[grc] grc Digest, Vol 40, Issue 6
WERU NEWS
amy at weru.org
Fri Jan 12 12:27:24 PST 2018
Putting in another plea for moving to a more user friendly platform than
an email list serve. Reading chopped up emails backwards is so 15 years
ago.
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> 1. Re: Pacifica crisis (Kim Kaufman)
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> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:15:06 -0800
> From: "Kim Kaufman" <kim.kaufman at att.net>
> To: "'Tracy Rosenberg'" <tracy at media-alliance.org>
> Cc: "'GRC'" <grc at peak.org>
> Subject: Re: [grc] Pacifica crisis
> Message-ID: <005001d38ab4$4b466f90$e1d34eb0$@att.net>
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>
> Oh, knock it off, Tracy. This is tired.
>
>
>
> Kim
>
>
>
> From: tracyrose at gmail.com [mailto:tracyrose at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Tracy
> Rosenberg
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 11:46 PM
> To: Kim Kaufman <kim.kaufman at att.net>
> Cc: GRC <grc at peak.org>
> Subject: Re: [grc] Pacifica crisis
>
>
>
> Kim,
>
>
>
> Don't troll GRC.
>
>
>
> - Tracy
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 11:36 PM, Kim Kaufman via grc <
> grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org> > wrote:
>
> Tracy ?
>
>
>
> There?s no need to 1) lecture me, and 2) sling some bullshit to relieve
> peoples? anxiety. I will leave it to the readers here to determine for
> themselves what ?finalized? means based on the information given in terms
> of actual money received, finalized, approved by the PNB ? and given to
> Empire.
>
>
>
> Carry on everyone. This is Pacifica.
>
>
>
> Kim
>
>
>
> From: tracyrose at gmail.com <mailto:tracyrose at gmail.com> [mailto:
> tracyrose at gmail.com <mailto:tracyrose at gmail.com> ] On Behalf Of Tracy
> Rosenberg
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 10:19 PM
> To: Kim Kaufman <kim.kaufman at att.net <mailto:kim.kaufman at att.net> >
> Cc: GRC <grc at peak.org <mailto:grc at peak.org> >
> Subject: Re: [grc] Pacifica crisis
>
>
>
> Kim,
>
>
>
> There's no need to make people feel more insecure than they already feel.
>
>
>
> The loan is final. The terms are set (and very desirable) and the board
> has approved in concept and will finalize tomorrow night.
>
>
>
> I think you should find somethign else to do with yourself besides
> provoking needless anxiety. There's been way too much of that
>
> lately.,
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Tracy
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 5:26 PM, Kim Kaufman via grc <
> grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org> <mailto:
> grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org> > > wrote:
>
> I?m sure Bill will make an announcement when it?s finalized Up until it?s
> finalized, it is not finalized.
>
>
>
> Kim
>
>
>
> From: tracyrose at gmail.com <mailto:tracyrose at gmail.com> <mailto:
> tracyrose at gmail.com <mailto:tracyrose at gmail.com> > [mailto:
> tracyrose at gmail.com <mailto:tracyrose at gmail.com> <mailto:
> tracyrose at gmail.com <mailto:tracyrose at gmail.com> > ] On Behalf Of Tracy
> Rosenberg
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 4:41 PM
> To: Kim Kaufman <kim.kaufman at att.net <mailto:kim.kaufman at att.net>
> <mailto:kim.kaufman at att.net <mailto:kim.kaufman at att.net> > >
> Cc: David Goodman <david at ibisradio.org <mailto:david at ibisradio.org>
> <mailto:david at ibisradioorg <mailto:david at ibisradio.org> > >; GRC <
> grc at peak.org <mailto:grc at peak.org> <mailto:grc at peak.org <mailto:
> grc at peak.org> > >
> Subject: Re: [grc] Pacifica crisis
>
>
>
> Hi Kim,
>
>
>
> Yes, there is. I can provide the escrow account number, although I don't
> see the point of doing that on a list-serv.
>
>
>
> The last funds are moving into the escrow account in the next day or two
> as large sums of money don't move instantaneously.
>
>
>
> Sometimes people confuse emails from people who are still reacting to an
> outcome somewhat different than the one they were expecting, with facts.
