This Friday at midnight on Dead Air, Weston Brown, a purveyor of rock and roll, joins Sandy for an in-studio performance following a Grateful Dead second set from the fall of 1974. Rumor has it that 3rd Ear might also be around to debut a new CD.
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My hope is that David Rovics’ critique of public/community radio, and Pacifica in particular, sparks some conversations about the role of culture in what we do.
I’ve long considered David Rovics a kindred spirit and am pleased to see him speaking on a topic that is seldom given the play that it should.
Non-commercial radio is a [...]
This past weekend, Winter Soldier II took place in Washington, D.C. The event was modeled after the 1971 Winter Soldier investigations of the Vietnam War era. Significant event, an unpopular war and plenty of audio/visual materials. You might assume media coverage of Winter Soldier II would have been more significant, but it wasn’t.
Slate has a [...]
In 1971, a courageous group of veterans exposed the criminal nature of the Vietnam War in an event called Winter Soldier.
This month, members of Iraq Veterans Against the War will give first-person accounts of what is really happening day in and day out, on the ground. The event will bring together veterans from across the [...]
Editors of the KPFT Voice want to highlight recent programmer milestones for the upcoming issue.
Are there any program anniversaries? Awards? Remarkable interviews, shows, etc. that you want mentioned? Please ask them to send milestones, awards, program description changes to voice@kpft.org.
Also, please review your program description in the most recent Voice and on the web to [...]
On February 4th, Pacifica Radio and Free Speech Radio News will launch national community-based election coverage: “ELECTION UNSPUN.”
2008 is shaping up to be an important presidential election. During this time, we know that listeners turn to your station as their most valuable source of news and information.
As news develops, you will expect to keep the [...]
THe ever-awesome Rachel Clarke sends this out about tonight’s Houston Indymedia Radio Show. Tune in tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Headlines…
Activists in Portland arrested for engaging in direct action to protest Northwest National’s investment in new Liquified Natural Gas Pipelines
Seattle activists with the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action continue to demonstrate against [...]
This evening’s 6 p.m. rebroadcast of Democracy Now! will be preempted for BBC World Briefing’s coverage of the Benazir Bhutto assassination.
This morning’s DN! is recorded, and mentions the bombing (with remarks that Bhutto is okay), then reports with live coverage from Pakistan after live announcing Bhutto’s death. Thus, KPFT will provide updated coverage around this [...]
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a suicide blast that killed at least 20 at a rally today. In addition to breaking in to the morning program and BBC Newshour coverage, KPFT will air a special edition of BBC World Have Your Say at noon for ongoing reporting.
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Pleasantly surprised by this letter in the Houston Press, courtesy of a community activist and programmer:
What a great view on AM radio in Houston. I moved here in late 1981 to be an engineer at 96.5 KSRR, which was owned by ABC Radio. Even though the station was all music, they had two full-time news [...]
Duane and I were provided with staff feedback on the surveys many programmers filled out, following our annual evaluations. A common theme was various needs of programmers. So, I wanted to put forward to programmers a survey to ascertain needs and support discussion around how KPFT can serve you better.
KPFT Programmer Survey
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This week, KPFT’s Program Council met and passed a variety of important items. The PC’s co-chair posted the following on them to our Local Station Board. Great work by this PC; it’s been a pleasure to work with these folks this year.
I am pleased to report that, in a meeting of the Program Council, three [...]
Dear friends and colleagues,
It is with great sadness I share with you news of the very recent passing of Suzie Shead. She died this past Saturday, December 1 around sunset after a long and largely private struggle with cancer.
Suzie and her husband Wally James were the co-founders and co-producers of KPFT’s veteran program The Progressive [...]
Radio 1812/2007 invites you to Tune in on International Migrants Day!
It is estimated that some 200 million people live outside of their home countries. And this is not a new phenomenon: Europe, America, and Australia were all built on the influx of millions of people in search of a better life. Since 2000, the international [...]
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 Arab American Cultural and Community Center (ACC) held its 12th annual “Unity and Friendship” Gala benefiting the ACC and its charitable programs on November 10, 2007. This year’s theme was “A Rich Heritage, Foundation for Our Future.”
Wednesday’s Arab Voices program will feature speeches and remarks made at the Gala by Mr. Ahmad Alyasin, ACC [...]
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, [...]
What do Jackson Browne, Cesar Chavez, Arthur C. Clarke, Angela Davis, Ossie Davis, Samuel R. Delaney, Duke Ellington, Allen Ginsberg, Robert F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash, Rosa Parks, Bonnie Raitt, Ayn Rand, Rob Reiner, Bobby Seale, Harry Shearer, Gloria Steinem, Alan Watts and dozens of other figures from our collective political, artistic [...]
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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