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From the General Manager
Our February fund drive is the engine that drives the station through the spring and summer and into the fall. Historically the largest fund drive of the year, what we raise now makes the difference in paying our bills at the end of the summer.
Please do give as generously as you can. Consider doubling your contribution to KPFA this year.
As you know, although we broke even last year, after several years of losses KPFA has no reserves. We need to rebuild those rainy day funds, and do everything we can to rebuild our infrastructure, upgrade our web capabilities, increase our reach into the communities we serve -- and bring you the issues you care about, as always, only more so.
I urge our whole community --listeners, board, and staff -- to work together to move KPFA into a position to make these improvements.
This is an important election year. KPFA and Pacifica will be covering the issues that matter to the 99% -- not just the tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum horse races. This includes continuing throrough coverage of the ongoing Occupation movement as well as other existing and growing peoples' movements.
With your generosity this great radio station can and will not only tough out the hard times, but rise and shine as a beacon in these dark times.
Sincerely,
Andrew Leslie Phillips
General Manager (Interim)
tel: 510-848-6767 ext. 203
email: Andrew@kpfa.org
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Coming Events
Michio Kaku -- Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives By the Year 2100 - Feb 23rd, 7:30 PM - Hosted by Philip Maldari
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Hari Kunzru - Gods Without Men - March 13th, 7:30 PM - Hosted by Richard Wolinsky
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Pacifica Radio Archives First Book Project
In its first book project, the Pacifica Radio Archives has teamed up with City Lights Books to produce Redefining Black Power: Reflections on the State of Black America.
With contributions from Michelle Alexander (The New Jim Crow), Van Jones (former White House Green advisor and President of 'Rebuild The Dream') and Dr Vincent Harding (founder of Veterans of Hope and script writer for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ), Redefining Black Power addresses some of the key issues for black America; mass incarceration, media portrayal, the role of black leadership, democratic participation and economic disparity.
The Pacifica Radio Archives and the Pacifica radio network will be doing a series of special panel discussions across the country throughout February, including:
Wednesday, February 8, in San Francisco at the Museum of the African Diaspora & Thursday, Feb 9, at Marcus Books in Oakland.
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Info on the Recall Vote and the Issues
We still hope to have an on-air recall debate later this month after the fund drive with a neutral moderator where both sides can be heard. Tracy Rosenberg has confirmed her willingness to participate. We are waiting for confirmation from the recall proponents. Stay tuned for more information.
In the meanwhile, you can find information on the issues pro and con by clicking on the web banners for the two websites below.
KPFA Management does NOT endorse any of these statements. They are the views and opinions of the writers.
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Public forum sponsored by the Marin Peace & Justice Coalition
KPFA Radio: Is The Recall Necessary?
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6
Special Media Event - 7:30 pm
1st United Methodist Church (basement hall)
9 Ross Valley Road
San Rafael, California
Please refrain from scents so those with chemical sensitivities can attend.
Where are the ballots?
The ballots have not yet been mailed. Our understanding is that the board has not yet found a neutral elections supervisor. If you or someone you know is interested in the job, please send a letter of interest with your qualifications to board chair Summer Reese c/o Christine Niera Chris Niera at chris@pacifica.org |
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KPFA Winter Fund Drive
February 1- 23
Goal: $800,000
With your help we can make our goal this winter!
KPFA always needs volunteers to help answer the phones during fund drives.
Register to Volunteer here.
Some of the great programs you won't want to miss:
Thursday - Feb 2nd
3 PM - Bookwaves with Richard Wolinsky, with Thomas Frank, we'll be offering the recording of the recent event with Thomas Frank "Pity the Poor Billionaire" as our thank you gift.
Friday - Feb 3rd
8 AM - Morning Mix - Project Censored Radio - with Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff, interview with David Swanson on his new book War is a Lie.
2:30 PM - Pushing Limits - Budgets, Budgets & More Budgets - From new year's good intentions to February's reality, some months are all about the budget. The majority of people with disabilities live on low and no incomes. Our thank you gift for your membership in KPFA will be the retrospective 170 page book, The Bird Escapes by working class, disabled poet, Martha Courtot.
Saturday - Feb 4th
9 AM to 1 AM on Feb 5th - The Annual KPFA Grateful Dead Marathon, hosted by David Gans
Featuring: Hours of unreleased Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia recordings -- A live performance by The Fall Risk in the KPFA Performance Studio -- The David Nelson Band live from Hawaii -- A 1976 KSAN interview with Jerry Garcia by Bonnie Simmons -- Selections from Live from Berkeley, volume 2, a compilation of performances from Dead to the World -- Selections from Furthur's 12/31/11 show in San Francisco -- Selections from Dave's Picks, volume 1, the latest release from Grateful Dead Records -- And more surprises in the works.
Thank-you gifts include: A commemorative t-shirt designed and produced by Papa Lindsey -- Live from Berkeley, volume 2 (available in high-res, FLAC, MP3, or on CD) -- Live from Berkeley, volume 1 (CD only) -- A special blend of coffee beans donated by Grateful Beans and Leaves of Denton, Texas -- Dave's Picks, volume 1, the latest release from Grateful Dead Records -- Furthur 12/31/11, a 4-CD set
Tuesday - Feb 7th
7 PM - La Raza Chronicles - Tonight's program honors African-American history month. Jose Ruiz, will feature Afro-Latino music from the Americas with knowledgeable commentary. Our guests Linda Tillery and Rico Pabon will walk us through their new album "Celebrate the King!" about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This just released CD is also our thank you gift to listener who pledge to the KPFA fund drive.
Thursday - Feb 9th
3 PM - Bookwaves with Richard Wolinsky - Interview with William Gibson. The science fiction/futurist writer's collection of essays just got a sparkling review in The New York Times Book Review. We'll have copies as premiums.
Friday - Feb 10th
3 PM - Open book with Richard Wolinsky - Phil Ochs interview
Tuesday - Feb 14th
7 PM - La Raza Chronicles - Interview with Lila Downs about her upcoming concert and her music. Thank You gifts: Tickets to Lila Downs concert and possibly copies of her new CD
Thursday - Feb 16th
7 PM - APEX Express - Interview with Briar March, director of the award-winning documentary There Once Was An Island. Faced with coastal erosion and salt-water contaminated gardens, members of the Polynesian community of Taku must decide how they will adapt to the devastating impact of climate change. Briar March's award-winning doc shows the frustration, despair, and resilience of these innocent victims to our oil-based economy. This will be screening at the 30th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. We'll have 5 copies of the DVD as thank you gifts.
Tuesday - Feb 21st
7 PM - La Raza Chronicles - interview with author/photographer Lou Dematties about the book - Crude Reflections: Ruin and Resistance - and the current situation in the Amazon and the role of Exxon.
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Johnny Otis
December 8, 1921 - January 17, 2012
Johnny Otis, the pioneering rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and former KPFA dj passed away on Tuesday, January 17th. He was 90 years old.
Born white, the son of Greek immigrant parents, he was raised in a predominantly black neighborhood in Northern California in the 1920's. During that time, Otis decided as a youth that he'd rather be black. Otis led a life in music in which he created the 1958 hit "Willie And The Hand Jive" which would later be the theme song to his Pacifica radio programs both at KPFK in Los Angeles and later at KPFA. He had a deep connection to black culture that helped him discover artists such as Etta James, Little Richard, Jackie Wilson, Hank Ballard and Little Esther Phillips. He was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 1994. He continued to lead a big band Rn'B, Jazz, Soul, Gospel and Roots-Rock revue until his health declined.
He started with Pacifica at KPFK in the 1980's and later moved his program to KPFA around 1986. His popular Saturday morning music program was among the highest rated music programs on KPFA. His last programs were broadcast from the Power Station brewery in Sebastopol. He stopped hosting and producing radio due to poor health in 2005.
On Saturday, January 28th, Tom Mazzolini presented a two hour special on the career of Johnny Otis. Joining him were Johnny Otis' longtime manager Terry Gould. Also featured were Johnny's two on air assistents from the KPFA years - George Curtis and Tom McElheny. Plus Carlos Zilcita from Johnny's Monday Night Blues Class at Vista College. Carlos talked about Johnny's musicianship and history in Los Angeles. It was entertaining and informative.
If you missed it, the program will be available in the archives until Feb 11th here. |
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Forthcoming Poetry Volume by Dennis J. Bernstein
 Special EdVoices from a Hidden Classroom
Recommendations:
"Special Ed is about daily life under the siege of poverty, racism, and class warfare. In these stunning, understated poems, these poems unafraid to name the darkest facts of our world and yet continually informed with compassion, we find ourselves in Rilke's world of beauty and terror. To depict with love, as Bernstein does, is indeed to transform, the way a shattered guitar and broken glass are transformed by the kids in the special ed classroom into art and jewels."
-Anita Barrows, PhD, poet, child psychologist, translator (with Joanna Macy) of Rainer Maria Rilke
"Dennis Bernstein is a hero to me because of his dedicated, unflinching reporting of real news on Flashpoints, at KPFA in Berkeley, California. But his fearless pursuit of the truth about what is happening in our rapidly transforming world did not prepare me for the beauty, depth, not-one-word-mislaid perception of this amazing book. Each word, each line, each thought has a weight, a texture, a surprise all its own. With its moving preface, in which Dennis shares his own struggles as a young child with special needs, Special Ed: Voices from a Hidden Classroom is that unusual gift literature can be: We are connected to humanity in ways we might never have even considered or imagined before. Above all it is art turned to us through the eyes of love."
-Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, author of the Color Purple
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The 99 Percent Report
Pacifica's Affiliates program in association with WEFT, Champaign, IL is developing a new weekly national report from the Occupy Movement.Growing out of the ongoing Pacifica Affiliates weekly show Sprouts , there have been three shows so far (as of January 21, 2012), and producer/host Mark Read is actively soliciting news pieces from Pacifica Affiliates all around the country. Thanks to Ursula Ruedenberg, the Pacifica Affiliates Coordinator for making this happen! |
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Pacifica National Elections Supervisor
Request for Proposals
On or about March 1, 2012, Pacifica will begin a process that will involve ten separate elections wherein members in four of its five signal areas will elect nine (9) listener delegates and three (3) staff delegates to serve on Local Station Boards. Members of the fifth station will elect eighteen (18) listener-member delegates and six (6) staff delegates.
Pacifica is now soliciting proposals from qualified election management organizations to provide all or some of the services related to these elections. We invite your organization to submit a proposal by February 10, 2012 for
(a) National/Local Elections Supervisor functions;
(b) Balloting & Tabulation functions; or
(c) Some combination thereof
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First Quarter Financial Report
October - December 2011
| Account | Total First Quarter |
Better (Worse) | Total | | Actual | Budget | 1st Qtr vs Bdgt | FY2012 Bdgt | | | | | | | | Summary | | | | | | Revenue | | | | | | Listener Support | 887,876 | 957,805 | (69,929) | 2,776,472 | | Donations | 46,022 | 71,100 | (25,078) | 287,400 | | Community Events/Crafts Fair | 89,965 | 80,475 | 9,490 | 183,528 | | CPB Grants | 54,511 | 50,500 | 4,011 | 204,579 | | Other Grants | 10,000 | 19,000 | (9,000) | 76,000 | | Miscellaneous/Interest Income | 5,102 | 32,500 | (27,398) | 55,000 | | | - | - | - | - | | Total Revenue | 1,093,477 | 1,211,380 | (117,903) | 3,582,979 | | | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | Expenses: | | | | | | Salaries and Related Expenses | 444,714 | 442,359 | (2,355) | 1,811,939 | | Board Expenses | 158 | 675 | 517 | 28,700 | | Administrative Expenses | 117,477 | 101,591 | (15,887) | 387,013 | | Programming Expenses | 78,321 | 66,017 | (12,304) | 268,814 | | Development Expenses | 44,706 | 124,430 | 79,724 | 384,156 | | Community Events Expenses | 66,833 | 51,858 | (14,975) | 88,283 | | | - | - | - | - | | Total Direct Expenses | 752,211 | 786,930 | 34,720 | 2,968,905 | | | | | | | | Shared Network Services | 163,266 | 182,950 | 19,684 | 526,358 | | | - | - | - | - | | Total Expenses | 915,477 | 969,880 | 54,403 | 3,495,263 | | | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | Net Income (Net Loss) | 178,000 | 241,500 | (63,500) | 87,716 | | | | | | | | Capital Items | 6,502 | 28,000 | 21,498 | 44,500 | | | - | - | - | - | | Surplus (Deficiency) | 171,498 | 213,500 | (42,001) | 43,216 | | | = | = | = | = |
Compared to First Quarter Prior Year
| Account | 1st Qtr |
Better (Worse) | | Prior Year | 1Qtr vs PrYr | | | | | | Summary | | | | Revenue | | | | Listener Support | 889,960 | (2,083) | | Donations | 97,976 | (51,954) | | Community Events/Crafts Fair | 87,345 | 2,620 | | CPB Grants | 63,931 | (9,419) | | Other Grants | 600 | 9,400 | | Miscellaneous/Interest Income | 30,778 | (25,675) | | | - | - | | Total Revenue | 1,170,589 | (77,112) | | | - | - | | | | | | Expenses: | | | | Salaries and Related Expenses | 512,273 | 67,559 | | Board Expenses | 10,806 | 10,648 | | Administrative Expenses | 92,871 | (24,607) | | Programming Expenses | 72,551 | (5,770) | | Development Expenses | 66,128 | 21,421 | | Community Events Expenses | 69,085 | 2,251 | | | - | - | | Total Direct Expenses | 823,714 | 71,504 | | | | | | Shared Services | 168,063 | 4,797 | | | - | - | | Total Expenses | 991,778 | 76,301 | | | - | - | | | | | | Net Income (Net Loss) | 178,811 | (811) | | | | | | Capital Items | 2,120 | (4,381) | | | - | - | | Surplus (Deficiency) | 176,691 | (5,193) | | | = | = |
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