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Donate your Car, Boat, R/V, motorcycle or ANY vehicle to KPFK! Call 877-KPFK-AUTO (877-573-5288) and we'll take care of everything! Turn that clunker into a donation to KPFK!
Luckman Fine Arts Complex 2024 Winter/Spring Season
The Luckman Fines Arts Complex At CalState LA
TCM Classic Film Festival April 18-21, 2024 In Hollywood
15th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival Thursday April 18- Sunday April 21, 2024 In Hollywood
Soul Force Project Presents Earth Day Celebration April 20, 2024 In Altadena
Soul Force Project Presents Earth Day Celebration Saturday April 20, 2024 280 Crosby St. In Altadena 91001 3-5pm
Luciana Souza / Trio Corrente April 27, 2024 Live At UCLA's Nimoy Theater
Luciana Souza / Trio Corrente Saturday April 27, 2024 Live At UCLA's Nimoy Theater 8pm
Culture Clash May The 40th Be With You! May 4, 2024 At The Soraya CSUN
Culture Clash May The 40th Be With You! May 4, 2024 In Northridge At The Soraya At CSUN 8pm
LADAMA May 5, 2024 Live At UCLA's Nimoy Theater
LADAMA Sunday May 5, 2024 Live At UCLA's Nimoy Theater @ 7pm
Gipsy Kings Featuring Tonino Baliardo May 9, 2024 YouTube Theater
GIPSY KINGS Featuring Tonino Baliardo Thursday May 9, 2024 At The YouTube Theater In Inglewood
Urban Bush Women Legacy + Lineage + Liberation April 19, 2024 At UCLA's Royce Hall
Urban Bush Women 40th Anniversary: Legacy + Lineage + Liberation Friday April 19, 2024 8pm At UCLA's Royce Hall

April Fund Drive

KPFK's Spring On-Air Membership and Funding Drive is underway.

Support listener-sponsored community radio on the move!

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News from KPFK and Pacifica

KPFK has moved -- and we are broadcasting from our new studios!

The building housing the station and the Pacifica Radio Archives has been sold -- the new owners will renovate the building, adding two major music recording studios, installing an elevator and adding other needed refurbishments, and setting up a space for KPFK and the archives to move back in as tenants, rent-free for a decade. The new, temporary location in Glendale has a much smaller footprint but is adequate. It requires a much more business-like approach to our operations.

Newly elected listener and staff delegates have been seated on the KPFK Local Station Board for the two remaining years of the 2022 term (whose commencement was delayed by a postponement of the scheduled elections by the Pacifica National Board. LSB committees are open to participation by KPFK members in good standing. These include Outreach, Programming Oversight, Fundraising and Finance. There is also a PNB Committee of Inclusion for KPFK. For more information, see https://kpftx.org, click on monthly calendar. You can also see a list of the members there by clicking on the date of a meeting.

2023 ANNUAL EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT
Pacifica Foundation Inc.
Station: KPFK
Community of License: Los Angeles, CA
Reporting Period: July22nd 2021–July 21 st 2022

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 REPORT
KPFK’s Online Public File

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 18,000 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.

Recent Changes in KPFK's Programming Schedule

Democracy Now! has moved back to 8 AM, Monday-Friday. We are running Informativo Pacifica, KPFK's daily Spanish-language newscast at 6 AM for the early-rising Spanish-speaking community, followed by half-hour public affairs programming, including Counterspin on Mondays at 6:30 (a more reasonable hour), Making Contact on Tuesdays, Economic Update with Richard Wolff on Wednesdays, Building Bridges with Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash on Thursdays, and the Laura Flanders show on Fridays at 6:30 AM.

Eric Mann with Voices from the Frontlines has moved to Fridays at 7 AM, and the other morning-mix radio magazine programs have mostly gone to other places on the programming schedule. Alternative Radio from David Barsamian is airing at 10 AM Fridays, and Working Voices, our labor-oriented program, moved to 5 PM on Tuesdays when more working people can listen after work. Scholars Circle is back onto the daytime airwaves, Mondays from 1-2 PM.

Radio Insurrection with Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane has moved from morning to evening drive time, Thursdays at 5 PM, and La Raza Radio is on Friday at 4 PM after the Pocho Hour of Power.

Access Unlimited, KPFK's award winning disability rights and resources program, has returned to our airwaves with Jolie Mason, one of the original trio of hosts, and Tamara Johnson. Vanessa Ramos and others from Disability Rights California are also involved. That airs Thursday from 1-2 PM. Other recent additions to our schedule include The Constituency, with Augusta Johnson and Keith Johnson (no relation) interviewing local officials and community activists, on Tuesdays at 2:30, and Animal Agenda on Wednesdays at that hour. Health Care 4 US moved its biweekly show into that same health-oriented hour, alternating on the 2nd and 4th Mondays with Expansion Zone from Sonia Barrett.

