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Fall Fund Drive

KPFK's October on-air membership and fund-raising drive is underway.

Your support is critical to keeping community-oriented, people-powered radio on the air!

Call to support free speech and freedom of cultural expression, your favorite music, arts, or public affairs programming and locally-produced news: 818-985-5735 press option 2 or click here.

Democracy Now Newsfeed

  • Israel Attacks U.N. Peacekeeping Forces as U.S. Sends 100 Troops Anticipating Conflict with Iran

    Israel is facing international condemnation after repeatedly attacking U.N. peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon. At least five members of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, have been injured in recent days. The U.N. also accused Israel of forcibly entering and destroying part of a UNIFIL base near the Israeli border after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called to remove the peacekeeping forces from the region. “The message of Israel is we don’t care about anything except Israel, and we will destroy the whole region if we need to,” says Rami Khouri, a Palestinian American journalist and senior public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut. This comes as the U.S. sends troops to Israel in anticipation of a conflict with Iran. “This is a terrible trajectory, and people will fight back against it.”

  • "Surrender or Starve": Israel Weighs Plan to Liquidate Northern Gaza as Siege on Jabaliya Intensifies

    We speak with the reporter who revealed the Israeli plan to displace or kill the entire Palestinian population of north Gaza. Israeli Major General Giora Eiland has proposed ordering everyone in northern Gaza to evacuate within one week, after which Israel will conduct a total siege on the area and deem anyone who remains an eligible target for military attack. “Are we talking about Israel committing an extermination of hundreds of tens of thousands of people if they will choose to stay?” asks Meron Rapoport, editor and writer at Local Call and columnist at +972 Magazine, who says many areas in Gaza have already been ordered to evacuate and are not receiving new aid deliveries. “We have the sense here that this plan is being actually implemented without being officially adopted.”

KPFK's Rebel Alliance News

KPFK's Rebel Alliance News is our nightly weekday English-language locally produced newscast, your uncensored source of progressive news, information and commentary, with international, national, state-wide and local coverage. Interim news director Ziri Rideaux has recruited a team of unpaid newsgatherers, reporters, commentators and anchors to cover local, state, national and international news, including Angela Birdsong, Jack Kennedy, Polina Vasiliev, Ann Garrison, Don DeBar, Dan Nowman, Marcy Winograd and others. 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 news@kpfk.org

Programming Highlights

  • LA Theatre Works, Sunday, October 20 at 10:00 pm, "Marvin's Room" starring Mary Steenburgen and Steven Weber

    Scott McPherson’s funny and stirring tale of one family’s humor and heartache as two sisters, who haven’t seen each other for years, reunite when one of them gets sick. This is a story about the years that keep us apart…and the moments that bring us together. Also Starring Roxanne Hart and Jason Ritter.

  • Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday October 15 at 1:00 pm with film editor and tech wizard Keith Robinson

    Phil and Ted welcome Keith Robinson, a film editor and tech wizard responsible the the Oscar winning documentary When We Were Kings. Keith edited the film shorts for the first five years of Saturday Night Live. He later came to the rescue of David Bowie’s Sound and Vision Tour, solving vexing technical issues that saved the concert tour. He created a posthumous show Sinatra: His Voice, His World, His Way, highlighting Frank Sinatra’s achievements using a groundbreaking combination of projection and cinematic technology that opened at Radio City Music Hall and later in London’s West End. Keith has worked with directors Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, John Schlesinger and Martin Scorsese, and mentored the likes of Academy Award winners Scott Rudin and Skip Lievsay. Tune in and pledge!

          The BradBlog

The BradBlog

  • When Fascism Comes to America: 'BradCast' 10/14/2024

    We have a responsibility to call it out on today's BradCast. So we do. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Donald Trump's anti-immigrant, anti-free press, anti-federal government (Biden's federal government, never Trump's), anti-law and order, anti-anyone he believes shows insufficient fealty to him sentiment is growing increasingly menacing by the day. Sometimes by the [...]

  • Institutional Landlords Flood California Voters With Deceptive Ads on Props 33 and 34

    "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance," instructed James Madison, one of our nation's founders, "and a People who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives." That maxim is especially apropos today when it comes to California's Initiative and Referendum process, adopted in 1911 to afford the People of [...]

