From mschristinamarie at netzero.net Mon Feb 3 23:31:08 2020 From: mschristinamarie at netzero.net (Christina Aanestad) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 23:31:08 -0800 Subject: [grc] KPFA's IWD 2020 Pitch Deadline Extended Message-ID: <32fac1c1-3034-bf10-174e-73412e4eb0a6@netzero.net> KPFA is looking for radio productions for our special International Woman's Day programming March 8th. Send pitches to IWDpitches at kpfa.org . We're extending the deadline to Friday February 7.? We've got 3.5 hours of programming open. We want to be inclusive and have a full robust day of programming. So, we especially encourage pitches from women of color and LGBTQ pitches.? More info is below including pitch ideas. ***Please pass on*** Greetings programmers! Are you interested in making women?s centered radio?? KPFA is looking for women?s programming for an International Women?s Day special. International Women?s Day is Sunday March 8, 2020 and KPFA is scheduling special programming for that day 6am - 1am midnight.? This year?s theme is #eachforequal with a call that an equal world is an enabled 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, Live Music, Public Affairs, Poetry, Art, Culture, Radio Theater, for example.? And, we encourage and especially seek original, produced audio from women of color.? Themes we're also looking for are: * Women's uprisings in India * Women's activism in Hong Kong * Black and Women of Color inclusion/experiences * The 100^th anniversary of the 19^th amendment-giving women the right to vote-this year. * Girls, childhood * Trans and Queer inclusion and LGBTQ programs * Indigenous produced and themed programming *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 has been extended to February 7, 2020. We will respond to your ideas shortly thereafter.? Finished programs must be sent in by February 24, 2020.? Final programs should include an intro and an outro and need to be 29 minutes or 59 minutes.? We encourage creative, sound rich pitches. Send us a 1-2 paragraph pitch for your program proposal to 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. Live or preproduced. * 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, 2020. http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/ https://catalog.archives.gov/ https://creativecommons.org/ http://www.openculture.com/ And feel free to pass this call for pitches along to any interested parties. Sincerely, The 2020 International Woman?s Day Planning Committee ____________________________________________________________ Plastic Surgeon Reveals 1 Method To Snap Back Aging Skin Beverly Hills MD http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3231/5e391dbdbcdad1dbc1180st03vuc From mike at brownbroadcast.com Sun Feb 9 17:18:02 2020 From: mike at brownbroadcast.com (Michael D. Brown) Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2020 17:18:02 -0800 Subject: [grc] Radio for People Conference Call -- This Tuesday Feb. 11 Message-ID: <55BF898A517043A5948DCC079B70DEB5@Darth> Radio For People Conference Call 11am PST / 2pm EST - Tuesday February 11 Dial-in Number: 1 (862) 902-0250 The Participant Access Code is: 339-4164 Agenda: FCC Updates Stations Update Conferences/Trainings Anything else? Michael D. Brown Brown Broadcast Services, Inc. 3740 SW Comus St. ? Portland OR 97219-7418 USA mike at brownbroadcast.com ? www.brownbroadcast.com offc 503-245-6065 ? cell 503-703-3202 ? fax 503-912-7562 From mike at brownbroadcast.com Mon Feb 10 23:40:02 2020 From: mike at brownbroadcast.com (Michael D. Brown) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 23:40:02 -0800 Subject: [grc] ** TODAY** Radio for People Conference Call Tuesday Feb. 11 Message-ID: <3EADA9CAF6C046858E510C383FE86B1F@Darth> Radio For People Conference Call 11am PST / 2pm EST - Tuesday February 11 Dial-in Number: 1 (862) 902-0250 The Participant Access Code is: 339-4164 Agenda: FCC Updates Stations Update Malawi project update - Ellinger Conferences/Trainings Michael D. Brown Brown Broadcast Services, Inc. 3740 SW Comus St. ? Portland OR 97219-7418 USA mike at brownbroadcast.com ? www.brownbroadcast.com offc 503-245-6065 ? cell 503-703-3202 ? fax 503-912-7562 From simon at kmud.org Wed Feb 12 10:35:34 2020 From: simon at kmud.org (Simon Frech) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:35:34 -0800 Subject: [grc] World Radio Day Message-ID: <9132F1F4-4A8B-4FD0-9F44-4C4E80332D18@kmud.org> I haven?t seen mention in these lists, so here it is? worldradioday.org = https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/worldradioday Proclaimed in 2011 by the Member States of UNESCO, and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 as an International Day, February 13 became World Radio Day (WRD). Radio is a powerful medium for celebrating humanity in all its diversity and constitutes a platform for democratic discourse. At the global level, radio remains the most widely consumed medium. This unique ability to reach out the widest audience means radio can shape a society?s experience of diversity, stand as an arena for all voices to speak out, be represented and heard. Radio stations should serve diverse communities, offering a wide variety of programs, viewpoints and content, and reflect the diversity of audiences in their organizations and operations. x From anniegarrison at gmail.com Wed Feb 12 15:04:00 2020 From: anniegarrison at gmail.com (Ann Garrison) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:04:00 -0800 Subject: [grc] Articles regarding the new Pacifica by-laws proposal and the pending auction of KPFA's building Message-ID: http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2020-02-07/article/48168?headline=SMITHEREENS-Reflections-on-Bits-Pieces--Gar-Smith https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/02/12/kpfas-building-in-berkeley-set-to-be-auctioned-off-for-non-payment-of-taxes -- Sincerely, @AnnGarrison Independent Journalist, SKYPE: Ann Garrison, Oakland 415-503-7487 From wings at wings.org Fri Feb 14 13:18:24 2020 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:18:24 -0500 Subject: [grc] [ADV] Fwd: About Media - the "Sixth Estate" In-Reply-To: <1133925276945.1109359583686.3470.0.561200JL.2002@scheduler.constantcontact.com> References: <1133925276945.1109359583686.3470.0.561200JL.2002@scheduler.constantcontact.com> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Justice Initiative Date: Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 12:01 PM Subject: About Media - the "Sixth Estate" To: A brief summary of the "sixth estate" JUSTICE INITIATIVE *Again About Media: a New Paradigm * *A brief summary of the "sixth estate"* *Shutterstock* * By Heather Gray February 14, 2020 Justice Initiative (Link to article) * *Preface* I had first sent this article out in March 2016. But have decided that, given the contemporary on-going debates and contention about media in America, that it is of value to send it out yet again. I have been involved with independent media since 1991 when I became a radio producer at WRFG-Atlanta (89.3FM ). This was when I began to explore altogether the role of media in America and its various facets regarding what is, in fact, the 'voice of the people'. I finally decided that it was time for a new paradigm. As I refer below, I learned that media has historically been referred to as the 'fourth estate' and it's role is to report on the other three estates - namely the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. This is, then, intended on being