VOTE “NO!”: You CAN stop the hijacking of WBAI/Pacifica!
The rogue faction of the Pacifica National Board that took WBAI off the air for over a month in the fall of 2019, replaced local programming with remotely provided canned content, and totally disrupted fundraising crucial to WBAI’s survival, have even more destructive plans for the entire Pacifica network. TheyContinue Reading
Vote “NO!” on Pacifica’s Anti-Democratic Bylaws Revision
by Grassroots Community Radio Coalition A court in Berkeley has ordered the Pacifica Foundation to conduct a vote on a total Bylaws revision, masquerading as an amendment, and because of financial and other issues, Pacifica is unable to contest the order, brought by the same hijackers who recently took WBAIContinue Reading
PRESS RELEASE: November 7, 2019: WBAI Back On The Air As NY Judge Melissa Crane Rebuffs Pacifica’s Attempted Takeover
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: merosenberg@legal-aid.org (718) 422-2753. Contact:- Mimi Rosenberg WBAI Back On The Air As NY Judge Melissa Crane Rebuffs Pacifica’s Attempted Takeover NEW YORK–A New York State Supreme Court judge has restored WBAI 99.5 FM Radio to local control. The station’s local programming and other assets had been seizedContinue Reading
Notes from Friday, October 25 court date
[The following are notes about the court date, October 25, 2019.] Oral argument on motions before Judge Melissa Crane — NY State Supreme Court, New York County, October 25, 2019. Attorneys: WBAI: Arthur Schwartz {WBAI was the moving party/PNB answered} PNB: lawyers from Foster-Garvey Our question is: What is theContinue Reading
October 29, 2019: Report on New Petition
Message from Arthur Schwartz & Mimi on Arthur’s Behalf, Today (October 29, 2019) our attorney, Arthur Schwartz, filed an expited motion to add 8 PNB Directors as Petitioners. He did so because he had some concern about standing (a legal term involving who can sue about what, i.e. who hasContinue Reading
Whose Station Our Station! Court Hearing for WBAI, Fri., Oct. 25 @ 10:30 am, 71 Thomas Street
Family of WBAI Producers & Listeners, Come to the Supreme Court hearing tomorrow, Friday, October 25, 2019, at 10:30 am, at 71 Thomas Street (corner of West Broadway), in lower Manhattan, where WBAI’s case for “community control” — the return of our radio station to local control — will beContinue Reading
PRESS RELEASE: October 15, 2019. WBAI fights back against rogue faction of parent Pacifica National Board and its Executive Director to eliminate WBAI
WBAI Radio Staff, Producers and Listeners Coalition wbai.fightback@gmail.com PRESS RELEASE WBAI Staff, Listeners, Elected Officials, & Community Groups Hold Press Conference on Steps of City Hall – October 15 – 12 NOON WBAI fights back against a plot by rogue faction of the parent Pacifica National Board and itsContinue Reading
WBAI Press Conference and Rally on Tuesday, October 15 from the steps of NY City Hall
Please watch and share! https://www.facebook.com/groups/WBAIonline/permalink/10157636210842389/ Some photos from the press conference and from the meeting at The People’s Forum later on the evening of the 15th:
PRESS RELEASE: October 13, 2019. Majority of Pacifica Board Votes to Restore WBAI
Berkeley—On the evening of Sunday October 13th, the majority of the Pacifica Board of Directors voted to restore WBAI-FM to local content and staffing and undo the heist that occurred on October 7th. This vote also occurred on Saturday, October 12th, but on that day the perpetrators decided to “notContinue Reading