From subs at mail.kfcf.org Tue Jul 8 12:31:36 2008 From: subs at mail.kfcf.org (KFCF Subscribers & Friends list) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 12:31:36 -0700 Subject: [KFCF Friends] Upcoming Program Highlights on KFCF Message-ID: <00aa01c8e131$3c677780$4202a8c0@OFFICE> Upcoming Program Highlights Tuesday, July 8 2 PM- 3 PM Exploration with Michu Kaku Re-run of previous show (brought back by popular demand): Thomas Mast, author of Over a Barrel; And Dr. David Goodstein, author of Out of Gas, about the soaring price of gasoline. Wednesday. July 9th 10:00 AM - Noon Music of the World with Doug Edwards: Doug Edwards visits w/ KPFA host Stephen Kent. 10:00 AM, Doug explores Stephen's origins and the musical path that les Stephen to the didgeridoo, and his wide musical taste. 11:00 AM, Cast members of the powerful play "Frederick Douglas Speaks" invite KPFA listeners to enjoy this important stage play about black history. Wednesday, July 9th 3:00-3:30 PM FCNV Stir it Up Radio Show Angela Price will be hosting this month's radio show and will have as her guest Gene Roza, an activist with CARA (California Alliance for Retired Americans. Although we will touch on the federal program "Medicare for All" HR 676, most of the time will be spent on Senator Sheila Kuehl's Single Payer health care bill: SB 840 which will replace most healthcare insurances in California, giving every resident comprehensive healthcare. Remember this is a call in show if you have any questions for Gene. Thursday, July 10th 10 AM- 12 Noon Women's Voices in World Music Part Two: Living Legends This is the second in a series of two-hour programs featuring women in world music. Today we focus on women who are widely considered to be living legends--those who are performing today and continuing to chart new musical territories. We'll listen to Joan Baez, Chava Alberstein (Israel), Mariam Doumbia (Mali), Lucilla Galeazzi (Italy), Zap Mama (Zaire), Susana Baca (Peru), Gal Costa (Brazil), and many more. Hosted by Sandy Miranda Thursday, July 10th 1 PM - 2 PM Alternative Radio: The Shock Doctrine Catastrophes from Katrina to Iraq from Afghanistan to the Asian Tsunami clear the way for corporations to move in and operate in newly privatized zones, pushing local government overboard. Kind of like shock and awe economics. Privatize, privatize, privatize is intoned like a mantra by the economic high priests of neoliberalism. The belief in the so-called free market is almost akin religious dogma. Abuses, shoddy work and rampant profiteering rule with little or no oversight or accountability. Governments sub-contract and outsource their essential functions and services as jobs float downstream from the public sector into the private. Free market neoliberalism is synonymous with democracy and since everyone loves the latter what's not to like about the former? But what it really is, is a get rich quick crusade. Naomi Klein <../speakers/KLEN.shtml> Naomi Klein of Canada is an award-winning journalist, author and filmmaker. Her articles appear in major newspapers and magazines all over the world. Her documentary film on the economic crisis in Argentina is "The Take." "No Logo," her book on globalization and marketing was an international bestseller. Her latest book is "The Shock Doctrine." Friday July 11th 1:30 PM Making Contact : Women Rising 17: Climate Change and Water Maude Barlow from Canada, and Ge Yun from China warn us about the link between climate change and the loss of one of our most basic human requirements: water for life. We profile two women activists taking about the global water crisis. Canadian Maude Barlow is a well known leader in the global struggle for water justice. Ge Yun from China is in the vanguard of her country's growing conservation movement. In this program, they both warn us about the link between climate change and the loss of one of our most basic human requirements: water for life. Featuring: Ge Yun, Executive Director, Xinjiang Conservation Fund; Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians, and co-founder of the Blue Planet Project Friday July 11th 7PM - 8 PM Move On Up Devoya Mayo and Mykall Powell host Donovan Bryn from Creative Fresno, who will talk about projects Creative is working on, and the upcoming Bartender Challenge. Saturday July 12th 7 PM- 11 PM Jazz with Jim/Earthbeat Rick Flores (of "Wasteland of The Free" fame) fills in for Jim and Annie, and presents a special on the music of the band "The Clash". Plus punk , new wave and lots of Clash hits. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We'll air speeches, stories and sounds from the Green Party convention, as well as terrific live interviews and analysis of the Greens in the current political landscape. That's Sunday, July 13th, 9am-12n pacific. Tune in for live coverage of the Green Party convention on KFCF FM 88.1 Fresno. NEW SHOWS Alternative Radio with host David Barsamian is going into reruns for the summer, so in the interim we will be adding the new program "If You Love This Planet" hosted by Dr. Helen Caldicott. It will begin on Thursday July 17, 2008 at 1:00 PM Thursday, July 17 - 1 :00 PM Hazards of U.S. nuclear power plants David Lochbaum, Director of the Nuclear Safety Project for the Union of Concerned Scientists talks about the public health risks posed by the 104 operating nuclear power stations in the United States, and how the nuclear industry is regulated. (Recorded in Canberra, Australia, April 9 2008). This episode also includes an excerpt from the 1983 Oscar-winning documentary, If You Love This Planet, which features Helen Caldicott giving a lecture about the risks and consequences of nuclear war. Progressive Parenting with Gena Kirby - First Friday of the month at 5 PM (August 1) Progressive Parenting is a call in show that is hosted by doula Gena Kirby. She is not a parenting expert, but a mother of two, who understands the concerns of parents today. Because this is a progressive show, parents will hear issues and topics they won't hear in the mainstream media. Program Highlights: Thursday, July 10 10:00 pm The Hear and Now East Bay guitarist Dale Miller brings his acoustic guitar to KPFA to play a few tunes live in the studio. Initially inspired by the folk boom of the 1960s and the solo steel-string playing of John Fahey, Miller became one of the best-selling artists on the influential Kicking Mule Records label, recording tracks for the Contemporary Ragtime Guitar anthology, plus three solo LPs--including "Fingerpicking Rags and Other Delights." His new self-produced CD of jazz, blues, pop and rock standards and originals is "Time Goes By," the release of which Miller will be celebrating Friday, July 11, at the Freight & Salvage Coffee House, 1111 Addison St., Berkeley. (He'll be joined at the Freight bhy Sam Page and Allegra Broughton of Solid Air and surprise guests.) www.dalemiller.com www.thefreight.org Hosted by Derk Richardson. Friday, July 11th 1:30 PM Making Contact : Women Rising 17: Climate Change and Water Maude Barlow from Canada, and Ge Yun from China warn us about the link between climate change and the loss of one of our most basic human requirements: water for life. We profile two women activists taking about the global water crisis. Canadian Maude Barlow is a well known leader in the global struggle for water justice. Ge Yun from China is in the vanguard of her country's growing conservation movement. In this program, they both warn us about the link between climate change and the loss of one of our most basic human requirements: water for life. Featuring: Ge Yun, Executive Director, Xinjiang Conservation Fund; Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians, and co-founder of the Blue Planet Project Friday, July 11th 7PM - 8 PM Move On Up Devoya Mayo and Mykall Powell host Donovan Bryn from Creative Fresno, who will talk about projects Creative is working on, and the upcoming Bartender Challenge featuring some folks from KFCF. Saturday, July 12th 7 PM- 11 PM Jazz with Jim/Earthbeat Rick Flores (of "Wasteland of The Free" fame) fills in for Jim and Annie, and presents a special on the music of the band "The Clash". Plus punk , new wave and lots of Clash hits. Monday, July 14th 3:00 pm Cover to Cover Sean Malloy, Assitant Professor of Social Services, Humanities and Arts at U. C, Merced, talks about his new book "Atomic Tragedy: Henry L. Stimson and the Decision to Use the Bomb Againts Japan." Secretary of war Stimson failed, despite his beliefs about war and morality, to stop the weapon's use againts heavily populated cities, and atruggled to reconcile that responsability for the rest of his life. --------------------------------------------- How you can help KFCF: KFCF is looking for a few things. We need a new vacumn cleaner for the office. Do you have a working vacumn in the closet you'd like to donate? Call 559-233-2221 if you have one or email rwithers at kfcf.org . Thanks. Also we have some projects we're looking at around the office we'd like to get some help with. We have some flourescent light fixtures that need some work, a bathroom fan that doesn't run and are looking at soundproofing some of the windows in the studio and control room. And hopefully it'll also help keep the offices a little more comfortable when the temperatures are extreme. Call 559-233-2221 or send an e-mail to rwithers at kfcf.org . Thanks. ------------------------- GOODSEARCH - Benefits KFCF and Fresno Free College Foundation. If you use the Goodsearch web search engine, they will