>
>
>
> The bridge loan is finalized. The board will sign off on it tomorrow night.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Tracy Rosenberg
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 3:46 PM, Kim Kaufman via grc <
> grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org> <mailto:
> grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org> > <mailto:
> grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org> <mailto:
> grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org> > > > wrote:
>
> Here's another version that comes from a different source, unlike the three
> below which all seem to come from the same source. It does, however, have
> Pacifica in the name as it comes from the iED, Bill Crosier, about an hour
> ago. His complete email is below my signature, for those who care to read
> it, but the salient point regarding the issue at hand is this:
>
>
>
> This is not finalized yet, but some friends of KPFK, possibly with some
> others, have pledged $2 million for a short-term loan to Pacifica so that
> all of the ESRT judgment can be paid off. This loan would only be for a few
> months. So assuming we can finalize that soon, then the immediate crisis of
> seizure of assets by ESRT will be averted.
>
>
>
> In other words, there's no actual loan yet.
>
>
>
> Kim
>
>
>
> Email from Bill Crosier, Pacifica's iED:
>
> Skip to the bottom to read the big issues and my big worry about Pacifica's
> survival, if you don't have time to read all of this.
>
> I have not had time to respond to the flood of e-mails about these issues -
> if I answered a quarter of them, I would not have time to get any real work
> done.
>
> But I want to clear up some misinformation. Many of you are not going to
> like what I have to say, but it's the truth and you deserve to hear that.
> There's way too much rhetoric and assumptions stated as fact, that are
> going
> around. I believe in real news, not fake news.
>
> The bankruptcy vs loan issue is basically moot, at least for now, because
> the PNB has decided to pursue loans. But I remain very worried about our
> financial situation, with our growing debt and no approved plans to pay it
> off. Pacifica did better financially overall last year (with a net loss of
> $184K for FY2017, vs losses of $597K in FY2015 and $980K in FY2016), but
> it's still not good enough to pay off our debts, and the amount we owe to
> Empire State Realty Trust keeps growing every month. We have been kicking
> the can down the road for years, accumulating debt and hoping we'll be able
> to reverse the downward trend the next year, but it has not been happening.
> But we can't keep doing tht forever. Other creditors, besides ESRT, will
> come forward, and we have to find funds for our employee retirement funds
> and other obligations.
>
> This is not finalized yet, but some friends of KPFK, possibly with some
> others, have pledged $2 million for a short-term loan to Pacifica so that
> all of the ESRT judgment can be paid off. This loan would only be for a few
> months. So assuming we can finalize that soon, then the immediate crisis of
> seizure of assets by ESRT will be averted. The PNB also approved, last
> Thursday, that we pursue another larger and longer-term loan that would pay
> off the first loan and also some other immediate financial obligations,
> such
> as the employee retirement fund and part of the accumulating unpaid tower
> lease fees for the Empire State Building.
>
> About filing for bankruptcy:
> I, and all of our officers, recommended last month that Pacifica file
> chapter 11 bankruptcy, because we had no written forbearance agreement from
> ESRT and no indication that they'd give us one, and because ESRT had hired
> attorneys to file their judgment in every state where we operate and even
> went to the extra expense and trouble to personally serve the notice on the
> National Office in order to cut a few days off of the mandatory waiting
> period in California (before they could seize assets). That also allows
> them
> to place liens on all of our properties. We had consulted with two
> bankruptcy attorneys over the last few months, both of whom had advised us
> to avoid bankruptcy if possible, but who had told us we should file chapter
> 11 when and if we got to this point, in order to protect our assets and
> continue operations. Two other attorneys also advised us to file ch. 11 if
> we had no written forbearance or stand-still agreement with ESRT. The
> attorneys told us that getting a loan before bankruptcy would put Pacifica
> at a very significant disadvantage (and cost us a great deal of additional
> money) if we had to file bankruptcy later (which I still think may be
> likely, as we have no repayment plan for the loans and the amount we owe to
> ESRT increases every month). Although bankruptcy does indeed add additional
> costs, there is the potential (not guaranteed, though) that we could
> substantially reduce the amount of future tower lease obligations, possibly
> saving us $1 million or more. Chapter 11 would also ensure that other
> creditors could not take legal actions to seize assets, and it would give
> us
> time (up to several years) to pay off our creditors.
