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Friday, June 8, 2018

More...comments..re: Pacifica, includes KPFK, $$$, loans,debts et al

More comments made by those who are dedicated Pacifica-ers of long standing and strong opinions, some more relevant and worth quoting here, but without any identifying names. 

Again, these are intended to SHARE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC what thinkers, activists, people involved in boards across this country, and those who write their opinions where it can be found - read & some bits quoted before.

The OPENNESS that is not a reality or available from neither Pacifica - the network top power org that oversees it's 5 radio stations in USA is disturbing -nor our local KPFK either.

considering that in all & continual ways the criticism made of any other commercial, governmental, or any Other organization or institution is that they are secretive, non-transparent, hiding information -

& denying realities and playing in the dark, away from being ACCOUNTABLE, RESPONSIBLE etc  ...to their members, their stake holders, their investors, and the interested "public" too.

And this is exactly what has and IS happening at all places that Pacifica/ KPFK etc. = all do this , regularly and always, all ways...still now.

So to have more of "the rest of us" share in KNOWing just a bit of what is said, written, thought and offered as suggestions about these failing entities, here are some quotes, with a bit of editing at times..

 but also intended TO REVEAL AND MAKE TRANSPARENT  more of what is thought, happening at the radio sites that we pay for, support, volunteer, offer all our sharing benefits & recommendations.

To not plagiarize or name or make any other person 'responsible' for what is written/copied here , please understand the reasons for Privacy and Courtesy...

and at the same time the need to MAKE KNOWN AND OPEN UP What Else is being said, thought, considered or acted upon....that is never ever repeated "on air"  for Listeners, Members, Donors, Stakeholders, et. al. to also be equally included & involved. 

Read and learn and then go to ask about anything that concerns you, the reader here, to discuss and demand more revelations from Your Own Radio Station , i.e. KPFK in Los Angeles. 

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"How do we make alternative media relevant…with these kind of premiums….?  



Null is only 1,that is 1 promoter with premiums that is sold often and a lot at  WBAI.     

 But has anyone listened to the home-shopping,  very commercialized exhortations by staff  - promoting  dubious stuff for exorbitant prices (Christine's exuberant fake claims and personalizing all promotional claims , to all "honey"s maybe listening  ) @ KPFK  ?      

 And the station's eternally repeating these adverts in this long $$$$- getting drive is exhausting to listen to,  even 1 x . Anyone wonder is any of those are even FDA ( or anywhere) verifiability tested  or legitimately approved ?  Or been fairly priced, as is asked ?           

The messages are clearly ageist, fear-mongering of aging and any physical discomforts, &  with exaggerations that are focusing on "looksism"  and the common desire to return to that eternal desire to be  younger,  at last, or to at least agree that  "u Gotta LOOK Younger ! So Buy these ! ! ! "      

As that being beautiful, flaw-free, & younger are all that is therein emphasized. Very commercial  adverts.       

For a list of some of these strange claims & hijacking  $$$ for that stuff, see KPFK's website listing "premiums" - (aka sales gimmicks) to raise  their needed $$$.     

 Oh, and do Check out the "gobble" neck services & products, plus other dubious "health"  products claims made, ( sold)  on KPFK now. " 

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"So, any organization with a budget can be labeled a business because it needs to pay expenses and salaries, but that does not mean that profit making be the dominant ideology of what it does..  

So far, Pacifica has functioned without ads.  That is good.  It would lose all it purpose if it took adds because it needs to be critical of the commercial and corporate organizations in the country that form the basis of many social problems." - 

- a  questioning reply here:is "non-commercial" describe the same as "non-profit" as is Pacifica's corporation operations?         

The "non-commercial" claims are dubious, misleading and a spin  - done to idealize what is actual, factual, and happens at each radio station's 'fund $$$ drives".          

And all the rest of the many daily programs  -- that have a "guest",that is interviewed, & thus promoted...or is holding an external event / media product ... 

or on-air that person presents their own biased/personal viewpoint or issues --  are called "non-commercial" while transacting their business on these radio waves??      

In other prior times it was called "payola" = the act of trading favors..."

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"We notice now that more actual Names are being mentioned, more openly-  rather than the usual vague mention of nebulous, un-named  groups - with the harmful individuals never specifically identified.     

