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KPFK Presents Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos, Sunday April 7, 2024 @ Catalina Jazz Club 7:30pm
The Temptations & the Four Tops Wednesday April 10, 2024 8pm Live At The Dolby Theatre - Special Guest Host Arsenio Hall
The Luckman Fines Arts Complex At CalState LA
Luciana Souza / Trio Corrente Saturday April 27, 2024 Live At UCLA's Nimoy Theater 8pm
Culture Clash May The 40th Be With You! May 4, 2024 In Northridge At The Soraya At CSUN 8pm
GIPSY KINGS Featuring Tonino Baliardo Thursday May 9, 2024 At The YouTube Theater In Inglewood
Urban Bush Women 40th Anniversary: Legacy + Lineage + Liberation Friday April 19, 2024 8pm At UCLA's Royce Hall
Alfredo Rodriguez Live At UCLA's Nimoy Friday March 22, 2024 7pm
Meshell Ndegeocello No More Water - The Fire Next Time; The Gospel of James Baldwin Saturday April 13, 2024 8pm The Theatre at Ace Hotel
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 REPORT
KPFK’s Online Public File
KPFK, under a policy adopted by the Pacifica National Board, is now accepting underwriting from local businesses, community organizations, and other non-profits, that are aligned with Pacifica’s Mission Statement. Underwriters will receive weekly on-air announcements acknowledging their support for KPFK, listing on a dedicated page on our website, and a rotated listing in KPFK’s weekly Dispatch newsletter emailed to over 18,000 of our listeners. KPFK has the strongest broadcast signal in Southern California, with listeners from Santa Barbara to San Diego to the greater Palm Springs area, and online at KPFK.org. We are listener-sponsored, commercial-free Pacifica Radio for all of Southern California.
For more details about how you can become an underwriter of KPFK, email mnovick@kpfk.org with your contact info and "Underwriting" in the subject line or click this link to fill out the preliminary contact form: https://kpfk.org/community-underwriting-intake-form
We will send you more information about the program and what it offers.
Seven women give voice to the voiceless. Seven is a documentary play created with the support of Vital Voices Global Partnership and is a collaboration between the playwrights and seven female activists from around the globe, telling inspiring stories of overcoming adversity to effect real change and improve the lives of women. Written by: Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deavere Smith, and Susan Yankowitz. Includes panel discussions with Russian activist Marina Pisklakova-Parker, and playwrights Paula Cizmar and Susan Yankowitz.
World renowned film critic/historian Leonard Maltin (author of Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide) returns, this time with his wonderful and funny wife, Alice. Leonard Maltin is the recipient of the TCM Robert Osborne Award and his memoir, Star Lucky: My Unlikely Road to Hollywood was released in 2021. Check out Leonard’s “Maltin on Movies” Podcast. Tune in for a fascinating conversation about movies and domestic bliss.
We mark the 21st anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old U.S. peace activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli soldier driving a military bulldozer on March 16, 2003. Corrie was in Rafah with the International Solidarity Movement to monitor human rights abuses and protect Palestinian homes from destruction when she was killed. To this day, nobody has been held accountable for her death, with the Israeli military ruling it an “accident” and the Supreme Court of Israel rejecting an appeal from her parents in 2015. Rachel Corrie has since become a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinian people, and her legacy must be used “to direct attention back to Rafah” and prevent an escalation in the war, says her friend and fellow activist Tom Dale, who witnessed her final moments. We also speak with Corrie’s parents, Cindy and Craig, who say they have met many Palestinians over the years who continue to honor their daughter’s memory. “For Palestinians everywhere, Rachel’s story has been very important,” says Cindy Corrie. “They tell us over and over again how much it meant.” After Corrie was killed, they devoted their lives to her cause and founded the nonprofit Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice.
