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Immediate opening for full-time Manager of Spanish Outreach & Programming
Democracy Now! is a daily, non-profit, national, independent news hour based in New York City. In 2005 we launched Democracy Now! en espanol to produce, market and distribute Spanish language translations of Democracy Now! content. Today, 200 stations broadcast either our daily headlines or our Resumen [...]
Great to see that Pacifica, which broadcast the late George Carlin’s legendary monologue, finally gets some press for it, amid remembrances of Carlin’s passing.
The Feisty Station That Defended Carlin’s ‘Seven Words’ Looks Back
by Glenn Collins
New York Times
06/25/08
As the encomiums for George Carlin have rolled in from stand-up legends, celebrities and scholars, his death at 71 [...]
This past Wednesday, the KPFT Local Station met and considered several proposals. I wanted to post about two of them.
KPFT’s LSB passed a resolution calling for the Pacifica National Board to discontinue its in-person meetings in the interest of saving money. KPFT is among all the Pacifica station facing financial hardships and PNB meetings are [...]
Not Texas, but exciting news for one of my favorite towns…
METROEAST COMMUNITY MEDIA AND COALITION OF COMMUNITY GROUPS ACQUIRE RADIO LICENSE
GRESHAM, Ore., May 16, 2008-MetroEast Community Media, in collaboration with a coalition of community groups, received word this week that its application for a non-commercial educational (NCE) radio station has been approved by the Federal [...]
On Friday, the national broadcast “Celebrating Marriage Equality” will make history as the first major live broadcast of a legally recognized wedding in California.
In mid-May, the California Supreme Court ruled that people have a fundamental right to marry the person of their choice. KPFT will broadcast today at 10 a.m. the wedding of Linda [...]
by Malkia A. Cyril and Jen Soriano, Center for Media Justice. Originally posted at Reclaim the Media.
Conservative Fox News host Bill O’Reilly has done it again.
Sensationalism, exaggeration, and inaccuracy are the cornerstones of Right-wing punditry- so it wasn’t surprising when Bill O’Reilly ripped the 2008 National Conference on Media Reform with ridiculous and unsubstantiated claims [...]
Technology and the Internet are changing politics and democracy. At the bipartisan 2008 Personal Democracy Forum, the nation’s top political professionals, technologists, and nonprofit executives will gather to discuss the future of democracy and advocacy in our networked world.
Discover how social technology can be harnessed to advance issues and ideas, and learn about the coming [...]
On Thursday, June 26, Pacifica Radio will broadcast the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on torture. David Addington, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President, and Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John C. Yoo will testify. Pacifica’s broadcast will start at 8 a.m., anchored from Capitol Hill by its veteran National [...]
Radio Arte is looking for a summer coordinator for the Salud: Healing through the arts project. The coordinator’s responsibilities would include working with a group of 15 youth, 14-21 years of age, in researching, writing, performing and producing short “radio novelas” (radio theater) regarding issues of immigrant health. Participants will be given a stipend [...]
After a long, fund-drive-inspired hiatus, I wanted to mention that I will begin posting my variety of KPFT and media content again. I have a post-drive update, some programming announcements and more.
KPFT’s recent pledge drive was long and challenging. Thank you to listeners who helped us raise $296,000 this drive. Our final tally was not [...]
This blog is hosted by Program Director Ernesto Aguilar of Pacifica Radio station KPFT in Houston.
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