StrikeLine with Dan Navarro wrapped up with the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike, and California Solartopia is back on our airwaves at that hour, Wednesday at 5 PM. Capitalism Race and Democracy's new spot is Tuesdays at 7 PM, as Beautiful Struggle is on hiatus. Cal State LA Student Community News is now airing on the first Sunday morning of the month, instead of the first Tuesday evening, alternating with Suzi Weissman's Beneath the Surface. CinemaScore with classical music host John Santana will run Sundays at 5 PM with orchestral music from the movies and interviews with film composers. Maggie Le Pique's Profiles will move to the first Friday of the month at 7 PM (Soul Rebel Radio will continue at that hour Fridays the rest of the month.)

There are additional changes that will be occurring, so please check the online schedule which is updated regularly.

Let us know what you think about these changes and about other programming you'd like to hear on KPFK. Email comments@kpfk.org.

Programming Highlights

Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, April 16 at 1:00 pm, Phil and Ted Redux
Because once is not enough, the conversation continues as our intrepid hosts, Phil Proctor and Ted Bonnitt talk amongst themselves. Back by popular demand, "Phil & Ted: The Sequel," plumbs the depths of Phil and Ted's Big Adventure, revealing more than you ever wanted to know about our dynamic duo. Tune in for a special fund drive edition and pledge your support!
LA Theatre Works, Sunday, April 14 at 10:00 pm, John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation" starring Alan Alda and Swoosie Kurtz
In a Fifth Avenue apartment high above Central Park, art dealer Flanders Kittredge and his wife Ouisa are trying to interest a moneyed friend in a $2 million investment. When an unexpected young guest arrives, claiming to be the son of Sidney Poitier, the plot takes some wonderfully unexpected turns in John Guare’s classic American play. Also starring Gabrielle Carteris and Chuma Hunter-Gault. Includes a conversation about “six degrees” theory with mathematician Steven Strogatz of Cornell University.

Democracy Now Newsfeed

"I'm Jewish, and I've Covered Wars. I Know War Crimes When I See Them": Reporter Peter Maass on Gaza
We speak with veteran journalist Peter Maass about the Israeli war on Gaza and his new opinion piece for The Washington Post headlined “I’m Jewish, and I’ve covered wars. I know war crimes when I see them.” Maass, who was a senior editor at The Intercept until earlier this year, has spent decades covering wars, including the Bosnian genocide in the 1990s that killed about 100,000 people over nearly four years. He says many of the same war crimes he reported then are part of Israel’s current assault, including sniper attacks on civilians, bombing of civilian infrastructure, attacks on bread lines and besieging whole populations by preventing food and other aid from entering. “What seems to be unfolding in Gaza is even worse than what I saw in Bosnia,” says Maass.
Under Cover of War in Gaza, Assault on West Bank Intensifies: Palestinian Journalist Dalia Hatuqa
The Western corporate media is failing in its coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, says Palestinian independent journalist Dalia Hatuqa. “A lot of what’s missing from the bigger portrait … is the Palestinian voice,” says Hatuqa, who applauds local journalists in Gaza for providing the world a crucial window into what’s happening there while international reporters are blocked by Israel from entering the territory. “Nobody knows Gaza better than the Gazan journalists on the ground.” Hatuqa also speaks about her latest piece for The Century Foundation about rising Israeli state and settler violence in the occupied West Bank, which she says can accurately be described as pogroms. “The fog of war has allowed Israel to perpetuate crimes at a very large scale, not only throughout the West Bank, but including occupied East Jerusalem.”

CODEPINK every Mon from 4-5pm on KPFK

Upper Hudson Valley CODEPINK Holds Earth Day Action Connecting Genocide to Ecocide

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

The BradBlog

'Green News Report' - April 16, 2024
Follow @GreenNewsReport... (Or use "Click here to listen..." link below.) IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Record ocean heat is bleaching coral reefs around the world; Biden raises royalties to drill and mine on public lands, the first update in a century; Innovation in Indiana: wireless EV charging roads; PLUS: Bizarre fish behavior is a marine mystery in Florida... [...]
Trump's First Criminal Trial, for Cheating to Win in 2016, Begins in NY: 'BradCast' 4/15/2024
After a number of quick news headline since our previous BradCast last week, it's on to the biggest story of the day: the first day of the first criminal trial of a former U.S. President. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.] Of course, the nation has never seen anything like it. I might suggest [...]

