Organizers hope Blues Festival will continue
By Mark Collette
The Galveston Daily News
Published November 24, 2007
TEXAS CITY — The people behind the Charles Brown Day of Remembrance Blues Festival said that after talking with city officials, they’re optimistic that the event will continue and even branch out next year.
“I don’t know if it’s going to be purely [...]
The Pacifica Radio Archives staff is proud to announce that yesterday we, the entire network together, raised $117,000 on-air during our 19 hour broadcast. With a $50,000 matching gift from a generous individual in Washington D.C. we exceeded our $135,000 goal for a grand total of $167,000. We still [...]
On Friday morning, I’ll be interviewing Jim Lafferty for posting online. Jim was recently named interim general manager of KPFK in Los Angeles and has ascended to the job with little national fanfare, so I wanted to get him on the phone to discuss KPFK, Pacifica and more. Have a question you’d like me to [...]
This piece, published in the New York Daily News, highlights Tuesday’s Pacifica Radio Archives’ 19-hour fundraiser. It’ll be broadcast on KPFT from 6 a.m. to midnight. Please make sure to support PRA during this vital show.
WBAI mines Pacifica Radio Archives’ rich 50,000-tape library
By DAVID HINCKLEY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Monday, November 26th 2007, 4:00 AM
Radio history, [...]
Matt Sonzala, host of KPFT’s legendary hip-hop show Damage Control (profiled in many national media outlets), will do his final program tonight. Matt posts on his blog, HoustonSoReal, about his departure. He notes of Damage Control:
The whole reason for Damage Control was to give everyone a chance. If you’re making rap music independently and have [...]
The KPFT Fall Concert Series 2007 concludes with Vinyl Spin, a unique mix of DJ styles that is sure to keep you grooving on the dance floor. This highly anticipated event takes place from
4 to 7 P.M., Sunday, November 18 at the Miller Outdoor Theatre Side Stage in Hermann Park.
This event is free [...]
KPFT disc jockey Richard ‘Rick’ Smith
By LYNWOOD ABRAM
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle
Richard B. “Rick” Smith, disc jockey on Houston’s Pacifica radio station, member of local bands, clothing designer and contributor to alternative newspapers, has died. He was 39.
Smith was found dead Thursday in his home, apparently of natural causes, said his mother, Maria Rader. Her son [...]
Rick Smith, the popular Houston artist, writer, DJ, musician and filmmaker sometimes known as Rix Myth, passed away November 8 at his Montrose apartment. He was 39 years old. The cause of death is unclear, although DJs on KPFT-FM, where Smith had co-hosted the overnight Messerschmitt World Domination Happy Hour program since 2002, said during [...]
Rick Smith, host of KPFT’s avant-garde Messerschmitt World Domination Happy Hour, passed away unexpectedly this past week. He was 39. His family will hold a service for him Tuesday at St. Anne’s Catholic Church, 1111 S. Cherry St. in Tomball. Start time is 10:30 a.m. His family has asked that flowers be sent, and that, [...]
From October 12 to October 22, 2007, more than 350 local community groups across the country applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for licenses to build new community radio stations. They applied when, after much anticipation, the FCC lifted a freeze in effect since 2000 on filings for Noncommercial Educational (NCE) radio licenses.
The NCE [...]
Pacifica Radio will provide coverage of the FCC’s final public hearing on its media ownership rules, streamed live from KPFT.org. The broadcast happens Friday, 6 p.m. to midnight, Central time.
The Federal Communications Commission has scheduled its final public hearing on media ownership rules for Friday, November 9th. The hearing will clear the way for the [...]
KPFA’s fall fund drive ended yesterday at 3:30 p.m, having raised $826,000, a little over our budgeted goal, in 16.5 days. The station will continue to raise funds online and project an additional $10,000 to $15,000 in online pledges in the coming two weeks.
Says GM Lemlem Rijio, “The success of the drive was totally based [...]
This note, from Pacifica Affiliates Coordinator Ursula Ruedenberg, underscores some of the efforts Pacifica is making in regard to the Federal Communications Commission’s recent noncommercial full-power license filing window. Check out more on the campaign at radioforpeople.org.
From October 12 to October 22, 2007, over 200 local community groups across the country submitted applications to the [...]
KPFT Elections staff invite you to an election forum
Discuss the future of KPFT
Meet and greet your LSB Staff Candidates
Sunday, November 4, 1:30 pm
Alliance Francaise
427 Lovett Blvd. Houston TX
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Would it howl at Howl?
Globe & Mail
October 10, 2007
In his 1957 ruling throwing out obscenity charges against the publisher of Allen Ginsberg’s epic poem Howl, San Francisco Municipal Court Judge Clayton Horn asked, “Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemism?” The answer - [...]
KPFT shooting reward doubled
Thursday, October 4, 2007
KHOU.com staff report
The reward to find the culprit in a drive-by shooting at KPFT radio has been upped to $10,000. An anonymous donor made the contribution that doubles the reward for the Aug. 13 shooting.
Someone fire shots through the radio station’s double-paned window and nearly hit disc jockey Mary [...]
This is the New York Times editorial about sister station WBAI.
A Muse Unplugged
New York Times
Published: October 8, 2007
At the height of his bardic powers, Allen Ginsberg could terrify the authorities with the mere utterance of the syllable “om” as he led street throngs of citizens protesting the Vietnam War. Ginsberg reigned as the raucous poet [...]
This fall, KPFT listener-members like you will elect delegates on the Local Station Board. And we’re hosting on-air forums for you to get to know the candidates, ask questions and learn more about the exciting democratic model of Pacifica Radio.
On-air candidate forums start Monday, October 8 and end Friday, October 12. at 6 p.m. KPFT’s [...]
Hello Folks — This is the time of year that the Pacifica Affiliates Alliance, a loosely formed group of Pacifica Affiliates, nominates two candidates to sit on the Pacifica National Board for 2008. The Alliance was formed to come up with a process of nominating and voting on candidates that we all, as affiliate stations, [...]
Free Speech Radio News will have a new site starting next week.Its newscast will still be available. Some new things to expect include forums, reporter blog capabilities and RSS feeds. If you have any questions, you can contact FSRN Tech at fsrn.tech@gmail.com.
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