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The KPFK Local Station Board is holding a listener town hall
on Sunday, November 17
from 2-6 PM at 3349 W 43rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90008.
Come join us, and let's think about how to defend free speech and a free press, and uphold the cause of peace and justice.
Thanks to everyone who donated during our Fall drive and our special National Election Day and Day-After Coverage on KPFK
And if you appreciate that uncensored, community-oriented coverage, but haven't donated recently, please donate to support the station! 

     The upcoming political terrain, and the ongoing wars and slaughters that the US is funding and arming, make non-corporate, non-commercial, free speech radio more important than ever.
 
The Association of Spanish Language Programmers (APPE)
is holding a benefit for KPFK
Saturday, November 16 at El Sereno Community Gardens
 
Delegate Elections for 2024 -- Quorum reached, Delegates elected!

The following candidates have been elected as delegates and will be seated on the KPFK Local Station Board at the December meeting:

NEW LISTENER DELEGATES, in order of finish:

Nikki Haun, Carlos Zavala, Christina Avalos, Adam Wolman, Nancy Niparko MD, Chipasha Luchembe, Jack Neff, Marisol Bielma, Ian Johnston

NEW STAFF DELEGATES, in order of finish:

Ninel Centeno, Jeanine Rohn, Myla Reson

NEWLY ELECTED DELEGATES WILL BE SEATED IN DECEMBER ON THE LOCAL STATION BOARD. 

You can email the LSB members at LSB@kpfk.org

2024 ANNUAL EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT
Pacifica Foundation Inc.
Station: KPFK 
Community of License: Los Angeles, CA 
Reporting Period: July 22nd 2023–July 21st 2024

Click here for 2024 EEO Report
KPFK’s Online Public File

Pacifica designated agent to receive notice of claimed infringements:

 

Democracy Now Newsfeed

  • Iraqis Tortured at Abu Ghraib Win $42 Million Judgment Against U.S. Military Contractor CACI

    A federal jury in Virginia has ordered the U.S. military contractor CACI Premier Technology to pay a total of $42 million to three Iraqi men who were tortured at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. The landmark verdict comes after 16 years of litigation and marks the first time a civilian contractor has been found legally responsible for the gruesome abuses at Abu Ghraib. We discuss the case and its significance for human rights with Baher Azmy, the legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represented the Abu Ghraib survivors. “This lawsuit has been about justice and accountability for three Iraqi men — our clients, Salah, Suhail and Asa’ad — who exhibited just awe-inspiring courage and resilience,” he says.

  • Report from Gaza: Palestinians Feel They Are Being "Slowly Exterminated" in Israel's Genocide

    We go to Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, where we get an update from Arwa Damon of the humanitarian organization INARA on “deteriorating conditions” as Palestinians are “slowly exterminated” by disease and starvation caused by Israel’s brutal siege. A special U.N. committee has found that Israel’s actions in Gaza are “consistent with the characteristics of genocide.” Palestinians in Gaza feel that “they are living through their own annihilation,” says Damon. “There is actually a real sense that the worst is yet to come.”

KPFK's Locally-Produced All-Volunteer Newscast

 

KPFK's Rebel Alliance News, our nightly weekday English-language locally produced newscast, is on an indefinite hiatus while we retool our all-volunteer evening newscast to overcome persistent problems.

We are looking for more beat reporters and volunteer stringers from OC, San Diego, and covering local government, housing and policing issues in Southern California including LA City and County and other municipalities.

Email comments@kpfk.org if you can contribute to our local, national and international newsgathering efforts.

Programming Highlights

  • LA Theatre Works, Sunday, Nov. 17 at 10:00 pm, Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" Starring Jane Carr and Nick Toren.

    The dour Mr. Darcy is anything but popular with the Bennets, especially when he fancies a member of their clan. And as Elizabeth reluctantly deals with Mr. Darcy’s advances, their romance seems destined to fail. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set the standard for romantic comedies when it debuted in 1813, and it still speaks to audiences worldwide. Adapted for the stage by Christina Calvit. Includes a roundtable interview with the cast.

  • Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 1:00 pm, with Magician and Comic Actor John Carney

    Among the finest sleight-of-hand performers in the world, magician and comic actor John Carney is a master of illusion. Hollywood’s Magic Castle has awarded John more than any magician in their history. He just finished a European tour, and you may have seen John in his many television appearances, including on the David Letterman Show. He’ll explain the stagecraft of re-direction to help us understand what happened last Tuesday. Tune in and watch him pull a rabbit out of his hat!

