Article by Irene.
Last updated at Fri, 4 May at 8:15pm.

Once again, big telecoms are under fire for tentative agreements, this time through a proposed transaction between Verizon Wireless, C

Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Wed, 4 Apr at 2:20am.

Community groups that want to use the airwaves to reach local audiences suddenly have a new opportunity, thanks to some esoteric rulings by the Federal Communications Commission in late March.

Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Thu, 11 Nov at 8:19am.

KPFA has decided to cut The Morning Show, their most popular production and one that has brought in 25% of their donations, according to Aaron Glantz, who published an essay on Huffington Post last night.  Glantz writes: "It's unclear why Pacifica's Executive Director Arlene Engelhardt would make such a move, which is guaranteed to lose the network's flagship station both listeners and dollars, while simultaneously undercutting its very reason for existence."  He goes on to question whether the on-point discussion of issues like the Mehserle sentencing and the debate between Kamala Harris and Steve Cooley, the candidates for California Attorney General are the reason Engelhardt swung the axe on staffers Aimee Allison, Brian Edwards-Tiekert, Laura Prives and Esther Manilla .

Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Fri, 27 Aug at 11:47am.

The Mission of the KPFA Apprenticeship Program is to provide comprehensive broadcast, technical, and administrative skills training as a means to build community and empower our participants to tell their own stories.

Blog entry by Pamela Drake.
Last updated at Fri, 12 Feb at 8:20am.

I’ve been a listener and contributor to KPFA for as many years as I’ve lived in the East Bay, since 1973.  I’ve just recently taken a more active role as a member of the Local Station Board and am becoming ever more aware of the problems inherent in the running of a radio station that is sponsored solely by listener contributions and run by a small contingent of paid staff and volunteers.