Pacifica Foundation records, 1949-1987.

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Pacifica Foundation records, 1949-1987.

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Records of the Pacifica Foundation, a non-profit foundation which pioneered listener-sponsored broadcasting and which operates five FM stations: KPFA, Berkeley, California; KPFK, Los Angeles, California; WBAI, New York City; KPFT, Houston, Texas; and WPFW, Washington, D.C. Coverage is best for programming and operations of the individual stations; these files include a fairly comprehensive collection of program guides for KPFA, KPFK, and WBAI, and operational material chiefly for KPFA and KPFK. Also pertaining to KPFA are 19 cartons of partially-processed news scripts, 1963-1973. Although the remainder of the collection pertains to Pacifica in general, there is little documentation on overall policymaking. Also included is material concerning investigations of Pacifica by the U.S. Senate and the FCC over alleged communist infiltration and the use of obscenity on the air.

23.0 c.f. (12 archives boxes and 19 record center cartons); plusadditions of 43.2 c.f.22 tape recordings,3 discs,100 photographs,57 negatives,12 transparencies, and1 poster.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6923074

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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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 ...