>
> But the PNB majority decided to pursue the loan route, and so that's what
> we
> are doing now. I was pleased that so many friends of Pacifica stepped
> forward with this loan, although I'm disappointed that my pleas to the LSBs
> for months to help with major fundraising largely were ignored, as
> donations
> (rather than this loan) would have avoided the necessity to pay interest
> and
> other fees for this loan. Thanks to the individual board members and others
> who did help, though, even if the PNB as a whole did not do so. It appears
> that the possibility of imminent seizure of our bank accounts demonstrated
> the urgency of why we need to pay the ESRT judgment, and I thank the people
> who have agreed to lend us money to do that.
>
> However, I still have significant concerns about the second, larger, loan.
> Pacifica has a lot of debt, a bad history of paying our financial
> obligations, and inadequate cash flow to pay our current obligations
> (including the WBAI tower lease), and so lenders are going to insist that
> provisions be put in any loan agreement to ensure that they get paid back.
> For the short-term $2M loan, the KPFK/PRA building will be used as
> collateral. I have not seen the loan documents yet for it, but because the
> loan is from friends of Pacifica, I'll hope they are reasonable. But for
> the
> longer-term larger loan, I worry about the conditions that a lender may
> insist on. We looked at a loan in November to pay the ESRT judgment, but
> when we got the loan document details, we found we would have been in
> default on the first day of the loan and thus would be at the lender's
> mercy
> immediately. Some of the problems could have been fixed by correcting
> information in those docs, but there were multiple other default triggers
> that we would not be able to avoid, because they required us to do things
> we
> would not be able to do. That loan would have put the collateral (the
> KPFK/PRA building) immediately at risk of foreclosure. I'm worried that the
> second loan we're looking for may have similar problems. We don't have a
> lender identified yet, and no loan documents to review. But we have a loan
> broker looking, and I put him in touch with a bank who I'm told may be
> friendly to Pacifica. I'm hoping for the best but being cautious. It is
> critical that the PNB thoroughly review loan documents before approving
> them
> to make sure they are acceptable, especially because the second loan may
> require using all of our buildings as collateral, thus putting all of them
> at risk of foreclosure in the event of default.
>
> In the long term (which should be this year), the PNB MUST approve a
> financial recovery plan, that includes paying off our debt. One significant
> part of our debt is disputed, but all of the rest must be paid. That's
> going
> to require that we not only break even, but generate surpluses, and/or that
> we use some of our assets to pay the debt, such as approving a signal swap
> for one of our stations. All of our stations must fulfill their Central
> Services obligations each month so we can hire adequate personnel for the
> National Office. Lack of enough senior accounting staff is why we're so far
> behind with bookkeeping and audits, and why our tax exemption is again
> threatened. But that takes money.
>
> Specifically, WBAI must make changes in how they operate, including some
> changes in programming and how fund drives are conducted, as they have not
> been able to make CS payments even though they have paid zero on their
> tower
> lease since June. Programs with few listeners to and which no one supports
> are not fulfilling our mission, no matter how good the programmers may
> think
> they are. Fund drives that drive off many of the remaining people don't
> help
> our mission either.
>
> WPFW also needs to make CS payments each month. They are doing better than
> a
> couple of years ago, but are still struggling and are again getting behind
> on those CS payments.
>
> Even KPFA, which has been doing better than our other stations in recent
> years, needs to make some changes, as they had a $187K deficit last year.
> They dropped below KPFK in revenue but continue to have the highest
> expenses
> (mostly for personnel) of all of our stations.
>
> KPFK has been doing better in the last year but I worry about the projected
> increase in spending for this year, and how they'll raise the extra revenue
> to support that.
>
> KPFT has been doing significantly better financially in the last six
> months,
> with fewer fund drive days while making C.S. payments and payments on its
> transmitter loan, every month since August. This is with the smallest paid
> staff of any of our stations. But they are trying to figure out how to
> afford the paid staff they need, including a Program Director.
>
> We also need to get our employee retirement fund payments up to date for
> all
> stations, as no money has been put into that for the last three years. KPFK
> has set aside money for that in 2017, but our pension fund administrator
> told us last year that we had to fund all stations' retirement, and could
> not fund just one of them at a time.
