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Nearly Half a Million Spent During KPFA Lockout
The Pacifica Foundation spent nearly $500,000 to hire armed security guards and a public relations firm during a prolonged showdown with employees radio station KPFA. SF Chronicle.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...
A Fight - Berkeley-Style - Over Radio's Future
A lockout at the oldest public radio station spurs concern that a crusading liberal voice will be silenced. Christian Science Monitor.
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/08/0...
The Coup at KPFA
Article in the Revolutionary Worker on Pacifica's attempted take over of KPFA and the activism in opposition.
http://www.rwor.org/a/v21/1010-019/1015/kp...
Hundreds Protest for KPFA After Tussle on the Air
KPFA sits boarded up and padlocked. Pacifica's national management put KPFA's entire staff on administrative leave and filled its air with archival material. Current Online.
http://www.current.org/rad/rad913p.html
Love Underground Vision Radio - Coverage of KPFA Protest
Audio files of the 1999 protests and teach-ins against the Pacifica Network at Berkeley's KPFA radio station. (requires RealAudio player)
http://www.eroplay.com/kpfa/index.html
Berkeley KPFA Radio Staff Won Battle, But War Goes On
When Pacifica Foundation returned control of the radio station KPFA to staff , it lifted its "gag rule," but also left staff with an ultimatum to increase diversity and audience size. Sacramento Bee.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/news/old/local0...
Pacifica Board Ousts KPFA Staff
KPFA's entire staff was ejected from the radio station's building, and riot police were called in to forcibly disperse a crowd estimated at 500 protesters gathered in support. Pigdog Journal.
http://www.pigdog.org/auto/jabber_streams/...
Dennis Bernstein: How I Was Arrested on the Air
Dennis Bernstein's article in CounterPunch on his arrest at KPFA.
http://www.counterpunch.org/bernstein.html
Pacifica Reopens KPFA but Discusses its Sale
Pacifica opens KPFA's doors, staffers continue protest and two board members confirm that Pacifica may sell Berkeley station. Current Magazine.
http://www.current.org/rad/rad914p.html
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