Pacifica Foundation records

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Pacifica Foundation records

1946-1991 (majority 1950-1980)

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Founded in 1946 by Lewis Hill, Eleanor McKinney, and others as a noncommercial, educational, cultural radio in the San Francisco Bay area, the Pacifica Foundation has continued to flourish as a completely listener-supported radio network. The goal behind having listener support was to ensure a grass-roots forum that would support diversity, freedom of speech, and promote programs according to what the listeners want, not what a corporate sponsor wants. Hill's strong beliefs in open communication and freedom of expression helped Pacifica set precedents concerning freedom of speech in broadcasting. Besides the pioneer station, KPFA (Berkeley), Pacifica radio consists of KPFK (Los Angeles), WBAI (New York), KPFT (Houston), and WPFW (Washington, DC). The collection traces the founding of Pacifica and the development of the listener-support system for radio.

15.0 Linear Feet (10 record storage containers) and 380 Tape Reels (5", 7", and 10" )

eng, Latn

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6326567

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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KPFK (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.)

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KPFA (Radio station : Berkeley, Calif.)

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KPFA-FM KPFA-FM in Berkeley was an influential participant in the development of the Bay Area as a national center for new music. It gained an international reputation for its music programming early on, after being founded in 1949. Up until 1992, its Music Directors were always composers or critics in the classical music field. From 1969-1992, composer Charles Amirkhanian (Executive & Artistic Director of Other Minds) served as Music Dir...

Pacifica Foundation

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The first listener-subscription FM educational radio station. Began broadcasting 15 April 1949. From the description of Publicity brochures and papers, 1949-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122566009 Listener-supported Radio Organization. Founded in 1946 by Lewis Hill, Eleanor McKinney and others. From the description of Records. 1946-1991. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 34530061 ...