Tag: WBAI
FCC inquiry examines WBAI’s on-air fundraising practices
The commission is evaluating allegations that programs promoting nutritional supplements and other products violate its standards for noncommercial broadcasting.Pacifica considers appeal of decision that restored WBAI to the air
A New York state judge ruled last week that local hosts and producers could resume their shows.Restraining order seeks to block Pacifica’s overhaul of WBAI
The order prevents Pacifica from firing WBAI's staff or interfering with the station's programming and "orderly administration."Pacifica lays off WBAI staff, changes programming in move to end financial losses
Covering WBAI's persistent shortfalls was "endangering the entire Foundation," according to a board member.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 ...WBAI hip-hop host quits following Lopate hiring, Twitter quarrel
“This is incredibly painful, despite all their efforts to make the decision easier,” said host Jay Smooth.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.Judge rules against Pacifica, WBAI in $1.8M lawsuit
The Empire State Realty Trust sued Pacifica and WBAI over unpaid transmitter rent.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 ...How a militant Puerto Rican activist group influenced public media
After raising hell in the streets of Spanish Harlem, several of the Young Lords got into broadcasting and journalism.Wednesday roundup: Independent Lens announces next season; Carvin launches Reported.ly
Plus: Collaborations in pubmedia, and a poet's Pacifica show.Steve Post, iconoclastic wit at WNYC and WBAI, dies at 70
Post joined in WBAI's freeform heyday before hosting Morning Music and The No Show at WNYC.“Steve was my hero”: a remembrance of a radio rebel
Steve Post, legendary New York radio personality for more than 50 years, died Sunday. He was 70 years old. Steve was the ...Pacifica’s WBAI seeks new home for transmitter
With its current location atop the Empire State Building threatened, Pacifica’s WBAI-FM in New York is looking to relocate its transmitter. In an ...
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