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by Matthew Lasar Mar 4 2008 - 6:18pm Alt-media
From the Pacifica Radio Blog. Just received this note from Pacifica’s interim ED Dan Siegel: Dear Friends, I am pleased to advise you that Nicole Sawaya has accepted the offer of the Pacifica National Board to return as Pacifica’s Executive Director. She will resume her duties as of March 5, 2008, and will attend the Houston meeting next week. I want to thank you all for your cooperation with me and for your enthusiasm and commitment to Pacifica. I look forward to working with you in the future and to the growth and success of our network. Dan Siegel
by Documents Feb 4 2008 - 9:13pm Alt-media
Pacifica "Super Tuesday" Election Night Broadcast and LiveBlog @ KPFA.org
Tuesday, February 5th, 5PM - 10:PM PT
On February 5th, voters in 22 states will caucus and vote on the composition of roughly half the delegates at this year's Democratic and Republic national conventions (and more than a third of the delegates in the Green convention). It's the biggest Super Tuesday ever—and virtually guaranteed to determine which candidates will go to the mat for the presidency in November.
For Republicans, it's a battle of the base, as candidates representing the party's libertarians, evangelicals, and business conservatives pull the GOP in opposite directions. For Democrats, it's a battle of the buck between the two best-financed candidates in the history of American politics.
Pacifica Radio will bring you up-to-the minute voting results, speeches from winners and losers, and analysis of who's voting, why, and what it all portends for November. Polk Award-winning broadcaster Larry Bensky will co-anchor with Aimee Allison. Additional contributions from Hard Knock Radio's Davey D.
by Matthew Lasar Jan 24 2008 - 4:26pm Alt-media
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2008 KPFA Radio to Air New Weekend Programs on Current Affairs and Economics (Berkeley, CA - January 23, 2008) On Saturday January 26th, KPFA Radio "I'm honored and excited at the opportunity to join KPFA's programmers Behind the News and Uprising will air at on Saturdays at 10am and 11am
by Matthew Lasar Dec 12 2007 - 7:18am Alt-media
Update: Sawaya unquits
LLFCC is dismayed and embarrassed to report that Nicole Sawaya has resigned, following a very brief tenure as Executive Director of the Pacifica radio network. What happened? Without going into all the details, Sawaya found the level of internecine dysfunction at Pacifica overwhelming, and fled her job. LLFCC will not conceal its chagrin at this development. The author of this blog had high hopes for Sawaya, but they were obviously too high. Her quick departure reminds us that there are no saviors, no simple solutions to complex problems. And Pacifica radio is always a complex problem. LLFCC also regrets not acknowledging something important when Sawaya accepted the position: despite the unfortunate denouement, the Pacifica National Board (PNB) deserves great credit for having unanimously approved her hiring. Sawaya made it clear during her interviews that she wanted to do radio, not spend her days putting out office politics fires. That the board responded favorably to this stance gives LLFCC hope, even now. Pacifica remains in a perilous situation, however. It is pursuing an ambitious experiment in media democracy in a hostile external environment, with inadequate resources, and without the help of significant forces that rhetorically supported the Pacifica Revolution of 2001 but are now nowhere to be found. |
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