From: jad@ckuxb.att.com (John A Dinardo)
Subject: PACIFICA RADIO: Dispelling the Smokescreen of the Corporate/Gov't Media
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Keywords: List of Pacifica Radio stations throughout the U.S.A.
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 22:40:05 GMT

    The following excerpts of a letter I received from Pacifica
    Radio Network station WBAI-FM (99.5) in New York City sketch a
    history of Pacifica's achievements. Also included is a list of
    the Pacifica Radio stations across the U.S.A. 

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Dear New Member,

Thank you once again for becoming a new member of WBAI - Pacifica
Radio. With your subscription, you are now part of one of the most
important, vital and unique media institutions in this city.
And here's why.

You joined WBAI during a very critical time when we were engaged 
in our round-the-clock emergency coverage of the Gulf War and its
terrible aftermath. An international crisis like this makes 
extraordinary financial and resource demands on all media
organizations. Although the networks had multi-million dollar 
budgets to do this work, as an independent community radio station,
we did not. What WBAI did have is a proud tradition of thirty-one
years of exceptional reporting during demanding times like this.

          HERE'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

*  WBAI was here in the 1960's covering the Vietnam War and won
   major journalism awards for those ground-breaking reports.

*  In the 1970's, we examined Watergate and every other White House
   scandal. Our evening newscast received another prize.

*  During the Reagan years, we broadcast eye-witness reports on
   Nicaragua and probed U.S. policies in Latin America like no other
   news agency. We also covered Grenada, Haiti and the rest of the
   Caribbean with live reports from the region.

*  In 1987, WBAI brought you the most complete coverage of the 
   Congressional hearings on the Iran-Contra Affair. This extraordinary
   series won two national journalism awards. And that investigation
   has a continuing impact even on today's news.

*  When the Panama story broke, WBAI had been there months and years
   before to bring you the background and the reality of this conflict.
   The prestigious "George R. Polk Award" went to Robert Knight of 
   the UNDERCURRENTS program for his reports.

*  In 1990, we broadcast the Savings and Loan hearings, Nelson
   Mandela's historic visit to the U.S. and the International AIDS
   summit from San Francisco -- an award winner.

          HERE'S WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IN THE FUTURE

*  This September, WBAI will be bringing you the full Congressional
   hearings on Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the Supreme
   Court, and the C.I.A. Director hearings on Robert Gates live from
   Washington by national satellite. We will broadcast in-depth 
   coverage of the latest developments in the "October Surprise"
   and the BCCI Affair, the mother of all banking scandals.

This is community radio at its very best, serving the public 
interest and the people's right to know. This is the kind of 
programming excellence which WBAI brings you 365 days a year.

We have been able to do this work because our listeners have been
the major source of [financial and moral] support for more than
thirty years. As a new member, you have joined with thousands of
others in the tri-state New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area
who believe in social change and want to make a difference in 
their lives and in the world. And you can hear that commitment to 
peace and to justice in our programming. It's one of the things
which makes us different.

.....
                              Sincerely,

                              Valerie van Isler, General Manager
                              And the WBAI Staff 


You can hear Pacifica News and National Programming on these 
community radio stations from coast to coast:

    P = Pacifica Station
    A = Affiliate station which carries the news and all other programming
    S = Subscriber station which carries Pacifica News Service
        and some other Pacifica programming 

       All stations are FM, unless otherwise noted.

Arkansas, Little Rock          KABF  88.3     A
California, Arcata             KHSU  90.5     S
California, Berkeley           KPFA  94.1     P
California, Chico              KZFR  90.1     S
California, Fresno             KFCF  88.1     A  
California, Los Angeles        KPFK  90.7     P
California, Philo              KZYX  97.0     S
Colorado, Boulder              KGNU  88.5     A
Colorado, Fort Collins         KCSU  90.5     S
Connecticut, Bridgeport        WPKN  89.5     S
Connecticut, Storrs            WHUS  91.7     A
District of Columbia           WPFW  89.3     P
Florida, Miami                 WDNA  88.9     S
Florida, Tampa                 WMNF  88.5     A
Georgia, Atlanta               WRFG  89.3     S
Idaho, Moscow                  KUOI  89.3     S
Illinois, Champaign            WEFT  90.1     S
Illinois, Chicago              WZRD  88.3     A
Kansas, North Newton           KBCU  88.7     S
Kentucky, Lexington            WRFL  88.1     A
Massachusetts, No. Dartmouth   WUSM  91.1     A
Massachusetts, Provincetown    WOMR  91.9     S
Michigan, Ann Arbor            WCBN  88.3     S
Minnesota, Minneapolis         KFAI  90.3     A
Missouri, Columbia             KOPN  89.5     A
Missouri, Kansas City          KKFI  90.1     S
Nebraska, Lincoln              KZUM  89.5     A
Nevada, Reno                   KUNR  88.7     S
New Mexico, Albuquerque        KUNM  90.1     A
New York, New York City        WBAI  99.5     P
New York, Saratoga Springs     WSPN  91.1     S
New York, Stony Brook          WUSB  90.1     A
New York, Troy                 WRPI  91.5     A
Ohio, Yellow Springs           WYSO  91.3     S
Oregon, Ashland                KSJK  1230 AM  S
Oregon, Corvallis              KBVR  88.7     A
Oregon, Eugene                 KRVM  91.9     A
Oregon, Portland               KBOO  90.7     A
Pennsylvania, Allentown        WMUH  89.7     S
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia     WKDU  91.7     S
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh       WYEP  91.3     S
Texas, Austin                  KAZI  90.5     S
Texas, Houston                 KPFT  90.1     P
Utah, Salt Lake City           KRCL  90.9     A
Vermont, Plainfield            WGDR  91.1     A
Virginia, Charlottesville      WTJU  91.3     S
Washington, Bellevue           KBCS  91.3     A
Washington, Seattle            KCMU  90.5     A
Wisconsin, Hayward             WOJB  88.9     S
Wisconsin, Madison             WORT  89.9     S
Wisconsin, Oshkosh             WRST  90.3     S

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    transcribed by John DiNardo


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