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Donate your Car, Boat, R/V, motorcycle or ANY vehicle to KPFK! Call 877-KPFK-AUTO (877-573-5288) and we'll take care of everything! Turn that clunker into a donation to KPFK!
CicLAvia—South LA December 3, 2023 9am-3pm
CicLAvia—South LA presented by Metro December 3, 2023 9am-3pm
New Season, New Theater 2023-2024 Season CAP UCLA Introducing The Nimoy Theater
New Season, New Theater 2023-2024 Season CAP UCLA - Concerts At Royce Hall, The Theatre at Ace Hotel, + the UCLA Nimoy Theater
Upcoming December 2023 Shows At Catalina Jazz Club In Hollywood!
Steve Gadd Dec 7-10, David Benoit Dec 15th, Jane Monheit Dec. 17th More info catalinajazzclub.com
Casa 0101 is proud to present CORINA: From Lap Dance to Sundance November 17-December 17, 2023
Casa 0101 is proud to present CORINA: From Lap Dance to Sundance, an original play written by Corina Calderon Nov 17 - Dec 17, 2023
Ablaye Cissoko And Cyrille Brotto Saturday January 20, 2024 Live At The UCLA Nimoy Theater
Ablaye Cissoko And Cyrille Brotto Saturday January 20, 2024 8pm Live At The UCLA Nimoy Theater
Santana's Greatest Hits Live: House Of Blues Las Vegas November 2023-May 2024
An Intimate Evening With Santana: Greatest Hits Live November 2023-May 2024

December Fund Drive

KPFK's December Fund Drive is now on
Call (818) 985-5735 - (818) 985-KPFK to pledge now or click HERE

Changes in the Programming Schedule starting this week

Changes in KPFK's Programming Schedule

Thanks to everyone who donated to support the Pacifica Radio Archives during Wednesday's day-long special programming that aired on all five Pacifica stations nationally, produced by the PRA. With that behind us, some planned changes in the programming grid are taking place.

Democracy Now! has moved back to 8 AM, Monday-Friday. We are running Informativo Pacifica, KPFK's daily Spanish-language newscast at 6 AM for the early-rising Spanish-speaking community, followed by half-hour public affairs programming, including Counterspin on Mondays at 6:30 (a more reasonable hour), Making Contact on Tuesdays, Economic Update with Richard Wolff on Wednesdays, Building Bridges with Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash on Thursdays, and the Laura Flanders show on Fridays at 6:30 AM.

Eric Mann with Voices from the Frontlines has moved to Fridays at 7 AM, and the other morning-mix radio magazine programs have mostly gone to other places on the programming schedule. Alternative Radio from David Barsamian is airing at 10 AM Fridays, and Working Voices, our labor oriented program moved to 5 PM on Tuesdays when more working people can listen after work. Scholars Circle is back onto the daytime airwaves, Mondays from 1-2 PM.

Radio Insurrection with Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane has moved from morning to evening drive time, Thursdays at 5 PM, and La Raza Radio is on Friday at 4 PM after the Pocho Hour of Power.

Access Unlimited, KPFK's award winning disability rights and resources program, has returned to our airwaves with Jolie Mason, one of the original trio of hosts, and Tamara Johnson. Vanessa Ramos and others from Disability Rights California are also involved. That airs Thursday from 1-2 PM. Health Care 4 US moved its biweekly show into that same health-oriented hour, alternating on the 2nd and 4th Mondays with Expansion Zone from Sonia Barrett.

StrikeLine with Dan Navarro has wrapped up this week with the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike with a finale episode, and California Solartopia is back on our airwaves at that hour, Wednesday at 5 PM. Capitalism Race and Democracy's new spot is Tuesdays at 7 PM. CinemaScore with John Santana will run Sundays at 5 PM with orchestral music from the movies and interviews with film composers except the first Sunday of the month, when Maggie Le Pique's Profiles air. There are additional changes that will be occurring, so please check the online schedule which is updated regularly.

Let us know what you thin about these changes and about other programming you'd like to hear on KPFK. Email comments@kpfk.org.

Programming Highlights

Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, December 5 at 1:00 pm, Special Guest Harry Shearer
Phil and Ted welcome comedian Harry Shearer, the hardest working man in show business. Harry discusses his long career beginning as a child actor on the Jack Benny Show, to Spinal Tap and his many voices on The Simpsons. Harry talks about his long running radio show, LeShow, how he performs his many voice impressions and shares some of his radio comedy work. Also featured are comedy sketches by the Firesign Theatre.
LA Theatre Works, Sunday Dec. 3 at 10:00 pm, Neil Simon's "Prisoner of Second Avenue" starring Marsha Mason and Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss and Marsha Mason star as a middle-aged couple nearing their wits’ end in an Upper East Side apartment. Reprising their roles from the hit revival in London’s West End, Dreyfuss and Mason are perfect foils for the everyday anxieties that can so easily dominate life in the big city.

