Talk:Pacifica Radio

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why is this page a stub? --Diftong 14:55, 2 Jan 2004 (UTC)

It isn't, but it used to be - and nobody has been bothered to remove the notice yet. Morwen 14:58, Jan 2, 2004 (UTC)

Why isn't it Pacifica Radio Network? A-giau 02:06, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Mexico?

Why has this been designated a "Mexico broadcasting stubs" and categorized among "Mexico radio networks"? I don't see any indication that they have stations in Mexico. -Willmcw 20:26, July 23, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Leftist? which is?

Perhaps my concern is unfounded and inexperienced, but doesn't saying "left" seem lazy and superficial? Surely we can cite KPFK's more prominent issues and topics as opposed to just saying "it's left." I'm concerned more with the larger habit of labeling so many articles in this database with politically stereotyped names. Let the facts speak for themselves.

[edit] don't forget KFCF in Fresno

88.1 fm in Fresno is the central valley's home to pacifica.

There are only 5 stations chartered as Pacifica stations. Many other community, college, and public broadcasting stations also carry some Pacifica programming, but this does not make them a Pacifica station. Bhuston 04:39, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How can we expand this page?

Any ideas?--Jersey Devil 03:48, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing History?

I'm rather surprised to not find the history of the KPFK lockout, the KPFT bombings, the hostile takeover of the Pacifica Board, and the listener lawsuit. Bhuston 04:43, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Whitewash

This article reads like a PR release by a supporter. It should discuss the historic role of Pacifica as a communist front organization, and it's widely criticised and controversial funding by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Pacifica is simply not a politically active liberal public radio outlet. KPFK/Pacifica admits all day long every day that it is a radical, revolutionary, Marxist activist organizational hub. It partners with International ANSWER and Code Pink at rallies; praises Seattle anarchists, the "LA Rebellion", and car burning eco-terrorists; campaigns for Green, Socialist, and Peace & Freedom candidates; lauds Castro and Chavez; is pro-Palestinian to the point of anti-Semitism; officially promotes 9-11 conspiracy theorists; for four years referred to Bush as "President-Select Bush" in it's "news" stories; and broadcasts revolutionary rhetoric from cop-killer Mumia Abu Jamal. It represents the radical extreme of leftist activism. And it receives million annually from the CPB, and payes no taxes. One preacher campaigns for a candidate and the IRS investigates the church's tax free status, but Pacifica remains tax-free and publicly-funded despite strident and partisan political organizing and advocacy. None of this controversy gets one word of attention here. By sin of omission, this article makes Pacifica sound like Air America. It's degrees of magnitude more controversial and revolution-oriented than that, and there is a world of criticism which needs to be cited. 204.13.195.226 19:27, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Please read WP:NPOV and WP:SOAP. Furthermore for future purposes please do not vandalize my user page as you did here. Thank you.--Jersey Devil 01:30, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:KPFKlogo.jpg

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[edit] A little help needed

I just finished reformatting the "National Board" table. However, try as I might (tried everything I could think of), I was unable to come up with the "magic code" to close off that section and keep the next section ("See also") from intruding/overlapping. Can anyone point out the solution? (I'm sure there must be one.) Cgingold 12:16, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

It looks like a mess. Might as well just revert it back to how it was before.--Jersey Devil 12:39, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
I just moved the table back to the history section. The way it was made the article look really bad....sorry. By all means if you can find a better way to put it feel free to change it.--Jersey Devil 09:24, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Nice, Emerson fixed it. It looks good now.--Jersey Devil 19:34, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Early History

I'd like to see this entry fleshed out with more extensive history prior to the 1990s (putting it in its historical perspective from the 1940s, etc.) MariaMitchell (talk) 20:03, 30 January 2008 (UTC)