We get an update from Rafah as the World Food Programme warns of worsening catastrophic hunger in the Gaza Strip and Israel continues to block most aid from entering the territory. Despite growing international criticism, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he plans for a full-scale ground invasion of Rafah, where over 1.4 million Palestinians are penned in after repeated forced evacuations from elsewhere in Gaza since October 7. “I’m hoping from the U.S. government to put a serious pressure on the Israeli government in order to prevent such a catastrophe,” says Mohammed Abu Lebda, a poet and translator from Rafah, who says an Israeli ground invasion could kill up to 100,000 more Palestinians. Abu Lebda describes the daily hardships in Rafah, including the severe mental toll, Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza has unleashed. “I’m not sure that I’m going to be the person that I used to be before the war,” he says. “I’m 100% sure that I was changed, and I was changed forever.” (Mohammed Abu Lebda is currently fundraising to leave Gaza with his family. Find details on his GoFundMe page.)
[Photo by Matt Abban]
On today's BradCast: Given all of the ongoing madness, this story has not yet broken through all of the noise. But there is a concerted effort by several large corporations underway right now to undermine nearly 100 years of labor law in these United States. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] After some news [...]
As The BRAD BLOG's former longtime toon sherpa PDiddie always reminded us: "With editorial cartooning increasingly an endangered species, please consider supporting them if you possibly can." * * * The BRAD BLOG is looking for someone --- other than me --- who may be able and available to post our weekly toons [...]
New issues of YES! Magazine have hit newsstands and mailboxes all over the nation, and this Spring 2024 issue is themed around “Connections."
In 2018, Washington state voters passed Initiative 940 after members of the Puyallup Tribe mobilized in the wake of the police killing of a young Indigenous woman named Jacqueline Salyers.
Currently heard Tuesdays at 7am on KPFK Archives of the program can be found HERE |
KPFK's Rebel Alliance News is our nightly weekday English-language locally produced newscast, your uncensored source of progressive news, information and commentary, with international, national, state-wide and local coverage. Interim news director Ziri Rideaux has recruited a team of unpaid newsgatherers, reporters, commentators and anchors to cover local, state, national and international news, including Angela Birdsong, Jack Kennedy, Polina Vasiliev, Ann Garrison, Don DeBar, Dan Nowman, Marcy Winograd and others. We are looking for more beat reporters and volunteer stringers from OC, San Diego, and covering local government, housing and policing issues in Southern California including LA City and County and other municipalities. Email news@kpfk.org
Soemthing's Happening is KPFK's long-running overnight program midnight to 6:00 AM Tuesday-Friday with segments of holistic health, meditation, psychology, philosophy, political economy, science fiction and fact, old radio and more, created and long curated by the late Roy of Hollywood, Roy Tuckman, and KPFK has been maintaining it since he passed in the framework and format he developed and evolved over the decades. Monday overnight to Tuesday features political economy, including a new segment developed exclusively for radio for KPFK by filmmaker Robert Lundahl and producer Tracker Ginamarie Rangel Quinone, about indigenous land and water protection in the face of extractivism industries. Extended video versions are available on YouTube. Equal Rights and Justice from WBAI also airs in that early morning. Tuesday overnight to Wednesday is holistic health, with About Health and Herbal Highway from sister station KPFA, Grassroots (formerly Green Street News) and Food Sleuth Radio from the Pacifica affiliates unit, and Whole Mother about pregnancy, childbirth and child-rearing from sister station KPFT. Wednesday overnight to Thursday features anti-fascist programming from David Emory with "For the Record," the Grayzone Radio from Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate, also developed for radio on KPFK's initiative, Final Straw Radio from young anti-authoritarians from the Pacifica affiliates unit, and Out-FM from sister station WBAI in New York. Thursday overnight to Friday focuses on philosophy, psychology and consciousness/enlightenment, with Alan Watts, an old radio break, episodes from Sounds True - Insights from the Edge with Tami Simon, The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein from the Pacifica affiliates unit, and at 3:00 AM, Caroline Casey the Visionary Activist from sister station KPFA in Berkeley, a long-running feature on Something's Happening. Each hour is separately posted on the stations archives for easy listening - Something's Happening A hours 1-3, and Something's Happening B hours 1-3 each overnight. Check it out! Dynamite radio for night people also available 24-7 on kpfk.org (for listening, not download).
Dam removal on California's rivers is a highly visible and inspiring recognition of the benefits of natural services provided by healthy ecosystems.