a framework of a democratic system which is to inform the public of what its government is doing, in that the role of the democratically elected government is supposed to serve in the interests of the people. Yet, to repeat, the people need to be informed of its government's activities to know whether or not its own government is, in fact, serving the people rather than largely, for example, the interests of corporate America and/or also to not accept everything coming out of the Trump administration without critique and analysis. However, as the corporate control of America, including of the media, has become so predominant, another look at the 'fourth estate' is critical. My comparison here is with agriculture. Much of my professional career has been in agriculture in the rural South, and also with the excellent work of organic urban farmer Rashid Nuri in Atlanta that provided, for me, this altered analysis of it all. What I eat now is primarily organically grown food because I can trust it, in that I know it is far more healthy for me than the chemical laden unhealthy corporate agribusiness grown 'junk' food (that is if you want to call it food!). As I explore this issue below, I refer to corporate controlled media (i.e. Fox, CNN, etc.) as unhealthy junk news and as being similar to the unhealthy 'junk' food grown by corporate America whose interest is serving none other than corporate America itself at the expense of of us all. In contrast, I refer to community owned independent media in America and throughout the world as being similar to 'organically' grown healthy food. Its interest is in serving the people and providing informed analysis that will assist the people in both understanding and advancing themselves and their communities, and their lives overall in the democratic system in which they are supposed to be living in America. *Background on Atlanta's Community Controlled Radio* In 1989 I was in the Philippines and was sending letters to friends in Atlanta about my reflections and experiences while in that southeast Asian country. When I returned to the states, a friend of mine, Gary Washington, who produced the Labor Forum at WRFG-FM in Atlanta, and was also a former Black Panther member, told me, "Heather, you need to be involved at the radio station. No one is talking about the Philippines." So I did get involved and the rest is history as they say. I've been fortunate to produce a show called 'Just Peace' since 1991. At first, I was thankfully working with Beth-Ann Buitekant who had been producing "Just Peace" years prior to this and before she left to pursue more graduate work. Created in 1973, WRFG-Atlanta (Radio Free Georgia) was then, and still is, Atlanta's only community radio station. In other words, WRFG is owned by the community, is independent and therefore not owned by and/or serving corporate interests. All of its producers are volunteers. Here is a description of the station and its mission: *WRFG is a community oriented, educational, alternative medium and our programming must reflect this. We are for those alternatives that uplift human dignity and give people more control over their lives. * *WRFG is opposed to those forces in our lives that dehumanize and oppress people, especially economic exploitation, racism, sexism, militarism, anti-immigrant chauvinism, and sexual orientation discrimination.* But it was also a time for me to learn about media and its history. So I did exactly that! * Historically Media is considered the "Fourth Estate"* You might ask, as I did, what is the 'fourth estate' or, for that matter, what is an 'estate'? 'Media' or 'press', I learned and to repeat, is generally referred to as the "fourth estate". Here's the short history of the concept which has its roots in Britain: * The fourth estate is a term that positions the press (newspapers) as a fourth branch of government and one that is important to a functioning democracy. The phrase is attributed to Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), a British politician, as quoted in Thomas Carlyle's book, "Heros and Hero Worship in History" (1841): Burke said that there were three Estates in Parliament, but in the Reporters Gallery yonder, there sat a fourth Estate more important far than they all. In Britain, the three branches (estates) of government referenced Parliament: The House of Lords (the Lords Temporal and the Lords Spiritual - nobles and clergy) and the House of Commons. In modern times, the 'press' has been expanded to include all news media, not just newspapers. * *....The First Amendment to the Constitution 'frees' the press but carries with it a responsibility to be the people's watchdog".* (U.S. Politics ) In the contemporary United States I discovered that the four estates are generally considered as follows: (1) Executive (2) Legislative (3) Judicial (4) Media. Media as the fourth estate is supposed to report on the other three estates or branches of government. It is a way, some have said, to make these so-called democratic institutions accountable to the people in a "functioning" democracy. But this does not necessarily mean the media itself is accountable. Therein lies a serious problem. It is also important to note that while I am referring primarily to community radio in this article, independent media and corporate owned media can be all platforms be it television (cable, etc.), newspapers, radio, newsletters, internet, on and on. *A new paradigm: Independent Media as the "Sixth Estate"* I am now of the opinion, however, that in reality there are six estates. And that 'independent media' as the real voice of the people should instead be considered the 'sixth estate'. Here is my own reconfiguration of it all regarding estates: (1) Corporate interests (2) Executive (3) Legislative (4) Judicial (5) Corporate 'Major' Media (6) Independent Media. Here's why. I have designated 'corporate interests' as the first estate. This is because corporate interests control virtually all of the 2nd through the 5th estates. Independent media, therefore, stands alone. Corporate interests control and/or have significant influence and/or ownership of the executive, legislative and judicial branches. Most congressional representatives and the executive branch solicit significant corporate support for their campaigns. In many cases, the judicial branch solicits contributions where judges are elected and/or the influence of corporations seems paramount as is speculated with the U.S. Supreme Court's 'Citizens United' decision. More on this: the 'Citizens United' decision by the U.S. Supreme Court was decided at the expense of democratic principles in that it essentially handed over corporate interests to own and control American politicians and to basically dominate and influence all government offices and agencies more blatantly than has been the case previously. The fifth estate, corporate 'major' media, that represents most of the media in America, is also, of course, corporate owned. Regarding U.S. media, it is generally stated that there are 6 corporations that own it and those are Time Warner, Walt Disney, Viacom, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, CBS Corporation and NBC Universal. The chart below provides a sense of the change of media ownership from 1983 to 2012 - the consolidation and therefore control of information by but a few corporate entities was considerable. In 1983, 90% of the U.S. media was owned by 50 companies and by 2012 90% of the media was owned by 6 