Hayward, CA - September 27, 2012. The Alameda County Superior Court issued a ruling today enjoining the Berkeley-based Pacifica Foundation, the 501c-3 nonprofit organization that holds the license for Bay Area radio noncommercial radio station 94.1 KPFA-FM, from proceeding with a member-initiated recall election of an elected board member. The injunction was in response to a [...]
For Immediate Release From: Independents for Community Radio contact: Anthony Fest 415-563-5658 adf55@yahoo.com www.voteindyradio.org August 2, 2012 – State Superior Court Judge Evelio M. Grillo signed a temporary restraining order Wednesday blocking the counting of ballots in the current KPFA recall election, based on an application made by Local Board member Tracy Rosenberg, the target [...]
August 1, 2012 For Immediate Release Press Release Contact: Tracy Rosenberg, KPFA Listener Delegate and Director, Pacifica Foundation Board of Directors Telephone (510) 684-6853 Email: tracyrose@gmail.com Alameda Superior Court Orders Ballots Sequestered Until September 10th Oakland, CA-The Alameda County Superior Court issued a temporary restraining order today enjoining the Berkeley-based Pacifica Foundation, the 501c-3 nonprofit [...]
Update: An Alameda County Superior Court Judge issued a Temporary Restraining Order against the counting of the KPFA recall election ballots on Aug 1, 2012. Listener-representative, Tracy Rosenberg, was the target of the recall. There will be a full hearing on this issue on September 10th and the court ordered that the ballots kept safe [...]
Brian Edwards-Tigert has complained widely about the cuts at KPFA in 2009 and he has already begun complaining about the layoffs that are coming again, calling them a ‘purge’. But Brian knows the finances of the station and network make these cuts necessary. In this report, he speaks about the problem. The problem was not [...]
By Akio Tanaka, Listener Representative, KPFA Local Station Board 7-1-12 Don’t Shoot the Messenger – Vote NO on the Recall! Current situation As long-time observers know, there never seems to be peace at KPFA-Pacifica. In 2001 Pacifica Radio had new organizational bylaws which called for democratic governance by the listeners and staff, both paid and [...]
July 8, 2012 This misguided recall attempt has taught me a lot. In my professional life as a public interest advocate, I often sit in rooms with various elected officials. I visit them after they have been besieged by lobbyists from AT&T, Verizon, or Comcast. It’s hard to tell them I can’t bribe them, threaten [...]
Media Roots and Felipe Messina are doing transcripts of key KPFA interviews. Here’s some of their latest: Italian MMT Summit 2012 (Guns and Butter) Occupy Education (Flashpoints) Who Bombed Judi Bari? Interview (Flashpoints) Davey D, Carl Dix & Resistance (Morning Mix) Project Censored KPFA Special: Killing the Rule of Law (Fund Drive Special) Election 2012: [...]
“New Ideas…Not the Status Quo Ideology” Graffiti in support of KPFA’s sister station in L.A., KPFK.
This short speech says volumes about how some members of the Local Station Board (LSB) are treating interim general manager Andrew Phillips and their board colleague, Tracy Rosenberg. Joy Moore. Public Comment LSB 1-7-12 3:41 In her work with KPFA, Joy Moore produces About Health with Dr. Michael Lenoir, teaches in the Apprenticeship Program, helps [...]
The following is response to efforts to recall Tracy Rosenberg from the KPFA Station Board and the National Pacifica Board of Directors. The answers to the questions were answered first by Tracy herself and secondly by listener-activist, Mara Rivera. The text of the recall ballot is below. For more on this issue, visit: Stop The [...]
In the fall of 2011, the Pacifica National Board debated a resolution which strongly condemned the actions of Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and the Oakland Police Department for their brutal eviction of the peaceful Occupy Oakland protesters on Oct 25, 2011. That resolution was adopted and publicized. The board discussion led to this statement [...]
This article originated at DIYMedia, 10-6-11 (The original article has more links) Two decades ago, thousands of people took to the air without permission from the FCC to protest the agency’s draconian policies regarding access to the airwaves. The microradio movement conducted a campaign of electronic civil disobedience, demonstrating that there was plenty of space [...]
The Morning Mix with Davey D – September 20, 2011 at 8:00am http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/73510 [KPFA, 94.1 fm, Berkeley, CA, Free Speech Radio, Pacifica] Davey D speaks with Alexa O’Brien (US Day of Rage) on the ongoing Occupy Wall Street action begun on 9/17/11 in response to the “economic terrorism” and general class-warfare facing the U.S. people. [...]