BULLETIN: KPFA NEWSCAST INTERRUPTED...TAPES PUT ON AIR BY
PACIFICA IN PLACE OF REGULAR PROGRAMMING
At 6:06 p.m. this evening, the KPFA evening news was interrupted by background sounds of KPFA "Flashpoints" host Dennis Bernstein protesting rough handling on the part of the armed security guards who apparently were enforcing his suspension for material broadcast on the air a few minutes earlier.
As news anchor Mark Mericle was describing the scene, his microphone was abruptly cut off, and there was dead air for two minutes. Then a pre-recorded speech (ironically, by Los Angeles activist Eric Mann about Marxism and socialism) began to be broadcast.
THERE IS AN EMERGENCY DEMOSTRATION GOING ON AT THIS TIME...IF YOU ARE NEARBY...PLEASE COME TO 1929 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WAY IN BERKELEY AND SUPPORT FREE SPEECH COMMUNITY RADIO...
AND FAX...phone...or e-mail Dr. Mary Frances Berry and the other members of the Pacifica national board to protest their outrageous actions! ----------
Chair of Pacifica's Governing Board
Dr. Mary Frances Berry - at-large member 624 Ninth Street NW #700 Washington DC 20425 phone: (202) 337-0382 FAX: (202) 376-7558 e-mail: mfberry at sas.upenn.edu
Pacifica National Board, Executive Committee
David Acosta, Vice Chair - KPFT phone: (713) 926-4604 FAX: (713) 921-2780 e-mail: cpadga at aol.com
June Makela at-large member phone: (212) 673-9225 FAX: same e-mail: junemakela at aol.com
Roberta Brooks (resigned) phone: (510) 763-0370 Ext. 18 FAX (510) 763-6538 e-mail: Roberta.Brooks at mail.house.gov
Ken Ford - WPFW Phone: (202) 822-0228 FAX: (202) 822-0369 e-mail: kford at nahb.com
Frank Millspaugh - WBAI phone: (212) 741-0839 FAX: (212) 924-7409 e-mail: fmillspa at aol.com
Bob Farrell - KPFK phone: (323) 299-3800 X 255 FAX: (323) 299-3896 e-mail: rfarrell at kamber.com
Pacifica National Board Members
William Lucey Nat. Secretary-Treasurer, AFSCME Mbr., Exec. Board, NAACP wlucy at igc.apc.org
Michael Palmer - KPFT (Real Estate Broker, Houston, TX) FAX: 713-960-8583 mpalmer at cbrichardellis.com