corporate giants. (Exposing Truth ) *Media Consolidation 1983-2012* * Internationally, there are also other players including Bertelsmann AG and Sony . They own television networks, cable channels, movie studios, newspapers, magazines, publishing houses, music labels and many successful websites (Exposing Truth ) Corporate Media versus Independent Media, the origins of Independent Media and the 'sixth estate' * The credit for the creation of independent media and/or community radio goes to Lewis (Lew) Hill. In the 1940's, Lew Hill was a pacifist during WWII. This was not a popular stance at the time. He had been working in Washington, D.C. as a scriptwriter and announcer for an NBC radio network known as 'Blue Network' - WINX. Lew Hill became frustrated that as a radio announcer he was presenting information to the public that was not credible - rather like telling lies over the airways that primarily served the interests of the corporate owners of the media. He realized that as an announcer he was being manipulated and was not allowed to present his own views. He decided he had enough of this and resigned. (The Lengthening Shadow ) Hill ended up in California in the 1940's and by 1949, thanks to him, the first independent community radio station - Pacifica - was on the air. *This was a time when the idea of a listener-sponsored radio station was a new one which had never been implemented. Many people doubted the viability of a broadcast model which didn't rely on some kind of corporate or government funding. But the idea was too compelling for Hill and others who agreed with him. Pacifica was born and in 1949 KPFA went on the air from Berkeley, California. (Pacifica ) * In 1949, then, the independent 'community' media model had been launched. It was what I am now referring to as the "sixth estate" which is supported and funded by the people, and therefore by the community and serves the people, minus corporate control. *Non-Corporate Community Radio Board Representation **and Programming* What is also critical about community radio is that its board of directors are selected and elected by the local community board representatives and not appointed by any outside entity or corporate interests which makes the community radio stations all the more democratic and community based. This community based board representation is essential as the programming determinations selected by the board and community volunteers should be owned and controlled by the local community to, then, appropriately reflect the concerns of the community. Throughout the world, this independent community radio model has now spread significantly with producers expressing their concerns/interests and providing opportunities for the voices of the community to be heard. It is powerful. Its role should also be to report on the first five branches including, of course, corporate major media and many independent media entities do precisely that. As mentioned, independent media, however, is more like healthy organic food. It offers a healthy variety of reliable news and information that is community based and in which you can have a say along with the opportunities to learn about the other estates. It gives you more control, knowledge and opportunities for change and enhancement of collective democratic systems. Essentially, independent community owned media can be and usually is empowering for communities and individuals. *Summary* WRFG-Atlanta is one of the thousands of independent community radio entities throughout the world that is the independent voice of the people. It was first on the air in Atlanta in 1973 and ultimately was a Pacifica affiliate as well - meaning that it broadcasts some of the Pacifica programs. I am eternally thankful to Gary Washington for introducing me to it all. We at WRFG, therefore, along with other independent media entities, are proudly the 'sixth estate' providing a voice for and with the people in Atlanta, the South, the nation and the world. *HEATHER GRAY is the producer of 'Just Peace' on WRFG-Atlanta 89.3 FM covering local, regional, national and international news.* # # # Gray & Associates, PO Box 8219, Atlanta, GA 31106 SafeUnsubscribe? wings at wings.org hmcgray at earthlink.net | Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by hmcgray at earthlink.net in collaboration with [image: Constant Contact] Try email marketing for free today! -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org From pierce at mediasanctuary.org Mon Feb 17 11:58:04 2020 From: pierce at mediasanctuary.org (Steve Pierce) Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 14:58:04 -0500 Subject: [grc] Job opening: Volunteer Organizer/Outreach Coordinator Message-ID: <218F3424-1000-45D9-B8C3-2ABB2B82ABFB@mediasanctuary.org> Hi-- The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY is hiring! 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Follow us on Facebook and Twitter at mediasanctuary From wings at wings.org Thu Feb 20 12:34:40 2020 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:34:40 -0500 Subject: [grc] Fwd: Support from AMARC-WIM In-Reply-To: References: <145e1b7e-97f5-37bf-0fc6-805de52f4ea3@tinig.ch> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Suman Basnet Date: Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 5:25 AM Subject: Re: Support from AMARC-WIM To: Jola Diones-Mamangun CC: Bianca Miglioretto , Ramnath Bhat , Sinam Sutarno , nimmi Chauhan , Frieda Werden Dear Jola and colleagues, AMARC Asia-pacific has released the following statement today. Please share it in the relevant networks. Thanking you and best regards, Suman *AMARC Condemns the arrest of Broadcaster Frenchie Mae Cumpio of the Philippines* February 19, 2020, Kathmandu, Nepal. The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC Asia-Pacific) joins its members, human rights defenders and advocates of free media in the Philippines in condemning the illegal arrest of Frenchie Mae Cumpio, 21, a community broadcaster and journalist associated with the Aksyon Radyo ? Tacloban DYVL 819 kHz. Frenchie Mae is also the Executive Director of the independent media outfit Eastern Vista, correspondent of Altermidya in Tacloban City and an active member of the Philippine chapter of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television. According to statements, she and four other human rights defenders were arrested in Tacloban City early Friday morning, February 7, 2020. According to human rights groups in the Philippines, the arrest of Frenchie Mae and the others is part of the government's work to silence those media personalities that are critical to the policies and principles of the state. Frenchie Mae was under surveillance by the state forces since 2018. The last one was this year, January 31 where a suspected element of the Armed Forces of the Philippines visited her office in Tacloban City carrying a bouquet of flower with Frenchie's photo inserted on it. Even though it was meant to be a death threat to her Frenchie Mae continued her work until her arrest. AMARC and its global family of community radios and advocates of freedom of expression stand in solidarity with our members and colleagues in the Philippines in protesting against the attacks by the Duterte administration against human rights defenders and free media,? said Ram Bhat, President of AMARC Asia-Pacific. -END- *Through service to members, networking and project implementation, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) gathers more than 5,000 community radios, federations and community media stakeholders in approximately 115 countries.