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

Understanding Haiti’s Latest Political Crisis
Weeks of chaos and violence in Haiti may be coming to an end as an agreement for a transitional government is drawn up this week.
Activists Organize Gaza “Freedom Flotilla”
Responding to the on-going genocide, activists and advocates of Palestinian rights are planning to set sail on a number of ships carrying aid directly to the people of Gaza as part of a Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod

Currently heard Tuesdays at 7am on KPFK
Archives of the program can be found HERE

Something's Happening honoring Roy Of Hollywood

Soemthing's 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, and KPFK has been maintaining it since he passed in the framework and format he developed and evolved over the decades.

Monday overnight to Tuesday features political economy, including a new segment developed exclusively for radio for KPFK by filmmaker Robert Lundahl and producer Tracker Ginamarie Rangel Quinone, about indigenous land and water protection in the face of extractivism industries. Extended video versions are available on YouTube. Equal Rights and Justice from WBAI also airs in that early morning.

Tuesday overnight to Wednesday is holistic health, with About Health and Herbal Highway from sister station KPFA, Grassroots (formerly Green Street News) and 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 anti-fascist programming from David Emory with "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, an old radio break, episodes from Sounds True - Insights from the Edge with Tami Simon, The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio Epstein from the Pacifica affiliates unit, 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 lectures from the "History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps" from Kings College in London.

Each hour is separately posted on the stations archives for easy listening - Something's Happening A hours 1-3, and Something's 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).

Dam removal on California's rivers is a highly visible and inspiring recognition of the benefits of natural services provided by healthy ecosystems.

Tracker picks up where we left off last week looking at the removal of the dam on the Matilija River in Ventura County, as she reviews and reports on the progress of LA River rewilding.

We discuss the role of tribal communities and efforts led by women to restore and rebalance, in light of Governor Newsom's recent announcement supporting removal of three additional dams in the state alongside ongoing efforts to free the Klamath.

Extended video version here, with awesome overhead footage from drones.

https://youtu.be/WHJTTKgqtUo

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: Leslie Dione Emge

Treasurer: Kim Kaufman (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

March 10, 2024 Pacifica National Board Directors Report

On January 25th the 2024 Pacifica National Board directors from all 5 Pacifica stations: KPFA Berkeley; KPFT Houston; WBAI New York; WPFW Washington DC and of course KPFK Los Angeles were seated. Also seated were two directors representing over 200 Pacifica affiliate radio stations.

The board met again on February 1st and 15th and March 7th.

Director Susan Young representing KPF T in Houston was elected to serve as Chair of the Pacifica National Board (PNB). Director Minerva Sanders representing Pacifica sister station WPFW in Washington DC was elected to serve as PNB Vice Chair.

Former PNB Chair Julie Hewitt also from WPFW in Washington DC was elected to serve as Secretary for the National Board and Kim Kaufman is now serving as Recording Secretary for the PNB.

On Feb. 1^st the PNB met in both open and closed sessions. During open session the Board no motions were passed:

February 1, 2024 PNB Closed Session Report Out:

The PNB met in closed session to discuss confidential personnel information and constructive communications with one of our lenders. No decisions were made.

On Feb. 15^th the PNB met in both open and closed sessions. During open session the Board took the following actions:

Ratified the election of directors to 2024 PNB Standing Committees:

Coordinating Committee: Darlene Pagano (KPFA), Evelia Jones (KPFK), Egberto Willies (KPFT), Jim Dingeman (WBAI), Minerva Sanders (WPFW), Heather Gray (Affiliate WRFG fm Atlanta)

Governance Committee: Fred Dodsworth (KPFA), Jan Goodman (KPFK), Marianne Martinez (KPFT), Jim Dingeman (WBAI), Minerva Sanders (WPFW), Kaja Brown (KRDP 90.7 fm Phoenix, AZ)

National Finance Committee: Darlene Pagano (KPFA), Myla Reson (KPFK), Susan Young (KPFT), Paul DeRienzo (WBAI), Minerva Sanders (WPFW)

Audit Committee: Zach Kaldveer (KPFA), Evelia Jones (KPFK), Egberto Willies (KPFT), Jim Dingeman (WBAI), Irene Adams (WPFW)

Resolved to thank the directors and delegates who served on 2023 committees and task forces for their service and absolve and relieve them of further service effective immediately for any committees not approved by a motion of the 2024 PNB.

Resolved to stand up a PNB Personnel Committee.