Tracker picks up where we left off last week looking at the removal of the dam on the Matilija River in Ventura County, as she reviews and reports on the progress of LA River rewilding.
We discuss the role of tribal communities and efforts led by women to restore and rebalance, in light of Governor Newsom's recent announcement supporting removal of three additional dams in the state alongside ongoing efforts to free the Klamath.
Extended video version here, with awesome overhead footage from drones.
CLICK HERE FOR KPFK LOCAL STATION BOARD INFORMATION AND NEWS
Members and Officers of the Local Station Board, 2024
Rodrigo Argueta Vargas
Christina Avalos
Doug Barnett
Veronica Becerra
Mike Bressler
Tatanka Bricca, Chair
Rachel Bruhnke
John Cromshow
Ace Estwick
Vic Gerami
Aryana Gladney
Jan Goodman, listener director
Wendell Handy
Nikki Haun, Vice chair
Michael Heiss
Sue Cohen-Johnson
Evelia Jones, listener director
Oye Oyeyipo
Robert Payne
Nancy Pearlman
Myla Reson, staff director
Oscar Ulloa
Harvey Wasserman, listener director
Carlos Zavala
Ex officio, non-voting: Michael Novick, interim General manager
Secretary: Leslie Dione Emge
Treasurer: Kim Kaufman (serves ex officio on PNB's National Finance Committee)
Pacifica National Board and Local Station Board meetings, as well as those of their committees can be found here:
Pacifica Foundation Info can be found on the foundation's website at www.pacifica.org.
The Pacifica National Board (PNB) can be reached by email at PNB@pacifica.org.
The Local Station Board (LSB) can be reached by email at LSB@kpfk.org.
Information about governance meetings can be found at https://kpftx.org
March 10, 2024 Pacifica National Board Directors Report
On January 25th the 2024 Pacifica National Board directors from all 5 Pacifica stations: KPFA Berkeley; KPFT Houston; WBAI New York; WPFW Washington DC and of course KPFK Los Angeles were seated. Also seated were two directors representing over 200 Pacifica affiliate radio stations.
The board met again on February 1st and 15th and March 7th.
Director Susan Young representing KPF T in Houston was elected to serve as Chair of the Pacifica National Board (PNB). Director Minerva Sanders representing Pacifica sister station WPFW in Washington DC was elected to serve as PNB Vice Chair.
Former PNB Chair Julie Hewitt also from WPFW in Washington DC was elected to serve as Secretary for the National Board and Kim Kaufman is now serving as Recording Secretary for the PNB.
On Feb. 1st the PNB met in both open and closed sessions. During open session the Board no motions were passed:
February 1, 2024 PNB Closed Session Report Out:
The PNB met in closed session to discuss confidential personnel information and constructive communications with one of our lenders. No decisions were made.
On Feb. 15th the PNB met in both open and closed sessions. During open session the Board took the following actions:
Coordinating Committee: Darlene Pagano (KPFA), Evelia Jones (KPFK), Egberto Willies (KPFT), Jim Dingeman (WBAI), Minerva Sanders (WPFW), Heather Gray (Affiliate WRFG fm Atlanta)
Governance Committee: Fred Dodsworth (KPFA), Jan Goodman (KPFK), Marianne Martinez (KPFT), Jim Dingeman (WBAI), Minerva Sanders (WPFW), Kaja Brown (KRDP 90.7 fm Phoenix, AZ)
National Finance Committee: Darlene Pagano (KPFA), Myla Reson (KPFK), Susan Young (KPFT), Paul DeRienzo (WBAI), Minerva Sanders (WPFW)
Audit Committee: Zach Kaldveer (KPFA), Evelia Jones (KPFK), Egberto Willies (KPFT), Jim Dingeman (WBAI), Irene Adams (WPFW)
February 15, 2024 PNB Closed Session Report Out:
The PNB met in closed session with its FCC council. The Executive Director will be working to address the Letter of Inquiry.
On March 7th the PNB met in both open and closed sessions. The Board adopted the following resolution moved by Harvey Wasserman and seconded by Jan Goodman:
Pacifica Executive Director Stephanie Wells provided an update for the 2024 National Election Supervisor (NES) job opening.