* *For further information, please contact: Suman Basnet, Regional Coordinator, AMARC Asia-Pacific Regional Office, Kathmandu, Nepal. Email: sumanbasnet at amarc-ap.org .* On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 3:26 PM Jola Diones-Mamangun wrote: > Dear Suman, > > Thank you for your email. Just arrived from a seminar. > > Actually I have no template on how the statement should be written. I > would appreciate if you can > write it. Any efforts on your side will be of much help in our campaign to > release her. > > Best regards, > Jola > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 11:41 AM Suman Basnet > wrote: > >> Dear Bianca >> Thank you for forwarding Jola's email. >> >> Dear Jola, >> AMARC Asia-Pacific will be very interested to join the protest and >> express solidarity by way of a statement / call for action by members. >> >> Please let me know if you have a template or I can draft a short message >> should that not be available. I will wait for your response and we can make >> the release today. >> >> With best regards, Suman >> >> PS. I have copied this email to Ram and Sinam, President and Vice >> President for South East Asia respectively, for their kind information. >> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Tinig >>> Date: Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 12:01 AM >>> Subject: Re: Support from AMARC-WIM >>> To: Frieda Werden , Jola Diones-Mamangun < >>> jolagirl at gmail.com>, , Suman >>> Basnet , nimmi Chauhan >>> >>> >>> Dear Jola >>> >>> Thank you Frieda for forwarding Jola's message to me. >>> >>> Jola, Did you also write to Suman and Nimmi? I included them in cc. >>> >>> I think the condeming statement should come from AMARC Asia-Pacific, not >>> just from WIN. >>> >>> Do you already have an example letter of protest and addresses to whom >>> it should be addressed (government officials and media)? Aswell as an >>> address for solidarity messages? >>> >> That would be very useful, like that AMARC Asia-Pacific could send out a >>> call for action to AMARC-memberstations and as many radio stations as >>> possible can send protest statement and solidarity messages. I am sure the >>> board of Radio LoRa in Zurich would be very willing to send them. >>> >>> Looking forward to hear from you with more details on how to react. >>> >>> In solidarity and all the best. >>> >>> Bianca >>> On 11.02.20 05:23, Frieda Werden wrote: >>> >>> Forwarding to Bianca Miglioretto, who I hope can reach anyone with >>> official standing with AMARC and AMARC-WIN. >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 9:45 PM Jola Diones-Mamangun >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Frieda, >>>> >>>> How are you? I hope everything is fine with you. >>>> >>>> Our colleague Frenchie Mae Cumpio, an IAWRT member and the regional >>>> coordinator of IAWRT in our Mobile Disaster Community Radio Project in >>>> Eastern Visayas was illegally arrested last Friday, February 7 early in the >>>> morning together with other four human rights advocates. She is a radio >>>> broadcaster of the weekly program in Tacloban City namely Lingganay Han >>>> Kamatuoran. She is also one of our anchors in IAWRT Radyo Tacloban. >>>> Frenchie Mae is a community journalist and 21 years old. >>>> >>>> We are saying the arrest is illegal because they are suspecting her as >>>> one of the high ranking officers of the communist organization here and >>>> possess high powered gun and explosives as what the operatives are saying. >>>> All of the above is not true. >>>> >>>> This is part of the government's work to silence those media >>>> personalities that are critical to the policies and principles of the >>>> state. Frenchie Mae has been under surveillance by the state forces since >>>> 2018. The last one was this year, January 31 where a suspected element of >>>> the Armed Forces of the Philippines visited their office in Tacloban City >>>> carrying a bouquet of flower with Frenchie's photo insert on it. This means >>>> like a death threat to her. But she continues her work until her arrest in >>>> February 7. >>>> >>>> As of this moment, a group of human rights organization is conducting a >>>> Fact Finding Mission to know the situation of the five arrested individuals. >>>> >>>> May I ask AMARC-WIM to release a solidarity statement on her behalf. I >>>> hope this will not affect the objective of the organization. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Jola >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> Frieda Werden, Series Producer >>> WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service >>> websites: wingsradio.org (new) www.wings.org >>> (historic) >>> email: wings at wings.org and wingsproducers at yahoo.com >>> Facebook news feed: https://www.facebook.com/wingsradio >>> Gifts: https://www.paypal.me/wingsradio >>> >>> -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org From wings at wings.org Sat Feb 22 08:32:04 2020 From: wings at wings.org (Frieda Werden) Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 11:32:04 -0500 Subject: [grc] [ADV] Fwd: Pacifica controversy on WBAI shut down In-Reply-To: <1133951501885.1109359583686.3470.0.920702JL.2002@scheduler.constantcontact.com> References: <1133951501885.1109359583686.3470.0.920702JL.2002@scheduler.constantcontact.com> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Justice Initiative Date: Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 7:03 AM Subject: Pacifica controversy on WBAI shut down To: Interview with Alex Steinberg of WBAI (New York) JUSTICE INITIATIVE * Interview with Alex Steinberg * * of WBAI (New York) About the controversy surrounding the brief shutting down of Pacifica's WBAI* * Click here for the recorded interview *with Alex Steinberg on 2/17/20 *by Producers* *Heather Gray And Ernest Dunkley of WRFG (FM) Atlanta* * Below are some transcribed segments of the interview with Alex Steinberg * * Heather Gray February 20, 2020 Justice Initiative (Link to article ) Preface* Below is a partial transcription of the February 17, 2020 interview with Alex Steinberg about the issues surrounding the Pacifica National Board and the surprising October 2019 "shutting" down of the Pacifica WBAI station in New York by a faction on the Pacifica National Board, along with the, now fired, Pacifica Executive Director from the (previous) headquarters in Berkeley, California. It also includes information of the now recovered WBAI and the contemporary legal issues surrounding it all. Also, given the new media technologies and the overall corporate based economic systems, in the interview we explore changes in the media landscape and the need to make sure there are democratically based community radio entities that offer a voice for and by the vast array of people of all races, classes, cultures and creeds that the corporate based media invariably attempt to leave out the mix. Steinberg serves on the WBAI radio board in New York and is also the chair Pro tem of the Pacifica National Board. Regarding the contemporary contentious Pacifica Radio issues, as they say in southern Africa, "A luta continua" (the struggle continues). ****Partial Transcription of Interviewwith Alex Steinberg on February 17, 2020* *Heather Gray (WRFG)* My name is Heather Gray and the program is Just Peace. And I'm here with co-producer Ernest Dunkley. And I'm pleased to say we're talking with Alex Steinberg of WBAI in New