>
> Board interference and micromanaging programming and station operations
> must
> stop. Our boards should be setting policy and helping with fundraising and
> getting more listeners, not in raising hell if an unpopular program that
> listeners don't support is replaced or moved around in the schedule to make
> way for something new or for a quality program from one of our other
> stations, or if a needed personnel change is made.
>
> I continue to be very concerned about our extreme levels of board
> dysfunction. We should not need to have 3-5 hour long (sometimes longer,
> including the executive sessions) PNB meetings every week, sometimes twice
> a
> week, and still we are not able to get through the agendas. It should not
> take an hour or more to get through the public session agenda approval in
> each meeting, and then have to argue over the executive session agenda at
> length as well. We have committee and LSB meetings, too, and I ask you to
> think about what (meaning how little) our boards and committees are
> accomplishing in all of that time. We've had Bylaws amendments, mostly ones
> to help make our boards function better, on the agenda since early
> December,
> but we have not gotten to them, and it's probably too late now.
>
> Some on our boards especially don't want to hear this, but we have to make
> changes to our Bylaws regarding our governance. It is not working. It is
> hindering, rather than helping, to fulfill our mission. It is driving away
> major donors and interfering with station operations.
>
> The big questions:
>
> * Are we willing to make some changes to help Pacifica not just survive,
> but
> grow in order to better fulfill it's mission?
>
> * Or will we continue to spend so much time and energy fighting with each
> other and ignoring the impending financial disaster that's coming?
>
> If we can't make some changes to make sure we can pay all of our bills, and
> adequately fund the National Office so we can get audits and other
> necessary
> work done so we don't lose our tax exemption, there may not be a Pacifica
> around next year to fight about.
>
> I plan to work on changes to our Bylaws this year, specifically to improve
> board function while helping rather than hurting our mission. This is one
> of
> the main reasons I supported the hire of a new interim Executive Director
> and recommended to the PNB that they hire the new person that the Personnel
> Committee found - so I'll have some time for that. The new person looks
> very
> well qualified, too. (I'll give more details in the next few days, but we
> need to get the written agreement in place first for the new person.)
>
> Bill
>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: grc [mailto:grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org <mailto:
> grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org> <mailto:grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org
> <mailto:grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org> > <mailto:grc-bounces at maillist.
> peak.org <mailto:grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org> <mailto:
> grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org <mailto:grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org> > >
> ] On Behalf Of David Goodman
> via grc
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 2:04 PM
> To: Tracy Rosenberg <tracy at media-alliance.org <mailto:
> tracy at media-alliance.org> <mailto:tracy at media-alliance.org <mailto:
> tracy at media-alliance.org> > <mailto:tracy at media-alliance.org <mailto:
> tracy at media-alliance.org> <mailto:tracy at media-alliance.org <mailto:
> tracy at media-alliance.org> > > >
> Cc: GRC <grc at peak.org <mailto:grc at peak.org> <mailto:grc at peak.org <mailto:
> grc at peak.org> > <mailto:grc at peak.org <mailto:grc at peak.org> <mailto:
> grc at peak.org <mailto:grc at peak.org> > > >
> Subject: Re: [grc] Pacifica crisis
>
>
>
> Thank you Tracy. Thank you Ann. Good (if only temporary) news.
>
>
>
> cheers,
>
> dg
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 4:57 PM, Tracy Rosenberg <
> <mailto:tracy at media-allianceorg <mailto:tracy at media-allianceorg> <mailto:
> tracy at media-allianceorg <mailto:tracy at media-allianceorg> > <mailto:
> tracy at media-alliance.org <mailto:tracy at media-alliance.org> <mailto:
> tracy at media-alliance.org <mailto:tracy at media-alliance.org> > > >
> tracy at media-alliance.org <mailto:tracy at media-alliance.org> <mailto:
> tracy at media-alliance.org <mailto:tracy at media-alliance.org> > <mailto:
> tracy at media-alliance.org <mailto:tracy at media-alliance.org> <mailto:
> tracy at media-alliance.org <mailto:tracy at media-alliance.org> > > >
>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > It's also in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Bay Area newspaper of
>
> > record.
