Comments on: Save KPFA’s Hard Knock Radio, Flashpoints and Full Circle

By: Linda Brown

Linda Brown — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:48:55 +0000

Please let the listening public in on what is really going on!! All I know is that the morning show, and most of the programming on KPFA seems to have been dumbed down! Flashpoints,and Hard knocks, seem to be some of the few that have kept their edge. The morning show has gone the way of NPR I stopped giving money to KPFA when it seemed like all of the programming was given to woman's issues, as well as social issues that made sure that they never stepped on anyone's toes. This is not what Lou Hill had in mind, or is it what we had all come to expect from our KPFA!! I am a woman, and I want to hear about what we can not hear from the main stream media, and I want to step on some toes! Don't spend my time programming things I already know about, or can hear on NPR. Yes I understand that there are gender issues, but I don't want to hear about them everyday!!

By: Adrienne Lauby

Adrienne Lauby — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:36:05 +0000

The deep cuts at KPFA are heartbreaking.

And, the call out to listeners for a new effort to "Save KPFA" is breaking my heart in yet another way. I was an unpaid activist from the North Bay after the 1999 lockout to Save KPFA/Save Pacifica. I spent 4-5 years of my life in that amazing & victorious struggle. Now, the words of our struggle are being used to shore up a worker/management clique at KPFA, to try to save the jobs of a few clique players.

There is a ton of misinformation over what is, essentially, nothing but an internal turf war.

I am a current unpaid staff member at KPFA who works on a disability-related public affairs program there. Many of us on the staff know these lay offs could have been done in a much kinder and easier-on-the-listeners way. The worker-manager group and the union should have worked with managers to make these cuts. They refused until in order to build to a crisis where they can take their case to the entire bay area. It is such a waste of grassroots energy.

Have I said sad enough? It's a very sad moment.

By: sfbayview

sfbayview — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:12:43 +0000

Hello, Get Smart. Who is the "we" you mention? Who are you? And why did you threaten to call the police and then call the police that day? What infraction did you allege Nadra had committed that prompted you to ask her to leave the station? Considering Nadra had been a regular volunteer at KPFA for a dozen years, several of those years hosting a show, why did you believe such an extreme measure needed to be taken to remove her? Why, as Anita Johnson can be heard saying on the video, did you not ask Anita or someone else to talk to Nadra or to mediate while you or the "we" you refer to talked with her?

Where is the relevancy? Every day in the two plus years since Nadra was severely beaten by police inside the KPFA studio where she had been volunteering she has suffered from painful injuries, most notably her hand, which appears to be permanently disabled. Do you know what steps KPFA or the staff involved have taken to resolve the issue or to make Nadra whole? I don't and would appreciate your telling me and our readers, including Nadra Foster.

- Mary Ratcliff, editor, SF Bay View

By: Get Smart

Get Smart — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:37:40 +0000

Again, isn't this old news about Nadra? Where is the relevancy? Also, we did talk to Ms. Foster who refused to leave. She was advised the police would be called if she did not vacate the station. If you can't get the truth out do you belong on the air?

By: bayareapatriot

bayareapatriot — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:54:12 +0000

where is the rest? you could have went outside to show the supposed straight jacket. Looks like another lunatic that could not control themselves.
Also, show me where it says anywhere people have "access" to a community radio station. We should not even be giving any tax money to a station that shows mainly one point of view and does not represent the community as a whole.

By: reva

reva — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 03:29:22 +0000

Davey D, your coverage during the most recent Oscar Grant protest was excellent. You had the presence of mind to apply a profound analysis if a very volatile situation, keeping a cool head while expressing clear thoughts. We need you out there, we need you in the studio – you are truly a blessing to KPFA and to your community. Thank you!
Reva Kidd
(formally of El Cerrito, now El Sobrante ;) )