York who is also the chair Pro tem of the National Pacifica Board of Directors. So, I'm looking forward to having this discussion with you about Pacifica, and about WBAI. There's so much Alex, it's hard to know where to start. So, you're a busy person, Alex, what can I say? erg *Alex Steinberg (WBAI)* Yes, I am. And it's been kind of like non-stop since October (2019), actually. There were a lot of events that happened before we were shut down in October. I knew this was going to happen and we were preparing for it. Some history: WBAI was gifted to the Pacifica Foundation by Louis Schweitzer in 1960. It had been previously a commercial station in New York, and Mr. Schweitzer had got pretty fed up with the stuff on commercial radio and was looking for something different, something that could reach an audience with intelligent programming and something not mainstream that they couldn't hear elsewhere. And he discovered the Pacifica Foundation.... and I don't remember how many stations Pacifica had at that time, but it certainly had KPFA, the founding station in Berkeley, and I think the Los Angeles (KPFK) station was also there by then. The Washington station (WPFW), the Houston station (KPFT) came a bit later. We are now five stations, including WBAI. Pacifica was founded by a radical pacifist named Lew Hill who was incarcerated during World War II for his stand as a conscientious objector. And we have been providing an alternative viewpoint alternative culture ever since. And we've also been under threat of being corporatized, almost from the beginning. Lou Hill had to fight those battles back in the 1940s and 1950s. And guess what? We're still fighting!.... *Gray* Okay, so we do want to talk about what happened. WBAI was shut down in October of 2019. And you had some assumption that this was probably going to happen, but why did you have that assumption? Some various sectors or individuals within the Pacific board decided to do this right. But what made you think that was going to happen, Alex? *Steinberg* Well, since I was on the board of directors of Pacifica I had a kind of an insider's view as to what was happening ....and I knew very shortly after we hired a new Interim Executive Director, John Vernile, that a certain kind of disinformation campaign began against WBAI. They turned WBAI into a scapegoat attempting to blame all of Pacifica's financial problems on WBAI. And once that started, and I could see that our executive director was enlisting all sorts of people into this disinformation campaign, I was anticipating some move shut down or otherwise muzzle WBAI. And the reason for that is very simple. Pacifica has been in serious financial crisis for quite a while. And this is part of a general problem that all broadcast radio is currently facing. We have to figure out how we're going to reach new audiences. As you know, the habits of listeners have changed because the technology and communications have changed, right? Young people, for instance, don't listen very much to terrestrial radio, they do listen to podcasts, they listen over the internet, and so on. And not that much terrestrial radio and even car radios. More and more, AM and FM stations are competing with satellite, Sirius XM, all that kind of stuff. So, it is a different playing field. And not to minimize that there have been management problems at Pacifica. There's no question of that as well. But we're not the only ones with problems. iHeart Radio, the largest radio conglomerate in the country - they own something like 800 commercial radio stations. They just last month announced a layoff of 1000 people nationwide. And guess who were the primary victims of those layoffs? (It was) not the large stations in the major cities, but the small stations and small communities and rural communities. It's the community radio stations that are being hit the most. And especially with new technology and looser regulations by the Federal Communications Commission that basically allows these radio conglomerates to do pretty much what they want. They're able to essentially automate radio. You may think it's a local broadcast, but it's actually a broadcast that's being beamed in from thousands of miles away....They use things ... to give you the illusion that this is some kind of local programming, which it's not. Pacifica stations have maintained local programming, even as we also try to create some national programming. We were the ones for instance that launched 'Democracy Now'. And anyway, the battle has been, essentially, a philosophical issue at the heart of this. The battle has been between those who think (*that*) a corporate type model, similar to what NPR stations have adopted, complete with accepting underwriting from major corporations and streamlining the programming so that local programming and these erratic radical, edgy voices are eliminated. That's the model of some people (*are advocating*) - primarily *(by) *some of the directors and their friends in the Bay Area in California. The other model is (one) which maintains the radical traditions of Lew Hill, the founder of Pacifica, and Lou Schweitzer, the person who donated WBAI to Pacifica. If you know some of the history of WBAI, you know that we were very, very critical and one of the main voices against the Vietnam War. And we were the inventors through, Bob Fast, of Freeform Radio. There's a documentary about Bob (called) Radio Unnameable - if you ever get a chance to see it. It's great. Thousands of people turned up at the Anti-Vietnam War demonstration. This happened one time at Grand Central Station for a protest against the war. And another time, people were told to go to JFK Airport, and you can - imagine (that) hundreds of people showed up at JFK Airport.... *Gray* You know, one of the things as far as WBAI is concerned, (is that) I know there have been changes over the years of course, but this is a challenge that you all face in New York because you have one of the most valued antennas.... Is that correct? *Steinberg* Well, okay, here's the hub of the problem. Okay, so I was explaining how there have been financial problems at Pacifica. And then there was this disinformation campaign that began blaming all the financial problems on WBAI. And the bottom line was that these people had their radar set on the signal because the WBAI signal is, by far, the most valuable of any of the signals in the Pacifica network. For one thing, it's in the commercial band, it's right in the middle of the dial - 99.5. I've heard lots of estimates. At one time it was much more but even in today's depressed market, it would probably go anywhere between $20 and $50 million. So, a lot of people at other stations that were feeling a financial pinch, were looking at that and saying this could solve our problems, we could have a pot of money. Now, they didn't come out openly and say that, or at least not very recently, although in previous years and even as early as 2018, they work saying exactly that. There was a document being circulated around the network called Plan B, which was written by one of the architects of a ... proposal, it's now being circulated in Pacifica. But that document called for the dismantling of the Pacifica network and individual stations and, to give it a financial push, it calls for the sale or swap of one of the signals and the only signal that's ever been mentioned is WBAI, although sometimes they've also considered the Washington, DC station as one of their victims. So, perhaps