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April 13, KPFK and KPFA to Launch California-Wide Newscast
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April 13, 2009
KPFK and KPFA to Launch California-Wide Newscast
While News Outlets Shrink Across the US, Stations Expand News Coverage
(Berkeley, CA - April 13, 2009) At a time when newspapers across the country are shutting their doors and news departments are disappearing, KPFK Radio in Los Angeles and KPFA Radio in the San Francisco Bay Area are launching a joint California-wide newscast. The newscast, which will begin airing the week of April 20th, will cover local and regional issues of concern to the residents of America’s most populous state, such as incarceration, the foreclosure crisis, police brutality, labor struggles, and the many threats to California’s environment.
January 20, 2009: Pacifica Radio Shines Spotlight on Obama's First 100 Days
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January 20, 2009
Pacifica Radio Shines Spotlight on Obama's First 100 Days
(Berkeley, CA – January 20, 2009) With the swearing of Barack Obama as the United States' 44th President, and the beginning of the 111th Session of the US Congress, Pacifica Radio launches a new program which takes a hard look at how the new government plans to respond to the economic crisis, global warming, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, health care, civil rights, foreign policy, and the so called "war on terrorism". The program, titled "Letters from Washington: The First Hundred Days", is hosted by Mitch Jeserich, veteran Capitol Hill correspondent and executive producer of KPFA's Morning Show, and produced out of the studios of Pacifica station WPFW in Washington DC.
October 03, 2008: Lemlem Rijio Hired as Permanent KPFA General Manager
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October 3, 2008
Lemlem Rijio Hired as Permanent KPFA General Manager
(Berkeley, CA - October 3, 2008) Nicole Sawaya, Executive Director of the Pacifica Radio Network, announced Tuesday that Lemlem Rijio has been hired as the permanent General Manager of KPFA Radio, the first listener-sponsored radio station in the US.
June 16, 2008: KPFA Radio Broadcasts Live from the House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Torture
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June 16, 2008
KPFA Radio Broadcasts Live from the House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Torture
Berkeley, California (June 16, 2008) - On Thursday, June 26, KPFA 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. KPFA's broadcast will start at 6:00am Pacific time, anchored by its veteran National Affairs Correspondent Larry Bensky from Capitol Hill.
May 27, 2008: Folksinger, Storyteller, Railroad Tramp Utah Phillips Dead at 73
Nevada City, California:
Utah Phillips, a seminal figure in American folk music who performed extensively and tirelessly for audiences on two continents for 38 years, died Friday of congestive heart failure in Nevada City, California a small town in the Sierra Nevada mountains where he lived for the last 21 years with his wife, Joanna Robinson, a freelance editor.
April 18, 2008: Live National Broadcast on the Crisis in Veterans' Healthcare
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April 18, 2008
Live National Broadcast on the Crisis in Veterans' Healthcare
KPFA/ Pacifica to Highlight Groundbreaking Class Action Suit by US Veterans against the Department of Veterans Affairs
March 04, 2008: KPFA Radio to Broadcast Historic Winter Soldier Event in Full
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KPFA Radio to Broadcast Historic Winter Soldier Event in Full
(Berkeley, CA - March 4, 2008) From March 14th to 16th, KPFA Radio will suspend regular programming to broadcast the historic Winter Soldier Iraq hearings in Washington, DC. The three-day live broadcast will be co-anchored by former Army medic and KPFA Morning Show host Aimee Allison and journalist Aaron Glantz.
January 30, 2008: Interactive Website Releases Investigation on How Washington Cheats Veterans Out of Benefits
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January 30, 2008
The War Comes Home Highlights True Cost of Iraq War
Interactive Website Releases Investigation on How Washington Cheats Veterans Out of Benefits
January 03, 2008: Statement: Pacifica National Board regarding foundation leadership
The Pacifica National Board is in discussion with Nicole Sawaya. Dan Siegel is presently serving as interim Executive Director of the Pacifica Foundation.
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