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

  • Report from Hurricane Helene Recovery Efforts in Asheville

    Hurricane Helene has wrought untold devastation across several Southeastern states, and is the deadliest to have hit the United States since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. So far more than 200 people are confirmed dead and the estimated damage could be as high as $200 billion worth. 

  • A Progress 2025 Vision of Climate Justice

    An August 2024 study determined that if all of the document’s climate-related recommendations were implemented, the U.S. would spew an additional 2.7 billion tons of climate-heating emissions into the atmosphere by 2030. 

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.

News from KPFK and Pacifica

Fall Refresher Programming Changes on KPFK
Not many leaves change color in the autumn in Southern California, and this fall seems to hold a change from El Nino climate conditions to La Nina. But KPFK is continuing to refresh our programming to better meet community needs.
     Voices from the Frontlines decided to take a break from regular weekly programming on Friday mornings at 7:00 AM, and The Constituency, a public affairs interview program focusing on how local government is dealing with houselessness and other issues has moved into that time slot, expanding to an hour in the process. Its place on Tuesdays at 2:30 PM will be taken for now by Green Street, which has been running as part of Something's Happening overnight -- it focuses on environmental health and justice.

     Vic Gerami is back on the morning schedule with The Blunt Post with Vic, on the first, second and fifth Thursdays of the month at 7:00 AM.
Vic is currently at a conference in Armenia and will be coming back with some important content. Rootwork with Thandisizwe Chimurenga continues on the 3rd & 4th Thursdays of the month at 7:00 AM. Dr. Ife Jie, who was in that time period with Street Sankofa, has moved to Tuesday midnight overnight to Wednesday as part of Something's Happening. You can check it out on the archives if you are not a night person.

      Creative Frontline, a program focusing on Indigenous land and water protection, sovereignty and anti-extractivism, land and water protection will also be moving up from Something's Happening to Mondays at 4 PM to strengthen and extend our environmental strip at that hour, including Be a Better Relative (Eagle and the Condor), XR Now!  from Extinction Rebellion L.A., and EcoJustice Radio
 
Le Show with Harry Shearer, which has been running at 1:00 AM Tuesdays, will move up to midnight, and CodePINK, which had been running
at 4 PM on Mondays, the slot Creative Frontline is moving to, will switch to Somethings Happening at 1:00 AM Tuesdays after Le Show.

     Saturday morning at 9:00 AM, On the Ground, voices of resistance from the nation's capital with Esther Iverem from our sister station WPFW in Washington DC has joined our lineup.
   
Delegate Elections for 2024 -- Quorum reached!

Voting has been completed in the elections at all five stations for delegates of the listener-sponsors and the (paid and unpaid) staff members to serve on the governance of each station and of the Pacifica Foundation. About 14% of our listener members (exceeding the 10% quorum) and almost 1/3 of our staff members (exceeding the 25% quorum) cast ballots. Thanks to everyone who participated, and to all the candidates!

National Election Supervisor Renee Peñaloza can be reached at nes@pacifica.org. She is supervising the vote tallying by electionbuddy, and will be issuing a report with the results of the elections shortly.

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

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
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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

Veronica Becerra

Mike Bressler

Tatanka Bricca, Chair

Rachel Bruhnke

John Cromshow

Ace Estwick

Vic Gerami

Aryana Gladney

Jan Goodman, listener director

Wendell Handy

Nikki Haun, Vice chair

Michael Heiss

Sue Cohen-Johnson

Evelia Jones, listener director

Oye Oyeyipo

Robert Payne

Nancy Pearlman

Myla Reson, staff director

Oscar Ulloa

Harvey Wasserman, listener director

Carlos Zavala

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

Secretary: Position open - email LSB@kpfk.org if interested - you need not be a member of the LSB to serve in this position.

Treasurer: Steven Meeks (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:

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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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  • Informativo Pacifica

    6:00am - 6:30am

    Un programa de media hora con noticias nacionales e internacionales con reportes y contribuciones de periodistas de mas de treinta paises de nuestra America y Europa.

  • Making Contact

    6:30am - 7:00am

    Analyses critical issues and showcases grassroots solutions

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    Sojourner Truth brings you news and views on local, national, and international policies and stories that affect us all.

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    Democracy Now! goes beyond the rhetoric and party politics offered by the mainstream media. Instead, it highlights grassroots efforts to enhance and ignite democracy in the U.S.

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