you want to get to the traumatic event? *Gray* Yeah. So along that line, let's move forward and talk about what happened in October last year. And you were expecting this, but probably not in the way it occurred, I'm assuming. But anyway, what happened in October to WBAI? *Steinberg* What I was expecting some kind of an attempt to either shut down WBAI or turn it into what we call a repeater station - a repeater station is a station that's fully automated. There's no real staff. It's just piped in - (is) programming from elsewhere. But I wasn't expecting that to happen without the concurrence of the Pacific National Board. But what happened? What happened was our Executive Director John Vernile decided to go ahead, not only without the approval of the board but without even notifying the board. We didn't know about it. But on the morning of October 7, which was a Monday, I got a call in the early morning from our general manager, Berthold Reimers, who was saying that he just got an email that he was fired; and he was hearing that from other staff members - they got the same email that the whole staff was fired. And then he heard that there's something going on at our studio - that people came in there and threw everybody out. Anyway, so we all went down to the studio. By the time I got there, I tried to knock on the door to get in. I was refused entry even though I am a director of Pacifica and I am entitled to enter anywhere of the Pacifica premises. And the only people I saw were these two burly security guards and I saw some of our staff people. They told me that they had been unceremoniously thrown out of the studio. And our landlord was told you better get yourself a new tenant. And what they did was they dismantled all the microphones and other equipment and they locked them up somewhere. And, just symbolically, we had in our hallway, these historic photographs....photographs of historic samples of our Folio on the wall, which was a printed program, that we used to distribute, that goes back like 40 or 50 years. Issues that were under glass in our hallway. One of the directors who came to shut us down, took all those photographs down. It was kind of like a symbolic statement saying, "Wow, you're no more and we don't care about your history. Screw you." So that's kind of what happened and the people, the staff people over there, were kind of in a state of shock. *Gray* And they were in the middle of a fund drive when that happened as well. *Steinberg* Yes...we had just finished the first week of our fund drive, which had been going very successfully, and they shut us down. Well, it's kind of amazing. And they use the excuse that we were financially indigent and could not pay our bills. Well, of course, we couldn't certainly pay our bills after they shut us down because we had no way to raise money at all. They not only shut down our studio, they got into the tower where we broadcast from at... Times Square. And they locked us out...and that's when they started piping in this... I don't know how to describe it...It .was something called "Pacifica across America" and it was ... programming from California that I don't know who listened to it. I actually tried to listen to it for a few minutes. And...it was beyond my level of toleration. Anyway...what we did, was thanks to our attorney Arthur Schwartz, who was, at that time, just a local attorney who has a program on WBAI about local politics. He's also involved in local politics in New York. And he heard about what happened and he said we've got to do something about this. And, somehow he went before a judge - after hours - after 5pm when the courts had shut down. *Gray* You mean the day this happened? *Steinberg* That day. At that very day, we dragged the judge out of bed. They met in the lobby of the judge's home to argue this case and he got a temporary restraining order. (The restraining order) was of the people who came (to New York) who were John Vernile - Executive Director, two directors, both from Houston, Bill Crozier and Adrian LaViolette, a staff engineer from Washington and two security guards....They also brought a locksmith to change all the locks, so we couldn't get in. Anyway, so (we got this order) to reinstate the status quo.... But first of all, they ignored the (retraining order) and a day or two later, I know the chronology gets kind of confusing after a while, but it was a couple of days later, I think, they appeal the temporary restraining order and they got the judge .... to vacate most of the restraining order but Pacifica was still ordered to continue to pay (WBAI) staff. Okay, but as far as the shutdown of the station, he (the judge) allowed that to continue. However, in the meantime, we were able to get back into the studio because since we didn't actually have a lease ....our landlord, who was sympathetic to us, got a locksmith to change all the locks again, and we came back. Of course, we still couldn't broadcast but at least we had a studio and at least we were able to watch the equipment so that it couldn't be taken out because it was a foregone conclusion that the equipment that they locked up would have been removed the next day or so. And that would have been that and it would have really been impossible to get back on the air.... Anyway, so from there, they got the temporary restraining orders...We went back to court. And there was a whole thing that went on. They (*the Pacifica disrupters*) tried to take us out of the New York State Supreme Court, because they thought that was too favorable to us. So they tried to get the federal court to hear the case. Okay, to justify going to Federal Court, they claimed this was an FCC issue, which it wasn't. We weren't contesting the ownership of the license or anything like that. We were simply contesting the legality of shutting down WBAI. ....A lot of things were going on at that time. There were meetings organized. There was a press conference in front of City Hall, that I managed to speak at (and) many other people spoke at - the borough president of Brooklyn came down and gave us his support....Anyway, when we finally got the hearing in federal court, we argued that the case doesn't belong in federal court. And the judge agreed with us and he (sent) the case back to New York State court, and so we went back to New York State court. And finally there were several hearings. But finally, on November 5, in front of Judge Melissa Crane, she gave us everything we wanted. She ordered (that Pacifica was to) open WBAI. And I should add that while this was all going on, they were all sorts of meetings on the Pacifica National Board and the people who were behind this takeover (*of WBAI and*) realizing that they had really no legal authority to do this. (*They were*) desperate to get some kind of retroactive ratification for their actions. So what they did was they (*the PNB Board)* held a meeting on October 12, in which they got (*a*) ratification, but they only did that because they disenfranchised *(some concerned board members*) from participating in the vote. \ *Gray* Oh, my goodness. Right. So we're talking here about the National Pacifica Board. Is that correct? *Steinberg* That's what you're talking about - (the) Pacifica board. Yeah, none of the four WBAI directors were allowed to vote. *(A correction and some additional information from Steinberg about the October 12 vote not mentioned in the interview:* *When the 5 Directors were disenfranchised at the PNB meeting of October 