[grc] Call for Pitches--International Women's Day 2019

[Christina Aanestad]

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Greetings programmers!

Are you interested in making women’s centered radio?  KPFA 94.1 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area is looking for women’s programming for an International Women’s Day special.  

International Women’s Day is March 8, 2019 and KPFA is scheduling special programming for March 9, 2019, 6am - 12am midnight.  This year’s theme is #balanceforbetter with a call for a gender balanced world.  We invite your pitch live and produced 29 minute and 59 minute radio programs.  

We seek diverse programming that incorporates international women’s voices, in a variety of radio programs: Music, Liive Music, Public Affairs, Poetry, Art, Culture, Radio Theater, for example.  And, we encourage and especially seek original, produced audio that incorporates or considers themes like:

What does a gender balanced world look like for women?
Women owning their cultural identity in a white patriarchal power structure, like the new congressional women who were sworn into congress in their cultural, traditional attire. 
Rape Culture
Women’s resilience
Deconstructing Feminism — womanism, black feminism, international feminism
Black and Women of Color inclusion/experiences
Motherhood
Girls, childhood
History of Feminism-Feminism 101
Trans and Queer inclusioon

*If you have an idea for a show, but lack confidence or expertise, send us a pitch anyways.  If you don’t have experience producing yet, we will try and match people up with an experienced programmer/producer.

The deadline to send in a pitch is January 20, 2019.  We will respond to your ideas by January 26th,  Finished programs must be sent in by February 25, 2019.  Final programs should include an intro and an outro and need to be 29 minutes or 59 minutes.

Send us a 1-2 paragraph pitch for your program proposal to IWDpitches at kpfa.org <mailto:IWDpitches at kpfa.org>.  Here’s some pitch points:
Be specific, what is it about, what audio or voices will be included.?
Why is it important?  
Be clear whether it’s for a 29 minute show, or a 59 minute show.
Be creative-there’s a variety of resources of free audio to use from archived audio, like sound effects.  You can also record your own sound effects and ambience.  

Here’s a few resources to audio that may help you produce compelling, insightful and or creative radio for International Women’s Day, 2019.

http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/ <http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/>

https://catalog.archives.gov/ <https://catalog.archives.gov/>

https://creativecommons.org/ <https://creativecommons.org/>

http://www.openculture.com/ <http://www.openculture.com/>

And feel free to pass this call for pitches along to any interested parties.

Sincerely,
The 2019 International Woman’s Day Planning Committee
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