KPFA still has formal postings for the following positions. Lemlem Rijio is the current KPFA interim general manager.
Program Director
KPFA, Berkeley, CA
Established in 1949, KPFA-FM was the first listener-supported radio station in the United States. Located in Berkeley, Calif., it is the flagship station of the Pacifica network. KPFA/Pacifica’s founding mission statement begins with: “To contribute [...]
Pacifica Radio - Network Programming Coordinator
Status: Regular Full Time
Main site: Washington, DC
Definition:
The Network Programming Coordinator works under the supervision of the Executive Director, and is responsible for the implementation of Pacifica's national programming policy and the coordination of its national production and distribution resources and [...]
Alexandra Siimotas, M.D., pulled together a great Open Journal Thursday. A board-certified ob/gyn, Dr. Simotas speaks on women's health and gives advice to listeners on a variety of issues they face. She came through our New Voices program. Here are audio links to her April 6 and April 27 Open Journals. Alex is reachable via [...]
As promised, here are notes from the Great Music Breaks Workshop. As with the Story Focus notes I posted, I think all volunteers could learn from these ideas. Basics in preparing for a music show’s breaks
Prep
Warmup: don’t wait until the show to be warm.
Listen
Aircheck
Less is more. A good break should only be two minutes [...]
The Story Focus for Radio Workshop at NFCB was one of the best I attended. I wanted to share my notes from this session with our volunteers; I think everyone, whether you’re doing news or public affairs, can learn from these techniques. I will post the great music breaks session notes tomorrow. Writing for the [...]
KCSB is recruiting for a half time News Director who is primarily responsible for training and mentoring students and community members in the production of a daily local news cast. Secondarily, the person assists in the development and maintenance of public affairs programs.
KCSB is located at the University of California at Santa [...]
Since its successful launch in December 2005, I’ve Known Rivers: The MoAD Story Project (IKR) – an unprecedented global effort by an international museum to collect, document, publish, produce, and archive "first voice" digital narratives about people of African descent – has published a volume of first-person narratives, poems, and stories from [...]
Board elections are coming, and volunteers like you will elect staff representatives to that board. KPFT wants to see you participate in this process, as staff representatives speak for volunteers at KPFT. Please remember to sign in to the books downstairs so your status is documented. If you have time to attend a meeting or [...]
On Saturday morning before I left for Houston, I attended the Future of Music Programming Workshop. It was somewhat interesting, though I felt the presence of syndicated program reps on the panel often detracted from the larger discussion about what stations deal with. Although I appreciate that a show like Putamayo World Music Hour is [...]
Turning The Tables is currently looking for two women with previous knowledge and/or a high interest in audio production…The successful candidates will partake in an 8 week program, where they will learn how to use studio equipment, at the end of the 8 weeks they will be taken to Cuba for 2 weeks to teach [...]
These were the remarks by Pacifica Executive Director Greg Guma at the National Federation of Community Broadcasters Conference, Grand Ballroom, Hilton Portland, Portland, Oregon, April 21, 2006.
It’s good to be with media makers who don’t believe that climate change is just a rumor, don’t think immigrants [...]
Friday at NFCB was a busy day. Sessions today were far better than what I attended Thursday. Among the best was a session on story focus for radio. During this session, participants learned to cultivate programming ideas through a variety of means. The issue of balance came up, and prompted me to [...]
Dearest programmers: Our spring pledge drive happens May 8-26. With a variety of changes, I expect we should draw some good feedback this drive. Please mention the online buyback program to listeners. Please make sure to get your books, gifts and anything else for premiums to Membership Coordinator Robin Lewis soon. Our [...]
I arrived in chilly Portland Tuesday night. I attended a fantastic session on Latinos in public radio Wednesday, with folks from Radio Arte, KRZA, Radio Bilingue and, of course, Pacifica.Thursday was full of fascinating sessions. The morning community collaboration workshop was painful to sit through, though I talked to many [...]
The Houston International Festival is right around the corner on the weekends of April 22-23 & 29-30. This years' featured country is Jamaica. If you would like to volunteer for this event, we are asking for a minimum commitment of four hours per weekend day. Interview and emcee opportunities may also be available for some [...]
Rival Hispanic broadcast networks Univision and Telemundo are targeting the English-language broadcast networks rather than each other as they conduct their pre-upfront meetings with the media agencies and their advertiser clients.
Both are hoping to significantly increase their take of upfront ad dollars, which last year totaled [...]
ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox networks, along with their affiliate stations and the Hearst-Argyle Television group of stations, have filed lawsuits in several federal courts against a Federal Communications Commission ruling made March 15 that found several programs ''indecent'' because of foul language, writes The New York Times.In a joint statement issued [...]
I’ll be blogging this week from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters’ 31st annual community radio conference in Portland, Oregon. I’ll happily take requests if you’d like to hear from anyone in particular.
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The KPFT Summer Youth Volunteer Program is a 10-week no-cost initiative intended to allow diverse communities of young people media opportunities. The Summer Youth Program Coordinator handles numerous aspects of the KPFT Summer Youth Volunteer Program, including project management, education and training.The Pacifica Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Its radio station, [...]
A note to programmers: You all who are affected have had the chats about this already, but here's the link to the new schedule, which took effect last night, in case you're curious:http://houston.kpft.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Program_changes
If you are at a new time, please remind people regularly during your first three weeks that this [...]
Urban Unrest is a blog on new and old media, media justice, race, culture, politics and society and is hosted by Ernesto Aguilar, currently program director at Pacifica Radio KPFT in Houston.
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