Concept information
Preferred term
Pacifica Radio
Definition
- The Pacifica Radio Foundation owns the licenses for and manages the affairs of five listener supported, noncommercial FM radio stations in the United States: KPFA in Berkeley, California (inaugurated in 1949); KPFK in Los Angeles, California (1959); WBAI in New York City (1960); KPFT in Houston, Texas (1970); and WPFW in Washington, D.C. (1977). Pacifica also funds and promotes news and public affairs programs for its own and nearly 100 affiliated community radio stations, most notably Democracy Now and Free Speech Radio News. [Source: Encyclopedia of Journalism; Pacifica Radio]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Pacifica_Radio
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