Democracy Now Newsfeed

The Case Against Henry Kissinger: War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody on Kissinger's Legacy of "Slaughter"
Former U.S. secretary of state and national security adviser Henry Kissinger has died at the age of 100. He leaves behind a legacy of American statecraft that brought war, covert intervention and mass atrocities to Southeast Asia, South Asia and South America. “Few people have had a hand in so much death and destruction,” says our guest, human rights attorney and war crimes prosecutor Reed Brody. By some accounts, Kissinger was responsible for the deaths of at least 3 million people. We focus today on Kissinger’s actions in Cambodia, Bangladesh (previously East Pakistan) and East Timor, where, Brody argues, Kissinger ordered and oversaw U.S. actions that would make him “liable for war crimes.” Brody also discusses the International Criminal Court and the ongoing war in Gaza.
Resumed Bombing of Gaza Will Be Crushing to Palestinian Students Shot in Vermont, Says Victim's Mother
We speak with the mother of Hisham Awartani, one of the three 20-year-old Palestinian college students who were shot last weekend in Burlington, Vermont, in a suspected hate crime. Elizabeth Price traveled from her home in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank to see her son, who is still hospitalized in Burlington. He was shot in the spine and, while in stable condition, now faces an immediate loss of mobility. Price shares how her son’s “resilience” and “brotherhood” with his childhood best friends who are the other survivors of the shooting, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ali Ahmad, have been an integral part of his recovery. She also emphasizes that had Awartani been shot in Palestine, “he would have been dead in prison or thrown somewhere in a medical facility without the support to recover from this.” We also discuss life under occupation in the West Bank, U.S. displays of solidarity with Palestinians, and the media narrative surrounding the shooter’s motives. Of the three young men’s commitment to highlighting the larger picture of Israeli oppression of Palestine, Price says that “the fact that the Israelis have started bombarding again in the Gaza Strip is something that will crush them more than their injuries.”

CODEPINK every Mon from 4-5pm on KPFK

Peace Activists Say to Hollywood "Pro-Palestine is Love"

The BradBlog

Biden Gets the Lead Out, and Other Examples of 'Exactly What the Government Should be Doing': 'BradCast' 11/30/2023
We've got an unusually large amount of somewhat encouraging environmental-related news on today's BradCast. We apologize in advance. Don't worry. It's not all good. Among today's stories... More than 40 inches of snow fell on parts of the Northeast over the past two days. Desi Doyen explains why that may --- or may not be (though probably [...]
'Green News Report' - November 30, 2023
Follow @GreenNewsReport... (Or use "Click here to listen..." link below.) IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: 'Unprecedented' heat waves set all-time high national records in Brazil and South Africa; Commercial jet the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean powered by waste fat and sugar, not fossil fuels; PLUS: President Biden touts booming clean energy jobs, manufacturing in MAGA [...]

Sonali Kolhatkar can normally be heard Tuesdays at 4:00 PM on KPFK. During the Fund Drives please check the RisingUP Website for the latest episodes.

Rising Up With Sonali

Why Is There a Fossil Fuel Boom Under Biden?
A new report by Oil Change International analyzes emissions under the Inflation Reduction Act and finds that it is worsening climate change and exacerbating environmental justice.
The Voting Rights Act Was Weakened Again - Now What?
A federal court has just struck down a key aspect of the Voting Rights Act.

Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod

Currently heard Tuesday at 7am on KPFK
Archives of the program can be found HERE

KPFK's Rebel Alliance News

KPFK's Rebel Alliance News is our nightly weekday English-language locally produced newscast, your uncensored source of progressive news, information and commentary, with international, national, state-wide and local coverage. Interim news director Ziri Rideaux has recruited a team of unpaid newsgatherers, reporters, commentators and anchors to cover local, state, national and international news, including Angela Birdsong, Jack Kennedy, Polina Vasiliev, Ann Garrison, Don DeBar, Dan Nowman, Marcy Winograd and others. We are looking for more beat reporters and volunteer stringers from OC, San Diego, and covering local government, housing and policing issues in Southern California including LA City and County and other municipalities. Email news@kpfk.org

KPFK LSB, CAB Info and Committee Schedule

CLICK HERE FOR KPFK LOCAL STATION BOARD INFORMATION AND NEWS

Pacifica National Board and Local Station Board meetings, as well as those of their committees can be found here:

Pacifica Foundation Info can be found on the foundation's website at www.pacifica.org.

The Pacifica National Board (PNB) can be reached by email at PNB@pacifica.org.

The Local Station Board (LSB) can be reached by email at LSB@kpfk.org.