12, that did not include ALL 4 WBAI Directors. One of them was able to vote - namely Ralph Poynter. James Sagurton and I were not allowed to vote or participate in the discussion supposedly because we had a "conflict of interests" because we were litigants in the petition against Executive Director Vernile - even though we had removed ourselves from the case precisely in order to avoid this made up problem. Also Shawn Rhodes from WBAI was not allowed to vote because he was staff and therefore considered to have a conflict of interest. So 3 out of 4 WBAI Directors were prevented from voting or participating. On top of that, 2 other Directors, DeWayne Lark and Grace Aaron, were also prevented from voting or saying anything by the acting Chair, Sabrina Jacobs. Pacifica's legal counsel at the time, Ford Greene, gave his imprimatur to this act of blatant disenfranchisement. )* *Gray* Since the tragic incident that took place in WBAI in October this past year, the struggle has been ongoing. But the opposing faction on the board didn't allow certain board members to vote. I mean, how could that be legal? *Steinberg* Well, it wasn't legal. The Judge said in her ruling, specifically that the board at that time, disenfranchised (*some board members*) - she actually used that word that we were 'disenfranchised'. And that's absolutely correct. Anyway, we had an emergency meeting the next day, October 13, in which the directors (*did)* participate in the vote. And by that time, we had a majority on the board that were opposing the shut down of WBAI. And we authorized the reopening of WBAI. We suspended Mr. Vernile as...executive director, we removed the two officers of the board, who were supporters of this coup. This action by a majority of the board was again ignored by Mr. Vernile and his supporters. They were acting as if they were still in charge of everything, really. And they continue. Yeah, they continue to do so. Until we got the court order November 5. And even after we got the court order, they still continue (which is) astonishing....They still continued to engage a legal firm in the name of Pacifica, although we had the board majority on our side by that point, so we were Pacifica, (and) not them. But they were engaging this law firm to argue against us. *Gray* So they completely sidestep the democratic process as far as the board of directors was concerned and Pacifica bylaws are concerned ,all of that. Right? I mean, it's just remarkable. Really. They were hijacking the stage. *Steinberg* They were hijacking, you know, absolutely. In every conceivable way.... I guess they figured they can just get away with it. Finally, by the end of November, we were able to regain control of the network... (*Even with)* the court order on November 5, the Pacifica staff continue to take orders from Mr. Vernile.... even though we suspended him. It took another two weeks or so before it sunk in that the court orders meant exactly what it said. And we went on to fire Mr. Vernile for his actions. We also dismissed the legal counsel for Pacifica who was then engaged in what we felt was some very unethical behavior. I won't go into that any further....and we ordered a restoration of WBAI - it took us at least a good month before all our services were restored. And I'm talking about not only the studio and the tower, but our website, bank accounts, the call center that we use to answer phone calls during fundraise - all these things had to be addressed and it was quite exhausting for WBAI management and staff that we finally got back on the air November 7. Around midnight. I was in the new master studio when we did that. It was a very, very inspiring moment. Anyway, so...that's what happened, why it happened. The historical background and the political meaning of it all is whole other story that you may want to get into.... ....Well, I believe the larger picture is the increased corporatization and monopolization of communications and media technology and of course, that's very obvious with the rise of these mega corporation (and) internet corporations like Google and Facebook, Twitter.... But it also affects, of course, the more traditional media, like radio and television. You see consolidation all over the place, T-mobile and Sprint are merging. There's all this stuff going on. Anyway,...there has been a movement to corporatize all the different community stations and many .... were just shut down. This was in many regional community stations throughout the country, just as there are less and less local newspapers..... ...so within Pacifica this has taken the form over the years of various proposals to centralize operations. And right now, it's taking the form of an attempt to remove our democratic governance process. The first blow for that was the attempted shutdown of WBAI, but we are fighting on another front currently, and that's an attempt to rewrite our (Pacifica) bylaws. This is a court action going on right now that's forcing us to hold a referendum and the referendum (to) decide whether we maintain our current democratic governance process? Or will we be turned into a self selecting board of directors, like characterizes most NPR stations, in which, you know, there's really no local input as far as programming or major decisions on the local level. Currently, our Pacifica stations have both input on a local level for local station boards, and democratically elected people serving on the national board. And we have several people from each station on the national board so that we get a diverse set of opinions.... ...We're finding that the battle (of new bylaws) is like chapter two, sort of the sequel of the shutdown of WBAI....but the importance of the fact is that we were able to restore WBAI. And the only reason we did it was because we had so much support, not only in New York but throughout the country...many listeners and staff throughout the country rallied to support us. I was getting interviewed all over the place. Just because I happen to be the Pro tem chair of the board that was defending WBAI, at the time, I even had somebody call me from Manitoba, Canada that interviewed me on (a) local community station there, which is kind of neat. So anyway, we were happy, of course, to be back on the air but the struggle continues. We're under no illusion that the struggle is over. And this battle between the forces that want to corporatize and centralize our operations and (to) finance themselves at the expense of one of our stations, namely WBAI, and those who want to maintain a radical voice. I think it's sort of a mirror image of the kind of battle that's taking place politically throughout this country, between the forces who want to present an alternative not only to Trump but to all the enablers of social inequality and imperialism that populate both of our major political parties and those who are more or less okay with the status quo...You know, it would be strange if there was no reflection of the larger political situation within Pacifica and within these radio networks. *Gray* (*Please*) be a little bit more specific about ....what you mean by that? *Steinberg* I think the forces that want to centralize Pacifica are ...