Tag: Pacifica
Radio pioneer Larry Josephson turns to creative community for support
"I have to ask my friends for help so I can keep on working and … producing," says the man known as ...New Pacifica ED looks to grow audience, shore up finances
"Instead of looking at the obstacles, I'm focusing more on the opportunity."Pacifica names Maxie Jackson executive director
Jackson is station manager at ideastream in Cleveland and has headed the National Federation of Community Broadcasters.Satellite companies propose repacking C-band spectrum to enable sales
NPR has urged the FCC to protect public broadcasters using the spectrum to distribute programming.Pacifica settles debts with Empire State Realty Trust
The foundation is also in the "final stages" of relocating the transmitter for WBAI in New York City.Pacifica agrees to loan for paying Empire State debt
The loan was financed by a group of KPFK supporters.Pacifica seeks loan to avoid bankruptcy
The network is also continuing to explore the possibility of raising funds through a frequency swap.Judge rules against Pacifica, WBAI in $1.8M lawsuit
The Empire State Realty Trust sued Pacifica and WBAI over unpaid transmitter rent.A eulogy for Free Speech Radio News
“Its great editorial strength was always its emphasis on boots-on-the-ground reporting by people who really knew the textures of their communities.”Lack of funds ends ‘Free Speech Radio News’ after 17 years
The weekly show airs on 40 stations.Empire State Building sues Pacifica over $1.35M in unpaid rent
Pacifica has been “chronically late” on payments, according to the Empire State Realty Trust.Columbia University acquires archival recordings of Bob Fass’s ‘Radio Unnameable’
The reel-to-reel tapes preserve “a moment in broadcasting that might not come again — when an individual producer got to make the ...Options for Pacifica’s archives could include university partnership
The National Federation of Community Broadcasters has also called for the archives to be transferred to an educational institution.Pacifica Radio Archives director resigns after pay cut
Staffing cuts are putting support for the archives at risk.Pacifica executive director quits after five months
John Proffitt is stepping down as head of the nonprofit network.
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