 Not that we, elsewhere than NY, know the his-stories or accounts of WBAI, but the same versions of persistent-old-programmers + PNB-ers + those recycling management-types and program-directors/manager types too, all want to stay currently prominent - and in the ltd. on-air-access POWER positions -  forever.      

So there is little interest  of any managers to actually cultivate, to train, and recruit or find anyone else-  who can perhaps better provide the holy Mission guidelines, like education instead of the prolific, extreme  personal, biased, political Opinions.       

That same system of patterns seems to cross all 5 stations across country.  tho many are at the WBAI site.   The caution of not daring to name Actual Persons - who have neglected their actual professional duties -   

and then not becoming responsible for their actions & inadvertences -  is a way to merely continue to duplicate same hiding / protecting/ avoiding  of those who hurt the whole of Pacifica.     

 Just as all station stakeholders & donors are now paying for WBAI’s rent problems - so too each station apparently is infected. And loop holes are copied by the others – as in getting away with-Out being productive, nor effective, nor becoming financially stable.  Most are just Wobbling to stay in place, barely.      

So :  all the loooong fund $$$ “drives” – drive away lots of listeners.         

We may not know the people being described as harming the whole of Pacifica with their actions or lack of diligence -or those  'attacked' as they call it - or those "mis-understood" as those who protect-to-save their own like to say.       

 But the willingness to now, finally, to name actual names- wow !      

this is also the way to ask them and their allies / cronies to stop protecting them, as those too will be called-out, openly. Maybe now ?  As their PAST actions still reverberate throughout Pacifica today.    

 Sorta like criminals or sexual predators who now are identified -  and then when out of hiding, there arrives more verifications of their greed, their poor decisions and harmful actions taken [and always, with denials]-         

People must be now seen for what they have or not done well, and admitted as actually still being RESPONSIBLE,  finally now. And so are in the open to everyone’s knowing - and then it is more difficult to just continue on  with others too doing the same-old-same-old  - 

with the same-old-Pacifica-older-power-brokers continuing to do more  - of the whole org's losing-more- as the same.  Maybe."

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"... the acrimony is attendant at every meeting and is ALWAYS terrible, the constant threats of sanctions and trials, etc. ....

your group uses was awful, unequally applied in a factional fashion and people who by any proper measure should have recused themselves in some matters, NEVER have.  

You and your group are so bent on control at any cost, that even if you got your way, it would never be representative of the listeners and membership (you know/the actual owners of Pacifica) could never be properly served or even truly considered, much less consulted and heeded.  

That's an utter and complete failure."

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 "but the clock is ticking...Immediate obvious change must start...

It is not clear how much change will start to repair the decades of damage ..?

We need to be very flexible....

I know I favor whole sale sacking...But that is my opinion.

I have had enough of the politically correct bullshit from those who practically nobody listening to them.

The drive time slots need the first massive change and that is especially true for the morning slots.

A burst of positive energy would do well but I know that any change will cause mini and macro jihads..So what?

These shows have collectively failed to strategize their existence and figure out how to monetize their support for decades."
 

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"...we seem always to end up with competing factions mostly struggling to push and pull Pacifica away from its founding purposes.

 I'd like to see a practical solution to that problem, and a Pacifica aligned with its original purposes.....that will be hard....

....to bring in new people to advisory committees to propose new solutions and hope they are not already wedded to one side or the other....

....For Pacifica to survive as Pacifica, its programming must reflect the purposes outlined in its Articles of Incorporation; but the central problem is that most of the folks who have gotten together or might get together with the idea of creating a more interesting grid have aligned themselves with purposes that are not actually consistent with the purposes outlined in the organization's Articles of Incorporation. ...


This requires expertise, not popularity, and certainly not the popularity that comes from having been on the board before and having a recognizable name, which is why certain people get more votes than others.

...groups typically view Pacifica's broadcasting as a tool to be used by them in their greater political, cultural, economic, or social justice struggles....

? Will previous donors (who might be presumed to support the current grid) be offered a refund when the new grid is installed?....

.....programming power would still be vulnerable to capture by ideologues....

