Chadwick also blocks the Pacifica Radio Archives from selling or distributing copies of the July 14th program. On July 20, station WPFW pulls a CounterSpin broadcast featuring KPFA local advisory board member J. Imani and media critic Norman Solomon. Once the story about the KPFA crisis is over, WPFW returns to the program. Pacifica station WPFW in Washington DC interrupts the program and pulls it from the air. On Nov. 1, PNN News Director Dan Coughlin is summarily removed as national news director after airing a news brief on a Pacifica affiliates boycott of Pacifica programming.
Managers play music over the story and return to the show once the item is over.
In early December, WPFW cancels CounterSpin, FAIR's radio show. At the time, WPFW offers no rationale for its actions. Later, a Pacifica press release says the show did not raise enough money on the listener-sponsored station. Avery-Brown decries censorship and the disturbing trend away from progressive coverage at Pacifica's national news.