The Pacifica National Board will be considering a motion to suspend director Donald Goldmacher over his support for this complaint petition to the FCC challenging the license renewal of Pacifica’s station in NY, WBAI. Pacifica Safety Net has backed two Bylaws referenda to try to eliminate elected local governance and put their own preselected leadership […]

Held Saturday, May 21, 12 noon – 2 PM PDT (3-5 Eastern, 2-4 Central) “Together, we will win back our airwaves!”  Countering “Progressive” Media Racism & Corporate Attacks on Freedom of Speech in Our Community & Independent Media “We’ve been robbed!” is the cry at community radio stations across the country, from Tampa Bay, FL to […]

Save WMNF Community Radio Station-Status March 12, 2022 WMNF Historical Background A report by Alvaro Montealegre WMNF was created in 1979 by a group of activists that included Rob Lorei. They went door-to-door asking for donations from the community for a radio station that did not yet exist and for radio services that most felt […]

Askia Muhammad, news director and programmer at WPFW died at his home in DC on Feb. 17,  at age 76. Muhammad was a mainstay of WPFW for 40+ years. He also wrote a column that appeared in Black-owned newspapers like the Washington Informer. He was the senior correspondent at The Final Call, the Nation of […]

Fernando Velazquez, Presente! Judy Marksman, Rest in Power! Fernando Velazquez, co-anchor and co-producer of Informativo Pacifica with Norma Martinez, tragically passed away February 12 of a ruptured aneurysm. He dedicated 40 years of his life to Pacifica radio and in particular KPFK as a producer, programmer, mentor, organizer, news director, international and internationalist broadcaster, elected […]

Community Radio for the Future, or Failing Gatekeepers of the Past? A couple of recent op ed pieces make the choices clear — the rule-or-ruin elements that want to break up Pacifica have no real solutions. Only a commitment to the radical community-based voices that are shaping the future will restore the stations’ relevance and […]

KPFK Candidate Disqualifications A unique situation occurred during the 2021 delegate election: A misuse of the KPFK membership list resulted in the disqualification of four KPFK candidates. One of the disqualified candidates, Robert Payne, asked the NES to use the KPFK mailing list to do a mailing. 2 Day Postcards, a vendor based in Houston, […]

Here are some key excerpts from the NES Report: The quality of staff lists – particularly unpaid staff lists – was challenging.  Due to the pandemic, there were many shifts in programming especially amongst stations with larger unpaid staff (KPFA, KPFK and WBAI). Coupled with changes in management at KPFK and KPFT, vetting the lists […]