The Pacifica Bylaws only say that station programming should fulfill the purposes of the Foundation, be responsive to the diverse needs of the listeners (demographic) and communities (geographic) served by the station, and that station policies and procedures for making programming decisions and for program evaluation should be working in a fair, collaborative and respectful manner to provide quality programming. [Art. 7, Sec. 3(G)]

The Pacifica National Board has articulated in one or more resolutions its understanding that programming decisions would best be made by a local Program Director collaborating with a local Program Council that is advisory to station management....

whether we elect people or appoint them or allow them to appoint themselves, we seem always to end up with competing factions mostly struggling to push and pull Pacifica away from its founding purposes.

 What's happened is that Pacifica governance consists primarily of two self-selected slates battling each other. So much for "democracy."


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"also think that more transparency needs to be introduced into the system.  Keeping people informed is real work.  Maybe they could go on the radio and explain?....

Thus at Pacifica, the only people who vote are those who are committed activists or angry listeners, or in a few elections, those whose favorite programs are threatened by the cabal that has seized power....

Candidate statements are boilerplate and rarely say anything but the blandest criticisms or encomiums in order to gather the most votes. Just like in governmental elections. And there are few places that explain who these people are, individually....

anyone who follows the instructions and gets on the ballot eventually gets on the board. through attrition. And the politics of the boards change not via election but via attrition, which is ridiculous.. 


Why have a democracy when the losers can control conditions simply by twiddling their thumbs and waiting?....

.....people potentially getting on the board simply by voting for themselves as a write-in. ....

Things started to go wrong when the PNB started to select its own new members by creating "at large" seats and filling them....

Here is an old Salon link from 1999:  https://www.salon.com/1999/10/12/berry/

....a true democracy based on respect and common values & goals. a true democracy based on respect and common values & goals.....

we need talented and expert local and management including program management -- and they won't work for this kind of chaotic organization for long...."


 
 - - - - - -                         YET, yep, ANOTHER too....    

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"why were not [some NY] Forum panels on the air live? Instead the awful Spriing fundraiser droned on and on and on and on. The quality of WBAI broadcasting is on the whole dreadful especially during fundraisers, The quality of management is awful and it shows in what is broadcast on the air."

WBAI and Pacifica have been saved from the greedy clutches of the Empire State Realty Trust. And the yearly Pacifica audits will actually be happening.. 


According to the latest report from our Interim Exe Director. 

Now is the time to revamp WBAI so it is functional as opposed to dysfunctional and so instead of losing audience it is gaining audience.

This requires leadership skills and abilities both ideological and practical way beyond those of the present management team which clearly has to be replaced with skilled and able people
 

...all board members should be required to take some of this kind of training, ...there are other ways to learn about mass media nonprofits, and all the other relevant things I wish I had known when I was on the LSB.....

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"It is repeated as if true: that "All listener-supporters carry weight "


[But not. yet, how we all wish this were true, but is not in our experiences over many many yrs !] .
 

How long is it going to take before they finally grasp the essence of what Lew Hill had in mind?     
Fix this stagnation.   Damn !!! 
 

...but the doors are closed and the rubble is uninviting.... new visionaries are around, but the doors are closed and the rubble remaining  is uninviting to listeners, as seen by audience outflow, loss

we ought to leave identity politics behind in picking a fit Executive Director for Pacifica. 

 
What we need are people to apply who are extremely ready for the position based on their actual degree of appropriate knowledge and experience (not based on their ethnicity, gender or sexual identity). 


Pacifica has suffered from toxic missed-leadership for a long, long time and deserves and desperately needs something better for a change.

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the above writings, words, are intended to INFORM, give more expression than what is carefully controlled by self-serving programmers and their PD too. 


Freedom is not very free if not open to many more than the limited elite, insiders, repeaters= those who are stuck-in-slots that are not changed nor innovative at any Pacifica station - and especially Not at our local KPFK. 

And then the staff there wonder why the audiences stray and take their money away to other stations that are more "balanced" & multi-dimdimensional in  creative thinking - those radio programs that are  moderated not only to the 1 extreme [leftist only]  part of political/social spectrum ? 

Only the playing to the small social segment - meanwhile claiming  they contain OPENness or Freedom or Inclusiveness - but do not. KPFK & connected radio stations are significantly imbalanced - which then leads to mind-less-ness... 

That limited on-air info is NOT assisting us to be multi-cultural, open-minded, or understanding of any and all "others" that we may not directly experience daily etc.


The pre-dominant opinions, slants, spins & guests at KFPK are definitely not very diverse in their alliances or words/ answers, but instead, those voices are selectively chosen to be only the ones who appear to be "victims" or those maybe deemed 'rebels' or acting-out against anything established by others. 

