Aug 272011
 
Community Radio: Theory & Practice

The annual Grassroots Radio Conference is always a hotbed of information sharing.  Thanks to Tom Klammer of KKFI and his program “Tell Somebody” you can sample some of the 2011 people and workshops here: College Radio in Crisis:  Spotlight WRVU with Sharon Scott, WRVU  (11:02) During the 2010-2011 academic year, three of America’s most influential [...]

 August 27, 2011  Posted by at 2:44 am No Responses »
Aug 262011
 
The Next 100 Project

Grassroots Radio Conference: Workshop Discussion If you are interested in things like low-power radio stations, construction permits, rural stations, engineering on the cheap, stations which compete with Christian radio. . .  This discussion is for you. Don’t be fooled by the informally of this workshop, these are folks who are putting up small stations across [...]

 August 26, 2011  Posted by at 10:23 pm No Responses »
Aug 252011
 
Media's Role in the Fate of the World

Maria Armoudian on the media’s role in the fate of the world and how the Grassroots Radio Conference fits into that picture. Listen Maria Armoudian is an author, a fellow at the Univ. of Southern California’s Center for International Studies, the host and producer of the Pacifica Radio programs The Scholars’ Circle and The Insighters, [...]

 August 25, 2011  Posted by at 5:03 pm No Responses »
Aug 162011
 
2011 Grassroots Radio Conference

Aug 18-21 Kansas City Missouri     Hosted by: KKFI and FCM   All Souls Unitarian Church,  4501 Walnut Conference Program       www.grassrootsradioconference.org      ph 816 561 6288

 August 16, 2011  Posted by at 9:35 pm No Responses »
Aug 142011
 
Pacifica Election 2010 Report

by Renée Asteria Peñaloza, National Election Supervisor (NES) 2010 renee at asteriarecords.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Recommendations p2 New Methods p3 Introduction p4 Preliminary Phase p5-6 Nomination Phase p7-10 Campaign Phase p11 Ballot Reissuing & Receipt Phase p11 Ballot Count Phase p11 Finalizing the Election (Results) p12-24 Obstacles p25-31 Conclusion p32 Appendices 1-18 KPFA Final Report [...]

 August 14, 2011  Posted by at 9:49 pm No Responses »
Aug 142011
 
KPFA election report 2010

by Oriana Saportas, KPFA 2010 Local Election Supervisor TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Election A. PNB, NES AND THE ELECTION 1. Pacifica National Board (PNB) and Pacifica Management 2. National Election Supervisor (NES) and the PNB 3. NES and Local Election Supervisor (LES) B. NOMINAT ION 1. Technical Information 2. Main Obstacles and Recommendations [...]

 August 14, 2011  Posted by at 9:26 pm No Responses »
Aug 122011
 
A Call for On-Air Fairness at KPFA

The Petition We the undersigned KPFA listeners, sponsors, and staff members believe it’s important that KPFA keep listeners informed about major issues involving the station and Pacifica, including disputes over budgets, staffing, labor policies, and programming. We do not, however, believe that one-sided, misleading reports and sniping about these issues serve that goal. We therefore [...]

 August 12, 2011  Posted by at 7:46 pm No Responses »