(t*hose that*) don't really want a truly radical alternative voice on the radio, they want something that they could call ... progressive...People feel too uncomfortable (*with a radical alternative voice*). That's kind of the issue we're facing... and I have nothing against prosperous middle class people who wish to be progressive. That's fine. But we also need a voice for those who are not, perhaps, middle class (*and/or*) are at the bottom of the economic ladder, who are discriminated against racially and many other ways. And, those voices need to be heard and we have many, many such voices on WBAI and the other Pacifica stations. There's always (*an issue*) in American politics whenever somebody speaks out to radically, and God forbid they should speak out against capitalism. They know for instance, in the Bernie Sanders candidacy or the Tulsi Gabbard candidacy in the current primaries going on in Democratic Party, we see this frenzy panic by the Democratic Party establishment. To put anybody...who talks about socialism...you can't have that. Well, it's that kind of reaction we're seeing within Pacifica against the radical spirit of Lew Hill and others who founded this network. They don't like the fact that we stand up, not only against the emerging authoritarianism and proto-fascism of the Trump administration, but all....(*those in*) the Democratic Party, who have sold out the working class. And just to give an example, we had a program on KPFA (that's our sister station in Berkeley) that was devoted to the working class called 'Work Week' that was recently terminated. And the reason was the person who ( *produced*) that program was a vigorous critic of the management of that station and that some of the management and staff of that station has been at the hub of this movement to muzzle Pacifica and turn into a kind of an NPR type of operation. I can (speak) a lot more freely on your station than I can on any Pacifica station at the moment because we are, believe it or not, under court order, to allow equal time for the views of those who will corporatize us as well as the views of those really at the core of Pacifica. Very happy to be on your (station). *Gray* Thank you, Alex, we're happy to have you on the air. I always say, as far as socialism or capitalism is concerned, that if there was ever a war that was successful in the world, it has to be the Cold War, because it's stymied so much of this discussion, not just here in the United States, but in so many other areas of the world. *Steinberg* Yeah, but the fascinating thing is that ... now we have this unbelievable situation where 40% of people that are polled have a favorable view of socialism in America. And that's astounding. We haven't seen anything like that at least since... 1912, when the Socialist Party ran Eugene v. Debs, and he got over 900,000 votes. *Gray* Yeah. Well, I need to say that my one of my friends, one of the people that we've interviewed on Just Peace in the past, is Richard Wolff, the Marxist economist. And he said that in New York when they had the Occupy Movement... that it was a huge awakening for so many people all over the country because they realized the 1% versus the 99%, (and) that there were huge, inappropriate inequities in the United States. And he said that now people are just flocking to his lectures, which is a good thing, all over the country, actually. Alex, our time has just gone so quickly. We only have just a couple of minutes left here. But we're going to get you back on the air. I appreciate also your comment at the very beginning of the show. You were saying (*that)* because of the changes as far as media is concerned ...in technology and so forth, that we really need to explore ways to be diverse in terms of information and what is possible to offer the variety of communities and cultures in the United States. I think we should have that discussion. So (please) that put that on the agenda, Alex. *Steinberg* And by the way, Heather, I'd like to add, although you didn't say it, that you are also a member of the Pacifica National Board as a representative of the affiliates. Although because of a court order, we're not allowed to seat you yet. *Gray* Well, for future reference - (*but thank you for mentioning that*). All right, Alex Steinberg, I want to thank you so much for sharing all this with us. It is just so appreciated. So, we look forward to having another discussion with you as well. *Steinberg* Absolutely. ### Gray & Associates, PO Box 8129, Atlanta, GA 31106 SafeUnsubscribe? wings at wings.org hmcgray at earthlink.net | Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by hmcgray at earthlink.net in collaboration with [image: Constant Contact] Try email marketing for free today! -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service www.wings.org From frieda.werden at gmail.com Sun Feb 23 22:06:15 2020 From: frieda.werden at gmail.com (Frieda Werden) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 01:06:15 -0500 Subject: [grc] Myths about podcasting music Message-ID: https://blog.simplecast.com/3-myths-you-should-stop-believing-about-podcast-music/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid -- Frieda Werden, Series Producer WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service websites: wingsradio.org (new) www.wings.org (historic) email: wings at wings.org and wingsproducers at yahoo.com Facebook news feed: https://www.facebook.com/wingsradio Gifts: https://www.paypal.me/wingsradio From paul at radiosurvivor.com Mon Feb 24 10:19:57 2020 From: paul at radiosurvivor.com (Paul Riismandel) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 10:19:57 -0800 Subject: [grc] Myths about podcasting music In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: These are good tips that add up to one conclusion: don't use music in a podcast that you don't have permission to use. 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I listen to a lot of my local station Freeform Portland's shows this way: https://www.mixcloud.com/freeformpdx/stream/ On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 10:07 PM Frieda Werden via grc < grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote: > > https://blog.simplecast.com/3-myths-you-should-stop-believing-about-podcast-music/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid > -- > Frieda Werden, Series Producer > WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service > websites: wingsradio.org (new) www.wings.org > (historic) > email: wings at wings.org and wingsproducers at yahoo.com > Facebook news feed: https://www.facebook.com/wingsradio > Gifts: https://www.paypal.me/wingsradio > _______________________________________________ > grc mailing list > grc at maillist.peak.org > http://maillist.peak.org/mailman/listinfo/grc > -- -------------------------------------- Paul Riismandel Co-founder and technology editor http://www.RadioSurvivor.com (503) 673-2962 Pronouns: he/his Get free weekly insight on real radio in the Radio Survivor Bulletin: http://www.radiosurvivor.com/radio-survivor-bulletin/ From jimedia at grandecom.net Thu Feb 27 13:40:26 2020 From: jimedia at grandecom.net (Jim Ellinger) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:40:26 -0600 Subject: [grc] AA asking for help Message-ID: *Hello GRC folks-** ** **Please visit Radio Rumphy on Facebook and GoFundMe.** **We are about halfway to our goal to purchase equipment** **and fly to the remote northern region of Malawi.** ** **Every aspect of this project has been a challenge...even ** **more so than previous Africa CR projects, most recently ** **Radio Taboo in Cameroon.** ** **The local group, Roscher Youth Development is the license** **holder and works to educate women and girls. 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