donate a penny per search to KFCF and the Fresno Free College Foundation. That is the concept behind GoodSearch.com a new search engine powered by Yahoo! GoodSearch donates 50% of its revenue, approximately a penny per search, to the charities designated by its users. You use it exactly as you would any other search engine and the pennies add up quickly - just 500 people searching four times a day will earn around $7,300 in a year. It doesn't cost the users anything! KFCF and the Fresno Free College Foundation recently registered with the sites, giving its supporters a chance to raise money for the cause every time they search the Internet or shop online. The goal is to earn money through the site this year which will be used to pay for keeping KFCF on the air. Go to www.goodsearch.com and enter Fresno Free College Foundation as the charity you'd like to donate . ----------------------------- Subs at mail.kfcf.org This list is maintained and operated by KFCF and The Fresno Free College Foundation PO Box 4364 Fresno CA 93744 In a survey, pledge form or other contact with KFCF you indicated you'd like to receive e-mail about KFCF events. If you feel you were subscribed in error, please go to: http://mail.kfcf.org/mailman/listinfo/subs/ to unsubscribe. Or send an e-mail request to office at kfcf.org and we'll do it for you. 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Pacifica Radio will broadcast the hearing live, starting at 6:00am PDT, Tuesday, July 15, anchored by KPFA's Aimee Allison and Larry Bensky. Feith was one of the architects of the Bush Administration's legal and policy framework for interrogations. He was initially scheduled to testify in June, but cancelled on the morning of the hearing. His appearance tomorrow is ensured by subpoena. Other guests scheduled for tomorrow's hearing include Philippe Sands, Professor of International Law, University College London; and Deborah Pearlstein, Associate Research Scholar at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs. Tuesday's hearing follows up on previous coverage of this topic. 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Also, anyone with basic office skills who'd like to do some volunteer work should also feel free to contact me. -Rychard Withers Executive Director FFCF/KFCF FFCF Executive Assistant/Operations Job Description Responsibilities: Office Duties: The Executive Assistant is responsible for staffing the office during the Executive Director's absence during regularly posted business hours and assists with office work as needed, including answering phones and emails, assisting in making bank deposits, and maintaining and updating the membership, supporter and volunteer databases. Insure that subscription and membership databases are updated, and is responsible for entering recorded membership information for those who contribute to FFCF or KFCF directly. Volunteer Coordination: the Executive Assistant is responsible for assisting Board committees in recruiting volunteers, either by contacting volunteers directly or by providing appropriate information and contact lists to committee members. Updating volunteer database and coordinating volunteer activity. Fundraising Projects: The Executive Assistant works with Board committees on FFCF and KFCF events and fundraising activities, including production of general or special mailing lists, organizational assistance and public relations. Community Calendar: The position is responsible for supervising production of and updating the weekly KFCF Community Calendar program, and for posting an up to date version of the Calendar on the KFCF website. Radio Production: Produces promotional and informational announcements for radio broadcast, and as necessary serves as Engineer for local programming when requested by the Executive Director. May also supervise or produce remote recording and live broadcasts. Working knowledge of the KFCF on-air and production studio, including the ability to operate the studio for live programming and the production of programs off air. This includes a working knowledge of the broadcast console and all the various audio components involved in radio production such as; Minidisc decks, cassette decks, CD players and recorders, turntables and microphones. Radio Production: The Executive Assistant may be called upon to produce radio announcements and serve as a Board Operator for local programming as needed. Qualifications: Thorough knowledge of the Microsoft Windows and the Microsoft Office Suite as a working tool, including word processing, spreadsheet, database, graphic arts, QuickBooks, communication and other necessary applications. Verbally articulate, facility with the written word in creative and business communication, and well organized and