Where are the rest ? 

Where is the actual diversity that would create  EDUCATED factual information?   [that is noted to be  essential in Pacifica's original and holy "mission" but eliminated in actuality - programs & info are barely 'educational' - 

but their on-air words, stories & narratives are spun to create only 1-sided views & opinions -- just like propaganda does also  -- & sales messages also tend to be that way too.

Where is the will to be OPEN to more than 1 extreme side of any topic ? and then to instead  of providing that same-old-1-regularly-repeated-version, give more varied versions :  of the multiple problems, concerns, and current difficulties that we all experience - OUTSIDE of this 1-closed-world-
view- radio.

And now, especially now a days , when words, thoughts, news are heard from Pacifica airways as mostly always limited to promoting just 1 race, 1 political view/ slant, 1 non-religious-spiritual understanding, 1-biased-spin ONLY + 


1-sided-stuck-in-1-spun-mind-set, we are listening elsewhere for reality-checks and fuller dimensions of what we want to KNOW  more about.

and we listeners, donors, stakeholders need:  a wider fuller, broader variety of what is 'news' or 'important to know" -  

But KPFK is not:  broad, not varied, not exploratory, not filling any gaps that we definitely must hear  - in our desire / need to be Open-minded, Informed-citizens, Smart-folk.

Check the KPFK limited-selected programs.... and then wonder what is NOT BEING HEARD OR REVEALED on KPFK ?  

a lot, that is also "Necessary to know and understand" and to be an informed, educated,  public citizen.  
Playing to the extreme and affirming Only 1 limited version of reality is not fair, not just, not good-enough.
                  
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enough of criticisms. Nothing seems to change at a stuck-in-old-lefty-mud and older-only-same-voices are heard on this non-progressing station...

 "progressive" means moving forward, not staying in the same limited programming, same programmers repeating their same msgs and views, and the same repetitive ways of raising monies for maintenance +

 [and loans, lawsuits, attys, and big mistakes - ie. WBAI's recent lawsuit costs !] 

enough to show what is being said elsewhere and re-shared here, reported without having to comment on comments made elsewhere, copied FYI here. 

(c) mj 2018

  

 
 

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Friday, June 1, 2018

KPFK is involved in $$$ loans created by NY's WBAI...still and dangerously still

Many of people long and deeply committed & involved with any of the Pacifica radio stations have been concerned and affected by the rental problems incurred at WBAI - NY station that resulted in all stations being indebted, some mortgaged and others remaining worried about repayments of judgements, debts and moving 'forward' if that is possible at all...


here, below,  are a few quotes. selected... used in group emails that are not given to plagiarize or to criticize -  but copied here Only To Emphasize the basic information, concerns, messages as read. No names are made to keep privacy and confidentiality as best practice, and to not reveal what others' write w/o their given permission if so named, or identified.

Please do not copy/paste these -  but just read to learn from those who have been thu many trials and errors and problems with their experiences at any Pacifica station and we can only Learn from their concerns & know-how.  
                                
                                                
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"...but the clock is ticking...Immediate obvious change must start.... 
It is not clear how much change will start to repair the decades of damage ..?We need to be very flexible ....

"...I know I favor whole sale sacking...But that is my opinion...I have had enough of the politically correct bullshit from those who practically nobody listening to them.....

"...The drive time slots need the first massive change and that is especially true for the am slots... A burst of positive energy would do well but I know that any change will cause mini and macro jihads..So what?

"...These shows have collectively failed to strategize their existence and figure out how to monetize their support for decades....

"...The acrimony is attendant at every meeting and is ALWAYS terrible, the constant threats of sanctions and trials, etc. your group uses was awful, unequally applied in a factional fashion and people who by any proper measure should have recused themselves in some matters, NEVER have.  


"...You and your group are so bent on control at any cost, that even if you got your way, it would never be representative of the listeners and membership (you know/the actual owners of Pacifica) could never be properly served or even truly considered, much less consulted and heeded.  That's an utter and complete failure."

[someone wrote may 28,2018  - asking Questions, that dont get answered nor responded to either]


"...Are you aware that the current PNB is the legal epresentative of Pacifica?  They will just take to court anyone who tries to throw them out.  More court cases that Pacifica does not need.