>
> >
>
> > On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 1:54 PM, Ann Garrison via grc <
>
> > <mailto:grc at maillistpeak.org <mailto:grc at maillistpeak.org> <mailto:
> grc at maillistpeak.org <mailto:grc at maillistpeak.org> > <mailto:
> grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:
> grc at maillist.peak.org> > > > grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:
> grc at maillist.peak.org> <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:
> grc at maillist.peak.org> > <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:
> grc at maillist.peak.org> <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:
> grc at maillist.peak.org> > > > wrote:
>
> >
>
> >> It has been confirmed on the air on KPFA, by the KPFA Evening News,
>
> >> Work Week Radio, and Upfront. -Ann Garrison
>
> >>
>
> >> For real,
>
> >> @AnnGarrison < <https://twitter.com/AnnGarrison?lang=en>
> https://twitter.com/AnnGarrison?lang=en>
>
> >> Independent Journalist,
>
> >> SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland
>
> >> 415-503-7487 <tel:415-503-7487> <tel:415-503-7487 <tel:415-503-7487>
> > <tel:415-503-7487 <tel:415-503-7487> <tel:415-503-7487 <tel:
> 415-503-7487> > >
>
> >>
>
> >>
>
> >> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 1:44 PM, David Goodman <
> <mailto:david at ibisradio.org <mailto:david at ibisradio.org> <mailto:
> david at ibisradio.org <mailto:david at ibisradio.org> > <mailto:
> david at ibisradio.org <mailto:david at ibisradio.org> <mailto:
> david at ibisradio.org <mailto:david at ibisradio.org> > > > david at ibisradio.org
> <mailto:david at ibisradio.org> <mailto:david at ibisradio.org <mailto:
> david at ibisradio.org> > <mailto:david at ibisradio.org <mailto:
> david at ibisradio.org> <mailto:david at ibisradio.org <mailto:
> david at ibisradio.org> > > >
>
> >> wrote:
>
> >>
>
> >> > Independent of the authors of that article - and any other source
>
> >> > that
>
> >> has
>
> >> > Pacifica in the name...
>
> >> >
>
> >> >
>
> >> > On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Ann Garrison
>
> >> > < <mailto:anniegarrison at gmail.com <mailto:anniegarrison at gmail.com>
> <mailto:anniegarrison at gmail.com <mailto:anniegarrison at gmail.com> >
> <mailto:anniegarrison at gmail.com <mailto:anniegarrison at gmail.com> <mailto:
> anniegarrison at gmail.com <mailto:anniegarrison at gmail.com> > > >
> anniegarrison at gmail.com <mailto:anniegarrison at gmail.com> <mailto:
> anniegarrison at gmail.com <mailto:anniegarrison at gmail.com> > <mailto:
> anniegarrison at gmail.com <mailto:anniegarrison at gmail.com> <mailto:
> anniegarrison at gmail.com <mailto:anniegarrison at gmail.com> > > >
>
> >> > wrote:
>
> >> >
>
> >> >> Independent of whom? -Ann Garrison
>
> >> >>
>
> >> >> For real,
>
> >> >> @AnnGarrison < <https://twitter.com/AnnGarrison?lang=en>
> https://twitter.com/AnnGarrison?lang=en>
>
> >> >> Independent Journalist,
>
> >> >> SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland
>
> >> >> 415-503-7487 <tel:415-503-7487> <tel:415-503-7487 <tel:415-503-7487>
> > <tel:415-503-7487 <tel:415-503-7487> <tel:415-503-7487
> <tel:415-503-7487> > > <(415)%20503-7487>
>
> >> >>
>
> >> >>
>
> >> >> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 1:20 PM, David Goodman
>
> >> >> < <mailto:david at ibisradio.org <mailto:david at ibisradio.org> <mailto:
> david at ibisradio.org <mailto:david at ibisradio.org> > <mailto:
> david at ibisradio.org <mailto:david at ibisradioorg> <mailto:
> david at ibisradio.org <mailto:david at ibisradio.org> > > > david at ibisradio.org
> <mailto:david at ibisradio.org> <mailto:david at ibisradio.org <mailto:
> david at ibisradioorg> > <mailto:david at ibisradio.org <mailto:
> david at ibisradio.org> <mailto:david at ibisradio.org <mailto:
> david at ibisradio.org> > > >
>
> >> >> wrote:
>
> >> >>
>
> >> >>> I'm on deadline at the moment. Has anyone independently verified
>
> >> >>> that the money has been secured or that the Board won't take the
>
> >> >>> Interim Executive Director's advice to file Chapter 11?
