Dec. 2: Special Day-Long Broadcast from Pacifica

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National Simulcast on Pacifica Network radio stations to benefit the Pacifica Radio Archives

KPFA-94.1 FM in Berkeley and KFCF 88.1 FM Fresno,
KPFK-90.7 FM in Los Angeles,
WBAI-99.5 FM in New York,
KPFT-90.1 FM in Houston, and
WPFW-89.3 FM in Washington D.C.

Considered by many historians and scholars to be one of the most important audio collections in the world, thousands of tapes in the Los Angeles-based Pacifica Radio Archives are in danger of permanent damage caused by aging. Internationally recognized sound preservation experts have advised Pacifica to conduct an immediate review of the endangered tapes and to transfer them to new mediums, such as digital audio.


9:00 AM EST
Remembering Malcolm X:
Amy Goodman (NY) hosts a special Democracy Now! with guest Professor Manning Marable

10:00 AM EST
The Civil Rights Movement:
Host Ambrose Lane (WPFW) features clips of James Baldwin, Fannie Lou Hamer, Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry. Special Guest to be announced

11:00 AM EST
The Rise of the Right:
Sonali Kolhatkar (KPFK) hosts along with Brian DeShazor (PRA Director)
Featuring Howard Zinn and Chip Berlet.

12:00 PM EST
Remembering Malcolm X:
Democracy Now! (Repeat)

1:00 PM EST
Music, Tradition and Revolution, Part 1:
Howard and Roz Larman (KPFK) join Mark Torres (PRA Senior Producer) Guests: Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne. Features Pete Seeger, Malvena Reynolds, Phil Ochs, Woody Guthrie and Joan Baez.

2:00 PM EST
Music, Tradition and Revolution, Part 2:
Howard and Roz Larman (KPFK) join Mark Torres (PRA Senior Producer) and Guest: Buffy Saint Marie.

3:00 PM EST
A Survivors Guide to a Post 9/11 World:
Host Larry Bensky (KPFA) presents the most important speeches and interviews since 9/11/2002: Johan Galtung, Noam Chomsky, Edward Said, Angela Davis and more.

4:00 PM EST
"It Can't Happen Here" Sinclaire Lewis' play for radio
Hosts Susan Stone (KPFA) and Brian DeShazor welcome Victor Navasky editor of The Nation Magazine. Featuring a new recording Lewis’ dystopian work that pointed out in 1935 the dangers of German and Italian Fascism by transplanting the movement to the USA.

5:00 PM EST
Literature and Poetry
Host Jerry Quickley (KPFK) features recordings of Dylan Thomas, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Pauline Kael, Kenneth Rexroth and Richard Pryor. Guests: Poet Grace Cavalieri

6:00 PM EST
Her-story and Pacifica
Hosted by an illustrious group of women you will hear the recorded voices of Bella Abzug, Dr. Helen Caldicott and key moments in the Women’s Movement.

7:00 PM EST
Say It Loud New Songs for Peace
Host Mark Torres (PRA Senior Producer) and Davy D (KPFA) spin songs featuring the spoken word from the Pacifica Radio Archives collection with original music.

8:00 PM EST
Repeat Top Hour

9:00 PM EST
Adopt-A-Tape
Hosts Brian DeShazor (PRA Director), Mark Torres (PRA Senior Producer) and Steven Starr (Independent Media) welcome guest Dolores Huerta and features recordings rescued by PRA’s Preservation and Access Project: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Paul Robeson, Frank Lloyd Wright, Simone de Beauvoir, Studs Terkel and more.