"...It is easier to throw bricks than to figure out how to make a wall with them.

"...There is also the fact that the PNB is violating its own policy by not sending financial issues to the NFC for an evaluation. Apparently the PNB has decided that it can just pass financial motions and create new policies that affect Pacifica's finances without any input from the NFC..
 


"...Given how dysfunctionally the PNB operates that is not a good idea. And the PNB is passing motions that may not be legal because they violate pre-existing Pacifica policy. Just because people on the PNB forget what policies or motions were adopted in the past, or never knew about them in the first place, does not wipe out the fact that those policies and motions exist, and are in force.

"...There needs to be a historical understanding and a fact based contemporary grasp of the metrics How much money is being brought in per show Per hour How have the Arbitron numbers evolved What is the impact practically on diversifying the various reception modalities per show and per station.

"...How does each show embrace or not embrace new technology What is the practical impact on audience reach and growth If many of the stations have such low audience numbers what does that mean ?

"...There was a relative absence of questioning of the quality of the programming since these issues and how they relate to fiscal stability were absent Hinted at but absent...

"... there is nothing to advertise if we cannot sustain the offering and quality advertised.

"...And without a radical change in leadership at, absent any renewed programming and attention to the audience we want to reach, and without a forensic audit of our finances and a radical overhaul of the “membership” lists, advertising may even be counterproductive.  Dirty laundry, and all that.  


"...The question is, who is going to lead the reform movement

and more too, read as much as is interesting or convenient or informative:


"...These are not  "normal " times. If Pacifica is going to prevail, austerity must be established as a key program to generate money to pay what must be paid and upon which all activities may be focused.  "...This would include pared down, austere budgets to free up funds to pay back any loan or to pay other things that haven't been getting paid that must be paid."...Neither the ED nor the CFO have been pushing for "budgets or austerity". They've been pushing for the organization to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The PNB has been pushing for a loan collateralize by real estate.
 

"...Leadership begins with a competent PNB. It's their job and nobody else's to lead the Pacifica foundation.. If they drag along and don't do the necessary positive steps to save Pacifica then those who would place blame, must place it squarely on the PNB.PNB action long overdue !!

 

"...PNB elected [a] Director from WPFW, as protem Chair, including all powers of the chair.... She replaces [another person..but..] The responsibility for the lease from hell lies with the four KPFT LSB reps who served in 2004 and 2005 (and the four KPFA reps and the four WPFW reps and the four WBAI reps and the four KPFK reps and the 2 affiliate reps) and didn't stop the train wreck.
 

"...While its handy to be able to disassociate oneself, the reality is that the democratic governance in which all of you participated stuck WBAI with this lease and therefore it is a shared responsibility to figure a way through it. 

"...There are some promising loan possibilities, and while a signal swap can't be off the table, and shouldn't be, the short-term issue is getting the summary judgment paid off and getting the audit done so all the Pacifica stations do not lose their tax exemption this spring."

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Please understand the purpose of this blog is an attempt to help OPEN, be honest, more TRANSPARENT of what is going on with the radio station, with it's network Pacifica under whom all 5 stations refer, obey, follow the bylaws [not always but can be called on to do so, without much legitimized enforcement to do so..sadly ].

There seems to be a lot of negatives, criticisms, and concerns here -- as there are in all Pacifica's discussion groups, meetings, Board meetings, gossip when away from station, or at  radio locations by volunteers [while staff remain rigidly stiff and non-disclosing as if gagged or censored  - but maybe staff are being careful to keep t heir paid positions w/o admitting nutin]

the intent is to REVEAL and ADMIT what can be learned ...as these claims of being "Your radio station" is repeated but never obvious as there is no feedback allowed at or to any stations, by anyone not visiting an LSB meeting  -

 [as public-member only 1-2 min is allowed to address the LSB present and no replies, acknowledgements or evidence of being heard appears there or then or even later ...so it seems one speaks into a dead microphone with no one present caring what a mere  "public" concerned donor has to say. Yep. Been there, done that, repeatedly and saw & experienced same scene & effect ]

We always suggest that any reader here contact the radio station directly, by phone, or visit, or email and hope -demand ! - a reply or at least an acknowledgment of that effort on your part.

www.KPFK.org      tel. (818) 985-2711        or go to:
       
3729 Cahuenga Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604  = KPFK 90.7FM,
their Address - easily found with directions on their websites [no public parking tho -barely available ] 
                                 
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Any fake personnel claims of being "too busy" or "you are not paying us enough in donations so don't deserve a reply or our attention " is the common assumption on the silence mostly encountered.

