PACIFICA RADIO BOARD SECRETLY OK'S BANKRUPTCY FILING & SEEKS NY SIGNAL SWAP (tags)
In secret meetings on Sept. 28 and Oct. 5, the Pacifica Foundation National Board, which governs the 5-station nonprofit progressive radio network, voted over strong opposition to authorize its executives to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and initiate an effort to make a lucrative deal to swap the frequency of iconic New York station WBAI with another station holding a less desirable signal position.
KPFK in Pacifica's meeting - more descriptions (tags)
These are excerpts REPOSTED for local LA listeners of KPFK - as to what else happens [not on-air-only presentations that are the slick surface of it all ] - written by a long-time prior dedicated PNB member.
Not Heard on Grace Aaron/Ian Masters, Free Speech Radio KPFK (tags)
The Ann Arbor Socialist Equality Party Congress Presents: The Breakdown of Capitalism and the fight for Socialism in the United States: Program of the Socialist Equality Party
Grace Aaron, former interim Executive Director and Board Chair, Sues Pacifica (tags)
Grace Aaron, who rose to Pacifica "fame" with the Committee to Strengthen KPFK," is suing the Foundation
In His Own Words: [KPFK] Candidate Chris Bayard Condon (tags)
the new Pacifica??? Copied this from TakeBackKPFK.org
The fix is in for the 2010 KPFK elections. The only question is, who's it in for?
Former Pacifica Radio Interim Executive Seeks Retroactive Extra Pay (tags)
Word has it that after ending her tenure as Pacifica's Interim Executive Director, former board chair Grace Aaron is demanding that the board pay her retroactively for health benefits that were never agreed to.
"Skilled, Professional Management" Grace Aaron Style: No KPFK: Transmitter Down (tags)
Item 5 of the Committee to Strengthen KPFK's slick slate mailer in 2008 promised, "Skilled, Professional Management." Since their victory, they have repeatedly told us they brought it to us. Now we see the result: KPFK Off the Air.
How You Can Save Pacifica (tags)
Further Reflections on the Crisis and How to Solve It How You Can Save Pacifica
KPFK VOTERS: Watch Wanda Sykes TV Special (tags)
Toward an Understanding of the Causes of KPFK's Conflict: A Voters' Guide (tags)
Looking for the truth at KPFK? Check this out, by a long-time insider. Read this, and get your ballot in by Thursday.
"New Pacifica's" frontal attack on Democracy Now! (tags)
After rejecting Cynthia McKinney for ED, Aaron's Pacifica now turns on Amy Goodman
"New Pacifica's" frontal attack on Democracy Now! (tags)
After rejecting Cynthia McKinney for ED, Aaron's Pacifica now turns on Amy Goodman
"New Pacifica's" frontal attack on Democracy Now! (tags)
After rejecting Cynthia McKinney for ED, Aaron's Pacifica now turns on Amy Goodman
THE NEWS CRISIS AT PACIFICA (tags)
An unholy alliance of truthists, sectarians, and voting system fanatics, led by an unwilling reject of the Church of Scientology, have used the new governance structure to take control of the commanding heights of Pacifica’s management.
How Grace Aaron Came to Run Pacifica (tags)
An untold chapter on the tactics used by Aaron and her CTSK to win the 2007 election at KPFK that propelled her climb to controlling Pacifica Radio.
KPFA/Pacifica: Conn Hallinan misinforms Doug Henwood (tags)
an intriguing email exchange
The Sorceress at Pacifica Radio (tags)
The Sorceress at Pacifica Radio
Good news from WBAI, Pacifica in NY (tags)
WBAI is KPFA's Pacifica sister station in New York. Unfortunately, for several years WBAI was dominated and mismanaged by a group which called itself the "Justice & Unity Coalition" (JUC). The rule of the JUC ended this spring, when Grace Aaron became Pacifica's PNB chair and acting Executive Director; she intervened and made changes. Below is a report from WBAI by Doug Henwood.
Pacifica's NY - WBAI stewards exposed misinformation that needs corrections...see here ..l (tags)
this is a repost from a blog article and information intended to reveal corrections to other Pacifica-WBAI writers claiming & blaming, as usual, for their own mistakes and lack of efficiency....see original as well as corrections below
New Leadership in Pacifica Radio (tags)
Pacifica radio has new leadership--people who are attempting to deal with a serious financial crisis which was building for years.
Jerry Quickley fired from KPFK (tags)
Jerry Quickley fired from KPFK (tags)
Poet, Musician and Artist Jerry Quickley was FIRED FROM KPFK FOR SPEAKING OUT.
