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Trans Pacific Partnership, Exploited African Migrants & Radical Journalist Awards
WBAI’s Morning show from 6-8am has been revived with Michael G. Haskins at the helm daily M-F. It’s a local morning drive time news and talkshow with a global reach. On Tuesdays Pam Brown joins Michael G. Haskins. Progressive Community Media talked with Pam about the crucial role WBAI plays in the media landscape of the NY metro area and showcased one of her shows. On that show Brown and Haskins interviewed Milton Alimadi of the Black Star news weekly about the tragic sinking of a...
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Speak out at the WBAI Local Station Board Meeting
Demand: UNDO THE COUP!Local Station Board Meeting -- Thursday, June 25, 7:00 PMJudson Memorial Church Assembly Room, 239 Thompson Street(bet. W. 4th & W. 3rd Sts.), Manhattan. Trains: A,B,C,D,E,F to W. 4th St.Another person has been fired from the Pacifica...
200+ Rally To Reverse Onslaught Of Firings, Program Changes And Gag Rule At WBAI
On Wednesday, June 17, more than 200 demonstrators gathered to demand the firings and bannings that have recently occured at the station be reversed and that WBAI be kept under local control. The rally was called for by the Take Back WBAI Coalition which gathered in...
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez Issue Letter to the New WBAI Management
The entire text of their letter follows, but the headlines are: 1. Dissatisfaction with the change in broadcast time of Democracy Now from 9 AM to 8 AM, as the beginning of the end of popular, local program Wake Up Call. "This decision disturbs us deeply and we ask...