THE PACIFICA RADIO NETWORK SHOULD NOT SOLICIT OR ACCEPT CORPORATE UNDERWRITING
Alex Steinberg, former Chair of the Pacifica National Board, has proposed that Pacifica’s stations may accept corporate underwriting for individual shows. This is a grave error that will permanently change the character of the network. WBAI Listener Jack Shalom has submitted the following rationale for OPPOSING the proposal for underwriting. I agree with Jack’s analysis … Continue reading
WBAI elections 2019
The WBAI elections are once again upon us. What’s really going on? The primary issue in this election is whether listeners and staff want to keep WBAI as an independently governed and produced radio station (part of the Pacifica network) or whether you want to see it leased out to a corporation with major ties … Continue reading
OPEN LETTER TO PACIFICA
Friends of Pacifica, The schemes by some of the local station boards to swap, sell, or lease WBAI, or to buy KPFA at fire sale prices and so on, are all just that–schemes. Schemes supported by some out of concern and innocence, but also schemes borne out of malevolence and personal gain. Pacifica’s problems have … Continue reading
MOTION TO CENSURE MARGY WILKINSON, FORMER CHAIR OF THE PACIFICA NATIONAL BOARD AND FORMER INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PACIFICA FOUNDATION
Note: Last month, it was discovered by Pacifica National Board Secretary Janet Kobren that Former Pacifica National Board Chair Margy Wilkinson and former Director and Chief Counsel to the Pacifica Foundation Dan Siegel had, two years earlier, set up and registered a not-for-profit corporation titled “KPFA Foundation”. They told no one about this, including the … Continue reading
The most important legislative issue the WBAI Local Station Board and the Delegate Assembly face in electing representatives tonight to the Pacifica National Board and as officers of the Local Station Board for the coming year is whether or not to consider leasing or selling the station. In my opinion, the consideration of leasing the … Continue reading
SAVING WBAI (SEPT. 23, 2013)
SAVING WBAI by MITCHEL COHEN Hi, I’m only going to respond briefly to part of the WBAI-related situation, here. There’s more discussion by Local Board members at wbai-lsb-public-subscribe@yahoogroups.com (only members of the Board can post to that listserve, but anyone can read it). I strongly opposed the layoffs at WBAI, especially that of the News … Continue reading
WE MUST SAVE WBAI & PACIFICA, TO FOCUS ON THE REAL ENEMY!
DISCLAIMER: This is not an official Pacifica Foundation website nor an official website of any of the five Pacifica Radio Stations (KPFA Radio, KPFK Radio, KPFT Radio, WBAI Radio, WPFW Radio). Opinions and facts alleged on this site belong to the author(s) of the website only and should NOT be assumed to be true or … Continue reading
Listener-sponsored radio WBAI-FM takes no corporate underwriting for programming; the station is funded and run by YOU, the listener, through your contributions and governance of the Local Station Board (LSB). Your support for the station matters greatly. To volunteer, please contact Volunteers@WBAI.org
HOW TO SAVE PACIFICA
HOW TO SAVE PACIFICA – ACT NOW, OR LOSE IT FOREVER by Mitchel Cohen, Chair, WBAI Local Station Board In February (2010) I wrote a detailed report on the need to vastly improve WBAI’s “fulfillment” rate, as a first step towards stanching the hemorrhaging that could bring down the station. After much debate, there is … Continue reading
Pledges and the Sustainability of WBAI
When is the Time to Sound the Alarm? Report to the LSB on Pledges and Sustainability of WBAI by Mitchel Cohen Chair, WBAI Local Station Board February 18, 2010 The heady optimism we all felt when management announced 3 successful fund drives in a row this past year (for the first time in years!) was … Continue reading
Take Forward WBAI 