The forums were created by WBAI listener, Frank Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald first created the WBAI forum as a way for New York listeners to respond a shake up at WBAI at the end of last year that resulted in the firing and banning of some of WBAI's most talented reporters and producers.

The WBAI board is widely used. It was on that message board that Steve Yasko resigned as Pacifica's National Program Director.

KPFK listeners use this new resource to inform other listeners about station issues that are not neccessarily discussed on KPFK's airwaves.

Of particular concern is the status of the popular public affairs/news show Democracy Now! ~ Although Amy Goodman and the Democracy Now! team continue to produce new editions of the show, only reruns have been broadcast on KPFK's airwaves. In LA, the only way to listen to the current editions of the show is by way of the internet. Pacifica's Berkeley station, KPFK broadcasts new editions of Democracy Now! Monday through Friday at 9 a.m. The link for audio is:

https://secure.transbay.net/kpfa/forms/0_aud.htm

The message boards are all linked together, and provide a wealth of information and links for all Pacifica listeners.

It is KPFA in Berkeley that is broadcasting new editions of Democracy Now!

It is also broadcast on many independent stations around the nation.

Current editions of Democracy Now! have not been heard on KPFK for over a month.

Though the University of California, Santa Barbara is hardly a bastion of progressive, freethinking, honest expression, KCSB, 90.9, is making a name as one of the most gutsy, independent broadcast media outlets in the country. Recently, they have taken the step to broadcast Democracy Now! in Exile (daily, I think -- in the late afternoon). KSCB streams on the web. Check it out -- they carry many of this sorry country's most progrssive programming.

F%*K KPFK. Though hardly a bastion of freethinking, progressive political though, University of California, Santa Barbara can claim one of the country's most gutsy progressive radio stations. KCSB, which streams over the web, has undergone a revamping of late which has left it in a class of its own in southern california, especially considering how successful that scum Mark Schubb has been at destroying KPFK. Democracy Now In Exile airs on KCSB in the late afternoon, I believe. Check the station out, it carries many excellent shows, including several locally-produced political shows.