March 7, 2024 PNB Closed Session Report Out:
The PNB met in closed session to address legal matters pertaining to the Pacifica Foundation response to the FCC Letter of Inquiry, and the future of the Pacifica Archives. The PNB made no decisions.
Respectfully submitted by Jan Goodman, Evelia Jones, Myla Reson and Harvey Wasserman
Pacifica National Board Directors representing KPFK 90.7 fm
Pacifica National Board Motions on Terms for Those Elected in 2023 Elections
Whereas there were insufficient funds to hold elections in 2022, which was year 2 of Pacifica’s 3-year election cycle in which half of the delegates would be elected;
Whereas the PNB passed a motion on October 20, 2022 providing that delegates whose terms would have ended in 2022 would continue to serve in 2023 if Pacifica failed to hold elections;
Whereas delegates whose terms would have ended in 2022 were either in their first term and therefore eligible to run again, or in their second term and therefore ineligible to run again, according to the Pacifica bylaws, and the delay from 2022 to 2023 in holding elections does not change that eligibility status;
Whereas Pacifica is in the midst of the election cycle for 2023, with the record period having passed, the period for candidate nomination having closed, the ballots not yet sent to members, and ballots slated to be sent to voters in the second half of August; and
Whereas it is important for voters to understand before they cast their votes the length of terms to which successful candidates would be elected and serve;
Therefore be it resolved that all candidates running in the 2023 delegate elections are running for two-year terms, and that the elections.pacifica.org website and the ballot shall reflect this information. Pacifica elections would return to the Article Four, Section 3 schedule of holding elections in years one and two and no elections in year three (i.e., elections in 2024 and 2025 but not in 2026).
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National Election Supervisor for the Pacifica Foundation’s Delegate Elections 2024
Employment Type: Full-time contract position
Length of Contract: March 1, 2024 - October 31, 2024
Compensation: DOE
Reports To: Pacifica Foundation Executive Director
The Pacifica Foundation was founded in 1946 and is a non-profit organization providing educational services through listener-supported community FM radio. There are five listener-supported FM radio stations in the Pacifica network: KPFA Berkeley, KPFK Los Angeles, KPFT Houston, WPFW
Washington, DC, and WBAI New York and a network of over 250 Affiliate stations. Pacifica is dedicated to education, free speech, peace, social justice, and cross-cultural understanding. Pacifica’s national and local boards include elected delegates of listener and staff members.
JOB SPECIFICATIONS Duties, Tasks, and Responsibilities
Work with General Managers, Program Directors and other key staff at KPFA, KPFK, KPFT, WBAI and WPFW to ensure fair elections.
Develop an election budget for the Executive Director.
Develop an election timeline in accordance with the Pacifica Foundation’s Bylaws.
Ensure with the stations’ General Managers that staff and listener member lists are clean and de-duped and separated by listener and staff categories without duplication.
Assist the Executive Director in selecting a balloting company and coordinate ballot issuing/reissuing throughout the process.
Work with the balloting and tabulation company to design and plan electronic balloting including providing clean membership lists.
Maintain and monitor an election hotline to provide members support throughout the election.
Design ballot materials, candidate statement pamphlets, voting instructions.
Maintain an updated website with updated election information throughout the election cycle.
Facilitate candidate nomination process.
Develop and coordinate candidate on-air forums with the assistance of local station personnel.
Develop fair campaign provisions, including processing complaints of violations.
Produce radio PSAs to promote each phase of the election.
If Local Election Supervisors are required, recruit and train one at each station.
Attend and report on progress of election at virtual meetings, many are held in the evenings and weekends to accommodate the volunteers’ schedules.
Provide detailed report of election for distribution within 30-days of close of election.
Successful Candidates must demonstrate the following:
Excellent writing, analytical and problem-solving skills.
Knowledge of principles and practices of organization, planning, records management, and general administration.
Ability to follow oral and written instructions and maintain effective communication with the Executive Director about work progress and other important information.
