Pacifica Radio Special Broadcast - Haiti in Crisis

Co-produced by Democracy Now!, the WBAI Haiti Show and Flashpoints

Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004 7-9 PM EST (see broadcast schedule below)

With the resignation of Haitian President Aristide, the order of US Marines to Haiti, protests in the US and allegations of US involvement in what some call a coup, Pacifica Radio continues its special coverage of the crisis in Haiti.

Live Real Audio Stream (of the first hour) will be available - see

http://www.democracynow.org/

Click on the Live Stream link or Haiti Under Siege in the left column

Both hours can be streamed from http://www.kpfa.org

(Archived MP3, Real Audio and Ogg Vorbis formats of the first hour will also be linked from theHaiti Under Siege page:

http://www.democracynow.org/static/haiti.shtml )

The program will be produced live from 7-9 PM Eastern US Time, and will be carried live on the following Pacifica Stations:

WBAI 99.5 FM New York 7-9 PM EST

KPFT 90.1 FM Houston 89.5 FM Galveston (6-8 PM Central Time)

KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley (4-6 PM Pacific Time)

KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles (4-6 PM Pacific Time)

The show will be broadcast later on

WPFW 89.3 FM Washington, DC 10 PM - Midnight EST

Any Pacifica Affiliate station is welcome to carry this program live or to record it or take the mp3 for later rebroadcast. Contact your local station and tell them that the broadcast will occur from 7 - 9 pm EST, on the Pacifica K-U satellite, Left Channel, and that the broadcast-quality MP3 (of the first hour) will also be available. Also note that the programs are two STAND-ALONE hours.

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