          The BradBlog

The BradBlog

  • Computer Security Experts Ask Harris to Seek Hand-Counts Due to Voting System Breaches: 'BradCast' 11/14/2024

    Computer scientists, cybersecurity experts and voting systems experts are concerned following last week's election. One of them joins us to explain on today's BradCast. Also, some personal recollections today, for reasons you will learn if you haven't already, of rightwing conspiracy-monger Alex Jones. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] As our friends at the [...]

  • 'Green News Report' - November 14, 2024

    Follow @GreenNewsReport... (Or use "Click here to listen..." link below.) IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: New York and New Jersey grapple with record drought and autumn wildfires; Republicans win U.S. House majority, and the power to reverse Biden climate action; PLUS: U.N. climate summit (COP29) kicks off with very high stakes... All that and more in today's Green [...]

Rising Up with Sonali  

 

 

 



Sonali Kolhatkar can be heard Tuesdays at 3:00 PM on KPFK. Rising Up with Sonali is now a project of Yes! where she is an editor.

Rising Up With Sonali, presented by Yes! Magazine

Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod

Currently heard Tuesdays at 7am on KPFK
Archives of the program can be found HERE
Sojourner Truth w Margaret Prescod

Somethings Happening honoring Roy Of Hollywood

Somethings Happening is KPFK's long-running overnight program midnight to 6:00 AM Tuesday-Friday with segments of holistic health, meditation, psychology, philosophy, political economy, science fiction and fact, old radio and more, created and long curated by the late Roy of Hollywood, Roy Tuckman. KPFK has been maintaining it since he passed in his honor and memory and in the framework and format he developed and evolved over the decades, which continues to evolve.

Monday overnight to Tuesday features political economy, including Le Show, with Harry Shearer now on at midnight with real-life absurdities from the headlines. Equal Rights and Justice from WBAI also airs at 3:00 AM in that early morning. 

Tuesday overnight to Wednesday is holistic health, with Street Sankofa with Dr. Ife Jie, dealing with mental liberation as HipHop artivist and scholar, Herbal Highway from sister station KPFA, Food Sleuth Radio from the Pacifica affiliates unit, and Whole Mother about pregnancy, childbirth and child-rearing from sister station KPFT.

Wednesday overnight to Thursday features an anti-fascist focus, with programming from David Emory's "For the Record," the Grayzone Radio from Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate', also developed for radio on KPFK's initiative, Final Straw Radio from young anti-authoritarians from the Pacifica affiliates unit, and Out-FM from sister station WBAI in New York.

Thursday overnight to Friday focuses on philosophy, psychology and consciousness/enlightenment, with Alan Watts,  The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein from the Pacifica affiliates unit, an old radio break with drama, mystery, science fiction and comedy, and at 3:00 AM, Caroline Casey, the Visionary Activist from sister station KPFA in Berkeley, a long-running feature on Something's Happening. We have also been running occasional lectures from the "History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps" from Kings College in London.

Each hour is separately posted on the station's archives for easy listening - Somethings Happening A hours 1-3, and Somethings Happening B hours 1-3 each overnight. Check it out! Dynamite radio for night people also available 24-7 on kpfk.org (for listening, not download).

 

KPFK Needs Your Input to Grow, Improve & Better Serve the Community - Take Our Survey Now!

KPFK's ability to serve the community and the cause of free speech & cultural expression, peace and justice, depends on your input and involvement. Please click here to take our listener survey!

If you can volunteer for assisting in social media promotion and marketing, video production and editing, or news gathering and beat reporting for KPFK, fill out this form to apply.

 

KPFK's Community Underwriting Information and Intake Form

KPFK, under a policy adopted by the Pacifica National Board, is now accepting underwriting from local businesses, community organizations, and other non-profits, that are aligned with Pacifica’s Mission Statement. Underwriters will receive weekly on-air announcements acknowledging their support for KPFK, listing on a dedicated page on our website, and a rotated listing in KPFK’s weekly Dispatch newsletter emailed to over 17,000 of our listeners. KPFK has the strongest broadcast signal in Southern California, with listeners from Santa Barbara to San Diego to the greater Palm Springs area, and online at KPFK.org. We are listener-sponsored, commercial-free Pacifica Radio for all of Southern California.