2022-2026 KPFK CAB MEMBER ROSTER

Marcus Avila, Male Latino, realtor

Joe Ayala, Male Latino/Iranian, labor leader, co-host Working Voices

John Donner Male, Caucasian Retired, former reporter,

Kelly Flores Female, Latina K-12 Educator, UTLA member

Tsukuru Fors, Trans, Japanese political activist

Melvin Ishmael Johnson Male, African American, Playwright

Stephan Klein Male, Latin, Caucasian, General contractor, Realtor

Chancee Martorell Female, Thai, Executive Director non-profit

Dan McCrory (chair) Male, Caucasian; former labor leader, retired telecom worker, PBS CAB member,

Sylvester Rivers Male, African American, musician, radio producer (co-host Cut to the Chase)

Ruth Sanchez Female, Latina Educator

Dr. Ruth Strauss LSB liaison physician

David Tokofsky Male, Caucasian Teacher, Former LAUSD board member

Analisa Venolia (Vice Chair) Female, Latina Graduate student

Pacifica National Board Motions on Terms for Those Elected in 2023 Elections

Whereas there were insufficient funds to hold elections in 2022, which was year 2 of Pacifica’s 3-year election cycle in which half of the delegates would be elected;

Whereas the PNB passed a motion on October 20, 2022 providing that delegates whose terms would have ended in 2022 would continue to serve in 2023 if Pacifica failed to hold elections;

Whereas delegates whose terms would have ended in 2022 were either in their first term and therefore eligible to run again, or in their second term and therefore ineligible to run again, according to the Pacifica bylaws, and the delay from 2022 to 2023 in holding elections does not change that eligibility status;

Whereas Pacifica is in the midst of the election cycle for 2023, with the record period having passed, the period for candidate nomination having closed, the ballots not yet sent to members, and ballots slated to be sent to voters in the second half of August; and

Whereas it is important for voters to understand before they cast their votes the length of terms to which successful candidates would be elected and serve;

Therefore be it resolved that all candidates running in the 2023 delegate elections are running for two-year terms, and that the elections.pacifica.org website and the ballot shall reflect this information. Pacifica elections would return to the Article Four, Section 3 schedule of holding elections in years one and two and no elections in year three (i.e., elections in 2024 and 2025 but not in 2026).

To find your email with access to the web-based ballot, look and approve emails from this address: <invitations@mail.electionbuddy.com>

More information at https://elections.pacifica.org/wordpress If you did not receive a ballot or don't have email and want a paper ballot, please call the National Elections Supervisor's message line: 213-635-9363.

Thanks to everyone for pledging support for the station during the drive.
Your support of KPFK helps make special broadcasts like this possible. Please consider utilizing the number of other ways you can support KPFK through a Donor Advisory Fund, Stocks or Mutual Funds, Charitable IRA, Leaving A Bequest or Vehicle Donation, and you can pledge for select gifts you've heard mentioned during the current fund drive HERE.

If you prefer, you can make checks or money orders payable to "KPFK" and mail them to:

KPFK, PO Box 748419, Los Angeles CA 90074-8419

News from KPFK and Pacifica

Changes in KPFK's Programming Schedule

Democracy Now! is moving back to 8 AM, Monday-Friday. We will start running Informativo Pacifica, KPFK's daily Spanish-language newscast at 6 AM for the early-rising Spanish-speaking community, followed by half-hour public affairs programming, including Counterspin on Mondays at 6:30 (a more reasonable hour), Making Contact on Tuesdays, Economic Update with Richard Wolff on Wednesdays, Building Bridges with Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash on Thursdays, and the Laura Flanders show on Fridays at 6:30 AM. Eric Mann with Voices from the Frontlines will be moving to Fridays at 7 AM, and the other morning-mix radio magazine programs will also mostly go to other places on the programming schedule. Alternative Radio from David Barsamian is moving to 10 AM Fridays, and Working Voices, our labor oriented program will move to 5 PM on Tuesdays when more working people can listen after work. Scholars Circle is coming back onto the daytime airwaves, Mondays from 1-2 PM.

Radio Insurrection with Hamid Khan and Matyos Kidane will also be moving from morning to evening drive time, Thursdays at 5 PM, and La Raza radio will move from Wednesday mornings to Friday at 4 PM after the Pocho Hour of Power.

StrikeLine with Dan Navarro will be wrapping up this week in anticipation of the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike with a finale episode, and next week California Solartopia will be back on our airwaves at that hour, Wednesday at 5 PM. There are additional changes that will be occurring, so please check the online schedule which is updated regularly.

2023 ANNUAL EEO PUBLIC FILE REPORT
Pacifica Foundation Inc.
Station: KPFK
Community of License: Los Angeles, CA
Reporting Period: July22nd 2021–July 21 st 2022

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 2023 REPORT
KPFK’s Online Public File

Jobs at KPFK and Pacifica

KPFA Radio Berkeley - UpFront Producer Sought -

UpFront is a mostly-live morning public affairs show that delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through engaging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors. We broadcast Monday to Friday from 7 to 8 am on 94.1 FM and at kpfa.org. This producer will have primary responsibility for setting up most days’ shows, with help from the show’s host and interns. More info here

KPFK is seeking to fill several pro bono (unpaid) interim management and coordinator positions. These include:

interim unpaid development director to form and guide a development task force to raise funds for the station;

interim unpaid social media marketing manager to coordinate social media promotion efforts at and by the station;

interim unpaid volunteer coordinator to recruit and supervise volunteers for diverse tasks at the station.

Those interested in applying for these unpaid interim positions, please contact interim GM Michael Novick at gm@kpfk.org.

Pacifica Foundation Radio seeks an experienced leader for the position of
General Manager of its Los Angeles station, KPFK 90.7 FM
For more information and to apply, click HERE or see http://pacifica.org/jobs_kpfk.php

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