A moment of silence was held for Lisa Lopez-Galvan who was shot and killed at the celebration for the Chiefs Super Bowl victory. Lisa was a beloved member of our Pacifica family. She hosted a show called Taste of Tejano on Pacifica Affiliate station KKFI in Kansas City.

February 15, 2024 PNB Closed Session Report Out:

The PNB met in closed session with its FCC council. The Executive Director will be working to address the Letter of Inquiry.

On March 7^th the PNB met in both open and closed sessions. The Board adopted the following resolution moved by Harvey Wasserman and seconded by Jan Goodman:

The PNB resolves that when time allotted for an agenda item has run out, there is an automatic extension to exhaust the stack of hands already raised by those who have not yet spoken.

Pacifica Executive Director Stephanie Wells provided an update for the 2024 National Election Supervisor (NES) job opening.

Pacifica received 5 applications for the position.
A spreadsheet comparing the qualifications and experience of each applicant is being created for fair review.
The NES cannot be hired until Pacifica receives funds from the close of escrow on the sale of the KPFK building.

March 7, 2024 PNB Closed Session Report Out:

The PNB met in closed session to address legal matters pertaining to the Pacifica Foundation response to the FCC Letter of Inquiry, and the future of the Pacifica Archives. The PNB made no decisions.

Respectfully submitted by Jan Goodman, Evelia Jones, Myla Reson and Harvey Wasserman

Pacifica National Board Directors representing KPFK 90.7 fm

Pacifica National Board Motions on Terms for Those Elected in 2023 Elections

Whereas there were insufficient funds to hold elections in 2022, which was year 2 of Pacifica’s 3-year election cycle in which half of the delegates would be elected;

Whereas the PNB passed a motion on October 20, 2022 providing that delegates whose terms would have ended in 2022 would continue to serve in 2023 if Pacifica failed to hold elections;

Whereas delegates whose terms would have ended in 2022 were either in their first term and therefore eligible to run again, or in their second term and therefore ineligible to run again, according to the Pacifica bylaws, and the delay from 2022 to 2023 in holding elections does not change that eligibility status;

Whereas Pacifica is in the midst of the election cycle for 2023, with the record period having passed, the period for candidate nomination having closed, the ballots not yet sent to members, and ballots slated to be sent to voters in the second half of August; and

Whereas it is important for voters to understand before they cast their votes the length of terms to which successful candidates would be elected and serve;

Therefore be it resolved that all candidates running in the 2023 delegate elections are running for two-year terms, and that the elections.pacifica.org website and the ballot shall reflect this information. Pacifica elections would return to the Article Four, Section 3 schedule of holding elections in years one and two and no elections in year three (i.e., elections in 2024 and 2025 but not in 2026).

Thanks to everyone for pledging support for the station during the drive.
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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

Now Playing & Upcoming

Global Village Tuesdays w/Gary Baca
11:00am - 1:00pm

"Music from around the world and around the block"
Phil and Ted’s Sexy Boomer Show
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Free-form, comedy/talk podcast co-hosted by Phil Proctor and Ted Bonnitt, featuring special guests and Hollywood stars in fun and deep conversations.
Bibliocracy
2:00pm - 2:30pm

A weekly half-hour literary arts discussion and reading program featuring guest authors of contemporary fiction and nonfiction, poetry and memoir, and occasional political or cultural criticism.
The Constituency
2:30pm - 3:00pm

A new local public affairs interview program with Augusta Johnson and Keith Johnson (no relation), featuring coverage of pressing civic issues in Los Angeles and Southern California around housing, houselessness and other concerns.

KPFK is a progressive media outlet challenging corporate media perspectives and providing a voice to voiceless communities. Help keep KPFK a strong and independent source of music, arts, news and information.

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

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Schedule

Global Village Tuesdays w/Gary Baca
11:00am - 1:00pm

"Music from around the world and around the block"
Phil and Ted’s Sexy Boomer Show
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Free-form, comedy/talk podcast co-hosted by Phil Proctor and Ted Bonnitt, featuring special guests and Hollywood stars in fun and deep conversations.
Bibliocracy
2:00pm - 2:30pm

A weekly half-hour literary arts discussion and reading program featuring guest authors of contemporary fiction and nonfiction, poetry and memoir, and occasional political or cultural criticism.
The Constituency
2:30pm - 3:00pm

A new local public affairs interview program with Augusta Johnson and Keith Johnson (no relation), featuring coverage of pressing civic issues in Los Angeles and Southern California around housing, houselessness and other concerns.
Rising Up With Sonali
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Rising Up is a weekly digest of independent news analysis, investigation, education, artistic expression, activism in the public interest