>
> >> >>>
>
> >> >>> Cheers,
>
> >> >>> dg
>
> >> >>>
>
> >> >>>
>
> >> >>> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 4:06 PM, Ann Garrison via grc <
>
> >> >>> <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org>
> <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org <mailto:grc at maillist.peak.org> > <mailto:
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> >> >>>
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> >> >>>> For anyone who's been wondering about it: "Paying off the
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> >> >>>> <http://pacificainexile.org/archives/2537>
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>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:18:55 -0800
> From: Ann Garrison <anniegarrison at gmail.com>
> To: _GRC list <grc at maillist.peak.org>, Ann Garrison
> <anniegarrison at gmail.com>
> Subject: [grc] Congo news feature posted this week
> Message-ID:
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
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> Since the 2016 Grassroots Radio Conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas, I've
> been posting most of my weekly KPFA Saturday News reports to NewsUp! on
> Audioport. We had created that section to try sharing news across the
> network. I regret that we still haven't been able to encourage or
> facilitate more participation in NewsUp!, but I've kept uploading my news
> because three to ten of you keep downloading it.
>
> This week I didn't think my KPFA News on the ongoing and radically
> unreported Congo catastrophe made a lot of sense in its 3.5 minute version,
> so I didn't bother uploading it to NewsUp! but I just posted the 13.5
> minute version to News Features:
> http://audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=130871&nav=&
> <http://audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=130871&nav=&>
> KPFA News is usually one step in my weekly process; I typically publish an
> elaboration on the Black Agenda Report and/or other outlets as I did this
> week:
> https://www.blackagendareport.com/has-anyone-ever-been-side-
> people-congo-anne-garrison-speaks-jean-claude-maswana.
> Sometimes the longer audio version airs on WBAI'S AfrobeatRadio. People
> from the heart of Africa are grateful to Pacifica and any other outlets
> that give them any air time, text space, or attention.
>
> For real,
> @AnnGarrison <https://twitter.com/AnnGarrison?lang=en>
> Independent Journalist,
> SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland
> 415-503-7487
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>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 10:25:18 -0800
> From: Frieda Werden <wings at wings.org>
> To: grc at peak.org
> Subject: [grc] Fwd: [NCRA-Members] Samsung unlocks the FM Chip in
> Canada and US
> Message-ID:
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> Frieda Werden, Series Producer
> WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Barry Rooke <barry at ncra.ca>
> Date: Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 8:26 AM
> Subject: [NCRA-Members] Samsung unlocks the FM Chip in Canada and US
> To: NCRA Members <ncra-members at ncra.ca>
>
>
>
> ?
>
> JAN 12, 2018 ? The latest news is that Samsung has come to an agreement
> with NextRadio and will be releasing all new phones with an unlocked FM
> Chip.
>
> It is happening, we are making a difference! Let us get this unlocked
> across all networks and all carriers. Please promote and share the
> campaign! www.freeradioonmyphone.ca
> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/45a82baa8dd80cc5352fce3f310a29
> 94f25908e1?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freeradioonmyphone.ca&
> userId=1269584&signature=061b639daefbb83a>
>
> Is anyone interested in updating our PSA's for the network to use? We are
> also closing in on 5,000 signatures here - https://www.change.org/p/
> canadian-telecoms-enable-fm-chips-on-smartphones-canada
> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/8002faeffea2396bba5f355306f799
> bbc54f4dd4?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.change.org%2Fp%
> 2Fcanadian-telecoms-enable-fm-chips-on-smartphones-canada&
> userId=1269584&signature=ca810d5a5343501f>
>
> Read the story here - http://freeradioonmyphone.
> ca/2018/01/samsung-unlocks-fm-chip-canada-usa/
> <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/7ab144d709fa1af2f4507487404492
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> 1269584&signature=d26e58e5ee3e9c5f>
>
> We will continue to lead the push here in Canada! Our network is doing
> great things to help make this happen!
>
> Barry
>
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