KPFK is claiming "non profit" but that does not mean "non-commercial" as at interminable pledge drives- begathons- pleas & demands for More Money !!!! - and repeated incessantly are  infomercials or overt commercial sales pitches  - promoting, selling, advertising by any other euphamistic word - promoting  some stuff  is worse than commercial TV or AM radio stations do..and that also  makes other donors ashamed  - to be connected with KPFK at all if that is what the announcers/sellers there claim is their preferred way to get maintenance funds

...oh well, more on that later....

(c) btt 2018

 





 



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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Media coverage of Pacifica's financial crisis, listed here.

More mass media articles about the recent financial threats and temporary solutions to insure the survival of Pacifica have appeared that many readers have missed or not read.

So they are copied as links here for anyone's scanning the News from a more reporterly medium that is hardly available on any of the 5 radio stations. See these below.

Where all the [hopefully] 'facts' and admitted-opinions come from are not often or always revealed.  

Thus the assumption is that info repeated are mainly or from probably the limited press releases coming from the Pacifica Exe Director, or their staff there.

However,we hope there are other more neutral and less biased or slanted resources, with hard questions asked, and actual data inspected and fact-checking done! 

Otherwise there are divisions and factions that prefer or attack whatever temporary stories and what are "solutions" before going 'under' occurs. And each wants to claim Only They know what is RIGHT and best, of course. Each and everyone claims the same adjectives, but with differing verbs and nouns though. 

Who is on which 'side' and who decides or creates the majority of cronies and allies is not often described nor defined - nor even admitted.  

As was the question of 'if we do bankruptcy' or not. How long can the loan leniencies continue before some inabilities to repay those loans and interests occur ? 

             
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These links are here offered to insure that more sites are pointing to any real Reporting  - as it is called by Journalists who are paid & employed to do just that instead of justifying,  propagandizing, defending or attacking & blaming others for problems created by the very same people who have been in power at Pacifica.

This may be not only the various [6 in 4 yrs ? ] Exe Directors - but mostly the Pacifica National Board that consists of 4 members of each of their 5 radio stations' Local Station Boards nationwide. 

Chose what to read or what to ignore, until more factual, honest, accountable information - that is not manufactured or guessed or slanted comes out,if it does.
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Radio Broadcaster Pacifica Teeters on Edge of Bankruptcy - WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/.../radio-broadcaster-pacifica-teeters-on-edge-of-bankruptcy-1514...
Jan 2, 2018 - Nonprofit Pacifica Foundation might be edging toward bankruptcy as it struggles to pay a $1.8 million judgment over missed lease payments for its Empire ... for its antenna on the Empire State Building, seen above, in New York. Photo: Peter Foley for The Wall Street Journal. By. Becky Yerak. Updated Jan.

Yerak's Take: Radio Broadcaster Pacifica Puts Bankruptcy Talk on ...

https://www.wsj.com/.../radio-broadcaster-pacifica-puts-bankruptcy-talk-on-back-burner...
Yerak's Take: Radio Broadcaster Pacifica Puts Bankruptcy Talk on Back Burner. Nonprofit will try to get loans to pay $1.8 million it owes to Empire State Realty Trust. By. Becky Yerak. Jan. 4, 2018 1:25 p.m. ET. To read the full story, Join Now or Sign In · Join Now Sign In ...

Yerak's Take: Pacifica Insiders Question Loan - WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/yeraks-take-pacifica-insiders-question-loan-1523562792
Yerak's Take: Pacifica Insiders Question Loan. CFO, general counsel say radio broadcaster's plan to pay off landlord doesn't address how new debt will be repaid. By. Becky Yerak. April 12, 2018 3:53 p.m. ET. To read the full story, Join Now or Sign In · Join Now Sign In ...

Pacifica Approves Using Los Angeles Building to Back Loan - WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/.../pacifica-approves-using-los-angeles-building-to-back-loan-1516...
Pacifica Approves Using Los Angeles Building to Back Loan. Radio broadcaster seeks to avoid bankruptcy, pay $1.8 million judgment with loan. By. Becky Yerak. Jan. 22, 2018 10:59 a.m. ET. To read the full story, Join Now or Sign In · Join Now Sign In ...