Pacifica Radio Coup Redux Part II (tags)
New York: An Examination of the Current Coup Attempt at WBAI With Reference to the KPFA Takeover in 2000
Pacifica Radio Coup Redux (tags)
New York News Flash: Coup at WBAI Radio (99.5 FM) Pacifica National Orders Locks Changed on WBAI Transmitter
Coup d'etat at WBAI radio (tags)
Interim Executive Director of Pacifica changes locks at WBAI transmitter, coming to take over. Without any notice to WBAI manager Toney Riddle, nor to the governing board of the Pacifica Foundation, the interim executive director, Grace Aaron of Los Angeles, has conspired with some of her appointees to take control of WBAI in an undemocratic process.
What's happening to Pacifica's NY station - WBAI ? (tags)
Alert !!! Find out about a proposal soon to put WBAI into “internal receivership”...Please share this information widely and confirm it as necessary. No false rumors necessary. Let's see what is happening so close to our own KPFK radio station. Does this affect KPFK's financial standing too? Tell us what you know too.
KPFK: SECRET DEALS AND CHICKEN THIEVES: THE RAID ON KPFK (tags)
A WELL FINANCED LIBERAL FACTION HAS BOUGHT CONTROL OF THE KPFK BOARD AND IS USING ITS POWER TO SHOCK THE NETWORK INTO ACCEPTING A SUB-PRIME LOAN ON THE KPFK BUILDING, AND TO PROMOTE CORPORATE UNDERWRITING OF WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE MAINSTREAMING OF PACIFICA PROGRAMMING
Controversial KPFK Talk Show Host Ian Masters Admits Reliance on Main Steam Media (tags)
Masters admitted on the air what his critics have long charged: he continues to rely on the main stream media, after progressive audiences had to switch to the internet and foreign press to find any.
Trail of Responsibility for KPFA Beating Incident Leads to KPFK Gang of Three (tags)
Controversial KPFK talk show host Lila Garrett called the Pacifica National Director involved in the beating incident, "a really good executive director of Pacifica."
Ian Masters on a Rampage (tags)
With the station disintegrating, Ian Master takes time out to answer a listener's concern by disrespecting the station's programming, fellow staff members, and station volunteers.
Why is LILA Garret, PKFK programmer, being so maligned on Indymedia?? (tags)
Is it not ok to be jewish and be programmer on KPFK? Or to admit this openly ? Or is it the older-strong-willed-woman opposition being played out again ? Could be called the Hillary-syndrome, but Lila may be for Obama instead ? So why is she hated so loudly here?
KPFK Listener Outrage at Censorship of Ralph Nader's Interview by Amy Goodman at 9 a.m. (tags)
KPFK ran a second hour of Uprising at 9 a.m. and preempted Amy Goodman's interview with Ralph Nader on Democracy Now. Some observers think censoring Nader during fund raising is stupid.
KPFK Pacifica Cause Crisis at Free Speech Radio News with Funding Cuts (tags)
The Pacifica Foundation, owner of Los Angeles radio station KPFK, cut Free Speech Radio News funding by $13,500 a month, effective immediately. FSRN faces possible closure.
KPFK Begins Fund Drive but Continues to Ignore Critics (tags)
KPFK started its Spring fund raising drive Wednesday while continuing to ignore listener critics and keeping its listener web discussion forums turned off.
Is It Time To Connect KPFK with Your Community? (tags)
There's a way to do it, and it's to join KPFK's Community Advisory Board. The KPFK Community Advisory Board is forming TONIGHT!
While Suppresing Voices from UCLA ISSE Students, Jim Lafferty States Their Message Well (tags)
Suppressing Voices from UCLA International Students for Social Equality (ISSE) Students on the Station Listener Web Forum, KPFK General Manager Jim Lafferty Nonetheless Articulates Their Message Well.
Grace Aaron Committee to Strengthen KPFK Run Station Board Shuts Down Web User Forums (tags)
The new Grace Aaron/Ian Masters Local Station Board slate candidates have moved to strengthen their control over the station by eliminating a source of listener criticism.
KPFK and Pacifica Need Good Governance (tags)
Can a "Clean Slate" of candidates for the KPFK Local Station Board rescue the station and the Pacifica Network from internal turmoil, legal challenges and financial collapse?
KPFK: Welcome to the Madhouse (tags)
(another, smaller) Stolen Election (tags)
After a struggle for democratic elections that nearly destroyed a progressive radio network, local elections at KPFK are besmirched by unchecked money, influence, and confusion.
Help Local Activist: Free Dele Ailemen (tags)
~~~ The national election supervisor just announced the official KPFK Local Station Board results: the elected listener-sponsor candidates, in the order of highest votes, are: