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DESCRIPTION:Community radio activists from Los Angeles will be coming to the Bay Area 
 to report on developments at Pacifica station KPFK. The station has 
 recently shutdown their news department and is in the process of 
 eliminating Spanish speaking community programming.\n\nLos Angeles KPFK 
 Programmer Fernando Valesqeuz and KPFK Radio Activist Lawrence Reyes To 
 Speak in The Bay Area\n\nLos Angeles Pacifica programmer and former News 
 Director Fernando Valezquez and KPFK community media activist Lawrence 
 Reyes will be speaking in the bay area about the situation in Los Angeles 
 at KPFK. The KPFK news department has been shutdown and their news show has 
 been merged with KPFA and Spanish speaking community shows have been 
 eliminated and replaced with "personality" type shows. Additionally there 
 is no regular programming for the Korean American community and Iranian 
 American community both of which contain over 1 million people from each 
 community. They will also discuss their support for the community program 
 councils in making decisions on programming.\nThis will be an opportunity 
 for KPFA members and supporters to get a first hand report\n\nThey will be 
 speaking at a forum organized by Voices For Justice Radio 
 www.voicesforjusticeradio.org\n\n8/30 Berkeley Forum Community Activist 
 Radio  KPFA/KPFK & the Future Of Pacifica\n\nVoices For Justice Radio 
 Forum\n\nCommunity Activist Radio\n\nKPFA/KPFK & the Future Of 
 Pacifica\n\nSunday August 30, 2009 2:00 PM\n\nBerkeley Fellowship of 
 Universalist Unitarians\n\n1606 Bonita/Cedar Berkeley\n\nPacifica is in 
 crisis with a declining listenership, financial losses and a growing top 
 down centralized operation. In Los Angeles, the news department has been 
 shutdown and the continued failure to bring new community programming on to 
 the stations  is one reason that listeners are being driven away. The 
 arrest and beating of KPFA community broadcaster Nadra Foster at KPFA is a 
 direct result of a management and their policies at the station. These 
 actions do not represent the interests of the staff, the listeners or the 
 community. This forum will discuss what is happening at KPFA/KPFK and 
 Pacifica and a vision to rebuild the stations and the network to make it a 
 vibrant and vital activist broadcast vehicle for the issues facing people 
 in the US and internationally.\n\nSPEAKERS:\n\nFernando Valesquez, Past 
 news director and community programmer KPFK Los Angeles\n\nRalph Schoenman, 
 Producer "Taking Aim" WBAI New York\n\nSureya Sayadi, KPFA Local Station 
 Board member and supporter of VJR\n\nSteve Zeltzer, Candidate KPFA Local 
 Station Board VJR\n\nLawrence Reyes, Candidate KPFK Local Station Board and 
 Supporter Of Listener's Resistance\n\nJaime Cader, Candidate KPFA Local 
 Station  Board Community Activist VJR\n\nJR  Valrey, Producer The Block 
 Report  KFPA\n\nDonations Requested (No one turned away due to the lack of 
 funds)\n\n(Location is not wheelchair accessible)\n\nSponsored by\n\nVoices 
 For Justice Radio www.voicesforjusticeradio.org\n\nFor information call 
 (415)867-0628\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/08/28/18620037.php
SUMMARY:Los Angeles KPFK Programmer and KPFK Radio Media Activist To Speak in The Bay Area
LOCATION:Berkeley Fellowship of Universalist Unitarians\n1606 Bonita/Cedar Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/08/28/18620037.php
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