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• October 7, 2019

  WBAI/New York Shuts Down Local Programming, Airs National Pacifica Feed

  

  PACIFICA noncommercial Variety WBAI/NEW YORK, beset by long-term financial problems, has pulled the plug on local programming and has switched to carrying a national PACIFICA feed. In a message sent to producers and posted on TWITTER by show … more »

• January 2, 2019

  Stations Sold In Michigan, Tennessee, Texas

  

  KMB BROADCASTING, LLC is selling News-Talk WDBC-A and Country WYKX (KX COUNTRY 104.7)/ESCANABA, MI and the construction permit for W233CT/ESCANABA to AURORA MEDIA, LLC for $400,000 ($60,000 deposit, $240,000 cash, $100,000 promissory note) plus a time … more »

• October 10, 2018

  Maxie Jackson Named Exec. Dir. Of Pacifica Foundation

  

  The PACIFICA FOUNDATION has named former IDEASTREAM noncommercial News-Talk WCPN/CLEVELAND Station Manager MAXIE JACKSON as Exec. Dir., reports CURRENT. JACKSON, who left WCPN in JULY after four years and is a former Pres./CEO of the NATIONAL FEDERATION … more »

• September 20, 2018

  KQED/San Francisco VP/GM Jo Anne Wallace To Retire In November

  

  KQED, INC. News-Talk KQED-F/SAN FRANCISCO VP/GM JO ANNE WALLACE has announced her retirement from the station, effective in late NOVEMBER. WALLACE plans to serve as a consultant for public radio stations after her retirement from KQED. WALLACE joined … more »

• June 7, 2018

  FCC Names 27 Qualified Bidders For FM Translator Auction 83

  

  The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Media Bureau have identified the 27 applicants qualified to bid on 33 new construction permits in FM translator Auction 83.  The auction is scheduled to start on JUNE 21st. The qualified bidders: … more »

• April 5, 2018

  Pacifica Settles With Empire State Building Owners, Will Move To 4 Times Square

  

  The PACIFICA FOUNDATION has settled the suit brought against it by landlord EMPIRE STATE REALTY TRUST, the owners of the EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, that releases PACIFICA from a court judgment against it over nonpayment of its lease of transmitter space for … more »

• January 24, 2018

  Tom Livingston Named Interim Executive Director Of Pacifica

  

  In a closed-session meeting last THURSDAY (1/18), the PACIFICA FOUNDATION's National Board named public media consulting firm LIVINGSTON ASSOCIATES Founder/CEO TOM LIVINGSTON as Interim Executive Director while the embattled noncommercial broadcast … more »

• January 16, 2018

  Pacifica Offered Bridge Loan To Pay Some Debt, Aid Battle Against Creditors

  

  The PACIFICA FOUNDATION has once again dodged financial disaster that threatened to shut down the organization's radio stations, obtaining a $2 million loan to pay some of its $8 million in debts, including $1.8 million owed to its transmitter space … more »

• October 5, 2017

  WBAI/New York Loses Lawsuit Against Empire State Building

  

  A judge has ruled against PACIFICA FOUNDATION noncommercial Variety WBAI/NEW YORK and THE PACIFICA FOUNDATION in a dispute with its EMPIRE STATE BUILDING landlord. WBAI took to it's website to explain to listeners, "More than $1.8 million. … more »

• February 13, 2017

  Pacifica Replaces Interim Executive Director Lydia Brazon With Bill Crosier

  

  The embattled PACIFICA FOUNDATION has replaced interim Executive Director LYDIA BRAZON with WILLIAM (BILL) CROSIER, a PACIFICA board member and former board Chair and President of the HOUSTON PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER.  The move, made during a … more »