For more details about how you can become an underwriter of KPFK, email mnovick@kpfk.org with your contact info and "Underwriting" in the subject line or click this link to fill out the preliminary contact form: https://kpfk.org/community-underwriting-intake-form

We will send you more information about the program and what it offers.

KPFK LSB, CAB, & PNB Info and Committee Schedule

CLICK HERE FOR KPFK LOCAL STATION BOARD INFORMATION AND NEWS

Members and Officers of the Local Station Board, 2024

Rodrigo Argueta Vargas

Christina Avalos

Doug Barnett

Mike Bressler

Tatanka Bricca, Chair

Rachel Bruhnke

Rick Cooper

John Cromshow

Ace Estwick

Vic Gerami

Aryana Gladney

Jan Goodman, listener director

Nikki Haun, Vice chair

Michael Heiss

Sue Cohen-Johnson

Evelia Jones, listener director

Brenda Martinez

Oye Oyeyipo

Robert Payne

Nancy Pearlman

Myla Reson, staff director

Oscar Ulloa

Harvey Wasserman, listener director

Carlos Zavala

Ex officio member, non-voting: Michael Novick, interim General manager

Secretary: Lee Thorpe, non-member

Treasurer: Steven Meeks, non-member (serves ex officio on PNB's National Finance Committee)

Pacifica National Board and Local Station Board meetings, as well as those of their committees can be found here:

 

Pacifica Foundation Info can be found on the foundation's website at www.pacifica.org.

The Pacifica National Board (PNB) can be reached by email at PNB@pacifica.org.

The Local Station Board (LSB) can be reached by email at LSB@kpfk.org.

Information about governance meetings can be found at https://kpftx.org

PNB Directors' Reports are now on a blog - click on blogs on the top navigation menu above.

 

Thanks to everyone for pledging support for the station during the drive.
Your support of KPFK helps make special broadcasts like this possible. Please consider utilizing the number of other ways you can support KPFK through a Donor Advisory FundStocks or Mutual Funds, Charitable IRALeaving A Bequest or Vehicle Donation, and you can pledge for select gifts you've heard mentioned during the current fund drive HERE.

If you prefer, you can make checks or money orders payable to "KPFK" and mail them to:

KPFK, PO Box 748419,  Los Angeles CA 90074-8419

Jobs at KPFK and Pacifica

KPFA Radio Berkeley - UpFront Producer Sought -

UpFront is a mostly-live morning public affairs show that delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through engaging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. We broadcast Monday to Friday from 7 to 8 am on 94.1 FM and at kpfa.org. This producer will have primary responsibility for setting up most days’ shows, with help from the show’s host and interns. More info here

KPFK is seeking to fill several pro bono (unpaid) interim management and coordinator positions.

These include:

interim unpaid development director to form and guide a development task force to raise funds for the station;

interim unpaid social media marketing manager to coordinate social media promotion efforts at and by the station;

interim unpaid volunteer coordinator to recruit and supervise volunteers for diverse tasks at the station.

Those interested in applying for these unpaid interim positions, please contact interim GM Michael Novick at gm@kpfk.org.

Pacifica Foundation Radio seeks an experienced leader for the position of
General Manager of its Los Angeles station, KPFK 90.7 FM 
For more information and to apply, click
HERE or see http://pacifica.org/jobs_kpfk.php

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  • Special Programming

    6:00pm - 7:00pm

    KPFK Presents Special Programming on various topics. Call (818) 985-5735 To Pledge!

  • American Indian Airwaves

    7:00pm - 8:00pm

    Giving indigenous peoples a voice about the continuous struggles against Colonialism and Imperialism

  • Que Pasa en Los Angeles?

    8:00pm - 8:30pm

    Behind the scenes at KPFK en espa~nol and greater L.A., too

  • Nuestra Voz

    8:30pm - 10:00pm

    Roundtable of Latino and Latin American issues. Topics include environment, politics, education, health, human rights and international issues. Open phone lines, calls welcome. Call in number (818) 985-5735

  • Enfoque Latino con Ruben Tapia

    10:00pm - 11:00pm

    News and public affairs for the Spanish-speaking community. "Su programa para derrotar la Indifererncia" en horario para desvelados y desveladas en acción.

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