacifica’s Shame: From Battling Witch Hunts To Embracing Them
Originally posted April 18, 2015 Berkeley-On a sad note, long-time KPFA board operator and music host Wesley Burton was killed in an automobile accident in the early hours of the morning on Saturday April 18th driving home after hosting Sideshow Radio, a late night hip-hop show that ends at 2:00am. Burton leaves a wife and … Continue reading Shutting Down While Breaking Even
Originally posted December 17, 2014 Berkeley-A listener representative from Houston has resigned from the Pacifica personnel committee in disgust, citing severely flawed hiring practices. Richard Uzzell submitted his letter of resignation, which can be found here. In the letter, he provided two examples. The first statement is that board chair and current interim executive director … Continue reading Corruption in Executive Director Hiring Process
Originally posted December 6, 2014 Berkeley-Pacifica unelected board chair Wilkinson did hire a national election supervisor on December 1st. She went all the way down memory lane and hired L. Joy Williams, the very first local election supervisor at WBAI back in 2003. The only problem being that in Ms. William’s first go-round at Pacifica, … Continue reading Not Again! Why Can’t Pacifica Stop Trying To Censor Its Staff?
Originally posted September 7, 2014 Berkeley-At Thursday night’s PNB meeting, the national board approved on somewhat nebulous terms a loan to Pacifica Foundation Radio of $156,000 from Southern California real estate magnate Aris Anagnos, the employer of board member Lydia Brazon. The reason for the loan was the payment of employee taxes for severance checks for 19 … Continue reading Racking Up The Debts
The executive committee of ILWU Local 10 adopted this resolution: Reinstate the “Morning Mix” drive-time radio show – Say No to Cuts in Labor/Community Programming on KPFA Radio Whereas, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM, with a powerful radio transmitter, has been a megaphone for community free speech radio throughout northern California for over 65 years, and … Continue reading ILWU Local 10 – Executive Board – Supports SF Labor Council Resolution to Bring Back The Morning Mix
Originally posted May 31, 2014 Berkeley – A complete update on the national Pacifica scene will be out shortly. In the meantime, here’s some of what has been going on and some suggestions for action you can take. Francisco Herrera and Andres Soto jammed together Friday at KPFA on-air in KPFA’s studio and sang The … Continue reading The Uprising Continues
Playing With Insurance Fire In 2012, Pacifica’s director’s liability insurance bailed due to excessive litigation. 20 providers turned Pacifica down before one agreed to pick up the policy, at 2X the deductible and 3X the premium. Insurance broker Don Cooper warned the board in writing that employment suits had to stop. The Board fired the … Continue reading 7 Reasons Why Pacifica Needs an Investigation
compiled by Daniel Borgström For several years Attorney Dan Siegel has been championing the rights of victims of police violence in Oakland, both before and during the Occupy movement. Nobody can deny that Siegel has done good work. Nevertheless, his record at KPFA and other Pacifica stations including WBAI has been consistently bad and seems … Continue reading Dan Siegel’s Not-So-Great Decade at Pacifica