Radio Broadcaster Pacifica Announces Settlement With Empire State ...

https://www.wsj.com/.../radio-broadcaster-pacifica-announces-settlement-with-empire-sta...
Radio Broadcaster Pacifica Announces Settlement With Empire State Building Landlord. Nonprofit owner of New York's WBAI station says $1.8 million court judgment will be paid off with loan with no payments due for 18 months. By. Becky Yerak. April 6, 2018 12:56 p.m. ET. To read the full story, 

and elsewhere:

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New York – The Pacifica Foundation announced today the settlement on a series of agreements that release WBAI, the organization's New York radio station, from a court judgment as well as the last two years of its lease at the Empire State Building as of May 31, 2018. The Foundation is also in the final stages of ...

Berkeley-based Pacifica Radio gets loan to fend ... - The Mercury News

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/.../berkeley-based-pacifica-radio-gets-loan-to-fe...
PUBLISHED: January 15, 2018 at 4:55 pm | UPDATED: January 16, 2018 at 4:32 am. The Pacifica Foundation, a Berkeley-based community radio network that includes the progressive radio station KPFA, has been offered a $2 million loan to pay off part of its debts, easing fears that its assets will be seized. “The good news ...

Pacifica seeks loan to avoid bankruptcy | Current

https://current.org/2018/01/pacifica-seeks-loan-to-avoid-bankruptcy/
Jan 16, 2018 - By Tyler Falk, Assistant Editor | January 16, 2018 ... The Pacifica Foundation is seeking a loan to avoid bankruptcy and seizure of its assets. ... Pacifica is at risk of asset seizure following a judgment in October that ordered the network to pay $1.8 million in back rent plus interest to the Empire State Realty ...

LA Community Radio Station KPFK-90.7 FM Defies Death Again—For ...

https://www.ocweekly.com/http-www-villagevoice-com-news-kpfk-la-stays-on-the-air...
Jan 12, 2018 - The foundation looked into a possible loan in November to payoff the ESRT judgement but found it would have defaulted under the terms on the very first day, a fact that would have triggered a foreclosure on LA's paid-off North Hollywood building, which also houses the Pacifica Radio Archives on its ...

Berkeley's free-form, leftist KPFA on the brink again — and this time ...

https://www.sfchronicle.com/.../Berkeley-s-KPFA-on-the-brink-again-but-this-124737...
Jan 4, 2018 - After nearly 70 years on the air and on the brink, Berkeley-based KPFA-FM could be facing the end of its run as a pioneering, proudly left-wing radio outlet. There is some irony in the fact that after labor disputes, strikes and other controversies in the years since its founding in 1949, the station whose motto is ...

Pacifica to file for bankruptcy? | LBO News from Doug Henwood

https://lbo-news.com/2017/12/28/pacifica-to-file-for-bankruptcy/
Dec 28, 2017 - WHEREAS, if Pacifica Foundation fails to file a petition for bankruptcy reorganization pursuant to Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on or before Friday, January 5, 2018, in California, and Empire State records an Abstract of Judgment on Monday, January 8, 2018, it will create a Judgment Lien which ...
 

San Francisco Bay View » KPFA Radio put at risk by $1.8 million ...

sfbayview.com/.../kpfa-radio-put-at-risk-by-1-8-million-judgment-against-pacifica-fo...
Dec 28, 2017 - Interviewed on the news broadcast was Pacifica Interim Executive Director Bill Crosier, who stated that the Pacifica Foundation is in peril with debt totaling over $8 million. KPFA may shut down on Jan. 8, 2018, if the dispute with ESRT is not resolved, Crosier said, adding that nothing has been paid to ESRT ...

Truthdig

https://www.truthdig.com/.../pacifica-radio-loses-1-8-million-lawsuit-empire-state-realt...
Oct 5, 2017 - Bad news for radio powered by the people. On Wednesday, Pacifica lost a lawsuit filed by Empire State Realty Trust. According to WBAI—one of five independent, listener-supported radio stations owned and operated by the Pacifica Foundation—the dispute was over rent to house WBAI's transmitter at the ...


 If other investigative, not-directed reporting has been done for the public and all Pacifica-members consumption is found, please add it on here too. 

(c) mj 2018


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