Vote ‘United for Community Radio’ for the KPFA Local Station Board Akio Tanaka, KPFA LSB Member (2006-2012) Current situation and background As long time observers know, there never seems to be peace at KPFA-Pacifica. After the 1999 Crisis, Pacifica reorganized with new bylaws which called for democratic governance by a board elected by the listeners [...]
Ten Years of KPFA Finances –in TABLE FORMAT, here –as a GRAPH, here Current Debt at KPFA, with Summary Audits (2005-2009) Media Alliance: On-Air Drama at KPFA After Executive Director Acts on 2-Year Financial Collapse
We Can All Save KPFA Together by Akio Tanaka 8-22-11 The crisis that KPFA faced in the fall of 2010 was insolvency. Between 2001 and 2006, there was a dramatic increase in listener support due to the expanding economy and interest in the Iraq-Afghan War. KPFA added many paid staff during this same period; however, [...]
PREAMBLE This Agreement is entered into as of April 30, 2010, between Pacifica Foundation, its successors and assigns, (“Employer”) which owns and operates radio station KPFA-FM and KPFB-FM in Berkeley, California, and the Communications Workers of America (“Local” or “CWA”). SECTION 1 – RECOGNITION The Employer recognizes CWA as the sole exclusive bargaining agent for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
April 26, 2012 In the last funddrive, KPFA listeners pledged 7.4% more money than they did in the days of the former Morning Show. Given the economy, when everyone from phone sex workers to grocery stores are seeing drops in income, this is excellent news. It disproves the claim that the Morning Mix, the program [...]
By Arlene Engelhardt, Executive Director, Pacifica Foundation Pacifica respects our workers’ rights to union representation and we deplore “union busting” wherever it occurs — and it WILL NOT occur at Pacifica on my watch. We also expect Pacifica’s KPFA staff to act, speak and report with integrity and professionalism when they have disputes with management. [...]
KPFA’s Financial Picture This graph, based on ten years of Pacifica’s audited financial statements, clearly shows the drop in listener support (income) at KPFA in a period when staff salaries and benefits were rising or flat. During this period staff salaries and benefits consumed a greater and greater percentage of the budget. During the [...]
UPDATE 8-11 Andrew Phillips announced that the money has been secured and this project will go forward. Thank you! Stay tuned for details inaugural celebration and events. ———————- All that stands in the way is money and organizing. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a permit to KPFA to install a transmitter in downtown [...]
By Carol Spooner May 11, 2012 For the past 6 months the people behind “KPFAWorker/SaveKPFA” have run a relentless, dishonest and destructive PR campaign – both on and off the air – against KPFA and Pacifica over the layoff last November of two KPFA staff members – Brian Edwards-Tiekert and Aimee Allison, the former co-hosts [...]
By Carol Spooner Two years ago there were major staff cuts all across the Pacifica Network — all except KPFA. For the rest of the network salaries and related expenses were cut 18.5% from 2008 to 2010 — from $6.3 million to $5.1 million. But at KPFA the reduction was just 6.1% — [...]
Report on claims of “corporate underwriting” from Merrill Lynch Greetings, Here are the facts regarding the claims of corporate underwriting from Merrill Lynch that have been erroneously reported by (sequentially), the WBAI LSB, the KPFA News Department and the Save KPFA organization. Please feel free to forward this report. This is being provided in the [...]
by Mara Rivera Wednesday Dec 8th, 2010 5:30 PM The dire financial situation at KPFA which Pacifica Foundation has stepped in to address is making waves – tsunami waves — which could devastate the entire Pacifica Network of all five stations and over 160 affiliate stations, plus Free Speech Radio News, Democracy Now!, and more. It’s time [...]