-Caveat Lector- Radio station with longtime ties to radical politics to reopen Copyright © 1999 Nando Media Copyright © 1999 Associated Press By MICHELLE LOCKE BERKELEY, Calif. (July 29, 1999 12:44 a.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Public radio station KPFA, a longtime outlet for radical politics, will reopen Friday, more than two weeks after management closed it down amid passionate disagreements with the staff. The staffers claimed the station's parent company, the nonprofit Pacifica Foundation, wants to make KPFA more mainstream. Pacifica's board voted Wednesday to reopen the station as a "goodwill gesture" toward "resolving the conflict" said Mary Frances Berry, Pacifica's Chairwoman. Pacifica will remove itself from the management of the station for six months to one year while continuing to mediate some issues with the staff, the foundations said in a statement said. No details were available. KPFA has been in an uproar for weeks, with staffers claiming a move is afoot to take their quirky community station mainstream. Managers responded by putting all workers on paid leave and locking up the station. The ruckus has brought out scores of loyal listeners - including singer Joan Baez and author Alice Walker - who have demonstrated, marched and camped out on the street to show their support for staffers. Members of the Pacifica Foundation have repeatedly said they don't plan to sell KPFA, which has a 59,000-watt signal capable of reaching much of Northern California. But on Wednesday, a member of the Pacifica board of directors, Pete Bramson, said his colleagues are secretly discussing such a move. A spokesman for Pacifica did not immediately return a telephone call from The Associated Press. Pacifica also owns stations in New York, Houston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Wingate California Director SKYWATCH INTERNATIONAL Anomalous Images and UFO Files http://www.anomalous-images.com DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