Ability to prioritize diverse tasks, meet deadlines, and hold oneself accountable for following through with tasks in due time.
Expertise in using data processing software to manage and track large amounts of membership records.
Experience working with grassroots organizations.
Experience maintaining websites.
Experience with recruiting, training and supervising staff and volunteers.
Minimum Qualifications:
Experience with election procedures and supervision, recommendation from an organization experienced in election procedures and supervision preferred.
May not be an employee, paid or unpaid, nor a Delegate, Officer or Director of the Foundation, any of the Foundation’s radio station or any Pacifica Local Station Board.
Knowledge of principles and practices of basic office management and organization.
Knowledge of the basic principles and practices of data-management.
Ability to work well, either alone or as part of a team.
Must be reliable, accountable, and communicative.
The Pacifica Foundation is an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Pacifica Foundation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religious creed, national origin, ethnicity, gender, age, marital status, disability, medical condition, or sexual orientation. Women and minorities are
encouraged to apply.
Email resume and cover letter to the Pacifica Foundation’s Executive Director at ed@pacifica.org.
Applications must be received by COB February 26, 2024. Position will begin March 1, 2024.
Please include the following information in your cover letter:
1. Requested compensation.
2. Three top reasons why you are interested and qualified for the position.
3. Review the Pacifica Bylaws (found on pacifica.org) and answer the following: How many simultaneous parallel elections constitute the Pacifica Delegate elections?
No phone calls, please
KPFA Radio Berkeley - UpFront Producer Sought -
UpFront is a mostly-live morning public affairs show that delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through engaging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. We broadcast Monday to Friday from 7 to 8 am on 94.1 FM and at kpfa.org. This producer will have primary responsibility for setting up most days’ shows, with help from the show’s host and interns. More info here
KPFK is seeking to fill several pro bono (unpaid) interim management and coordinator positions. These include:
interim unpaid development director to form and guide a development task force to raise funds for the station;
interim unpaid social media marketing manager to coordinate social media promotion efforts at and by the station;
interim unpaid volunteer coordinator to recruit and supervise volunteers for diverse tasks at the station.
Those interested in applying for these unpaid interim positions, please contact interim GM Michael Novick at gm@kpfk.org.
Pacifica Foundation Radio seeks an experienced leader for the position of General Manager of its Los Angeles station, KPFK 90.7 FM For more information and to apply, click HERE or see http://pacifica.org/jobs_kpfk.php |
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Un programa de media hora con noticias nacionales e internacionales con reportes y contribuciones de periodistas de mas de treinta paises de nuestra America y Europa.
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Sojourner Truth brings you news and views on local, national, and international policies and stories that affect us all.
KPFK is a progressive media outlet challenging corporate media perspectives and providing a voice to voiceless communities. Help keep KPFK a strong and independent source of music, arts, news and information.
If you prefer, you can make checks or money orders payable to "KPFK" and mail them to:
KPFK, PO Box 748419, Los Angeles CA 90074-8419
or donate via paypal -- @kpfkpledge
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Midnight - 6:00am
News and programming on the cutting edge - dynamite radio for night people
6:00am - 6:30am
Un programa de media hora con noticias nacionales e internacionales con reportes y contribuciones de periodistas de mas de treinta paises de nuestra America y Europa.
7:00am - 8:00am
Sojourner Truth brings you news and views on local, national, and international policies and stories that affect us all.
8:00am - 9:00am
Democracy Now! goes beyond the rhetoric and party politics offered by the mainstream media. Instead, it highlights grassroots efforts to enhance and ignite democracy in the U.S.
Alfredo Rodriguez Live At UCLA's Nimoy Theater Friday March 22, 2024 7PM
at The NimoyLaurie Anderson Live At The Orpheum Theatre In Downtown LA Wednesday March 27, 2024 8pm LET X = X
at Orpheum TheatreSierra Ferrell Live At The Fonda Theatre April 3 & 4, 2023 With Special Guest Sierra Hull Doors open at 8pm, 9pm Showtime
at The Fonda TheatreKPFK Presents Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos Sunday April 7, 2024 At Catalina Jazz Club 7:30pm
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