Urban Unrest

15 December 2006 | Programming | Ernesto Aguilar

Pacifica Radio offers ongoing coverage of Free Press’ National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis, Tennessee, the largest gathering of activists, media makers, educators, journalists, policymakers and concerned citizens who are assessing the state of our media and mobilizing for better media.

Keynote events will feature speakers including Bill Moyers, Robert McChesney, Helen Thomas, Laura Flanders, Jesse Jackson, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Janine Jackson, Davey D, and many more.

http://www.freepress.net/conference/

Our coverage will include the live keynote events, interviews with the wide variety of media makers, media critics, and media activists gathering at the conference, and recordings from the conference workhops.

The Pacifica & Affiliates Network gets special recognition as the network that covers this conference; we’d love to be able to announce the radio stations throughout our network nationally who are participating by broadcasting the events. If you are thinking about airing the broadcast, please let us know by replying to this email.

SCHEDULE:

January 12:
11-1 PM EST - Opening plenary with Bill Moyers and Jesse Jackson
8-9 PM EST - Daily wrapup program, featuring interviews, speeches,
January 13:
8-9 PM EST - Day wrapup program, featuring interviews, speeches general coverage of conference

9-11 PM EST - Keynote plenary event
January 14:
8-9 PM EST Day wrapup program, featuring interviews, speeches, general coverage of the event

In addition, we can offer raw audio to stations via Audioport, call-interviews to Pacifica and affiliates’ radio programs, and produced news pieces as requested.

For information contact executive producer Ernesto Aguilar at pd@kpft.org, 713-526-4000 ext. 308. For technical information contact John Almeleh at sirius@pacifica.org

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