efficient in working habits. Skill and experience in organizing and promoting public events. Other duties as assigned. This position is a part time position. A general knowledge of broadcasting, public relations, graphic design and layout skills will all be considered as highly desirable skills in this position. Resumes should be submitted by August 1, 2008. They may be emailed to rwithers at kfcf. org or faxed to (559)233-2221. College degree, or two years experience in related fields requested. Salary depends on skills. FFCF is an equal opportunity employer. Rychard Withers Executive Director Fresno Free College Foundation / KFCF-FM PO Box 4364 ? Fresno, CA 93744 Main: (559) 233-2221 Fax: (559) 233-5776 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 48105 bytes Desc: not available URL: From subs at mail.kfcf.org Thu Jul 24 10:21:14 2008 From: subs at mail.kfcf.org (KFCF Subscribers & Friends list) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:21:14 -0700 Subject: [KFCF Friends] SPECIAL BROADCAST: Will the House let Impeachment move forward?? Message-ID: <7350AA01786A4D17AFAAF73C1D9C46F2@OFFICE> ******************************************** SPECIAL PROGRAMMING ALERT ********************************************* KFCF, 88.1 MHz in Fresno will broadcast a "Hearing on Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations" this Friday July 25th beginning at 6:00 AM. KFCF will broadcast live the House Judiciary Hearing on Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations, which will review Dennis Kucinich's call to impeach George W. Bush. With anchors Larry Bensky and Aimee Allison. For the last several years, many progressives - including a handful of Congress members - have called for the impeachment of President George W. Bush. But they have been stymied by six years of Republican majority followed by a Democratic leadership that took impeachment "off the table." That may be changing. This Friday, the House Judiciary Committee will take the first step to investigate what Rep. John Conyers calls "numerous credible allegations of serious misconduct." Pacifica Radio will broadcast the hearing live, starting at 9:00am EDT (6:00am PDT), Tuesday, July 15, anchored by KPFA's Larry Bensky & Aimee Allison and produced by Max Pringle. From subs at mail.kfcf.org Thu Jul 24 12:47:26 2008 From: subs at mail.kfcf.org (KFCF Subscribers & Friends list) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:47:26 -0700 Subject: [KFCF Friends] KFCF Upcoming Program Highlights Message-ID: Upcoming KFCF Program Highlights THURSDAY JULY 24, 2008 12:00 pm AGAINST THE GRAIN "Constantine's Sword" traces the history of religious bigotry from the Emperor Constantine to modern day Evangelical Christianity. And George Lakoff talks about how are brains are wired and how politics can play on our thought processes. Against the Grain two hour special. 3:00 pm Cover to Cover Poet Lee Slonimsky. 4:00 pm HARD KNOCK RADIO Brave New Voices features the spoken word poetry of kids from around the country. 7:00 pm SPECIAL BROADCAST Highlights of "Dispatches" from around the world -- Chavez' Venezuela, Iraq under US occupation, the conditions wrought by the World Bank, and much more -- produced by Big Noise Films. 8:00 pm Revolution Rock Music Special With host Sally Phillips, featuring the music of The Clash, Billy Bragg and other political musicians. Friday July 25, 2008 Hearing on Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations 6:00 am Hearing on Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations For the last several years, many progressives - including a handful of Congress members - have called for the impeachment of President George W. Bush. But they have been stymied by six years of Republican majority followed by a Democratic leadership that took impeachment "off the table." That may be changing. This Friday, the House Judiciary Committee will take the first step to investigate what Rep. John Conyers calls "numerous credible allegations of serious misconduct." Pacifica Radio will broadcast the hearing live, starting at 6:00am PDT, Tuesday, July 15, anchored by KPFA's Larry Bensky & Aimee Allison and produced by Max Pringle. While the panel of witnesses is somewhat fluid until the hearing actually begins, the current roster of speakers includes: -- Several Congress members: Dennis Kucinich, Jane Harman, Walter Jones, Brad Miller, and Maurice Hinchey -- Several non-Congress Members: Elizabeth Holtzman, Bruce Fein, Frederick Schwartz, John Dean, Bob Barr, Rocky Anderson, Vincent Bugliosi, Elliott Adams 2:30 PM - IDEAS ON THE EDGE Mike Beevers hosts. Jill Bolte Taylor was a 37-year-old Harvard-trained and published brain scientist when a blood vessel exploded in her brain. Through the eyes of a curious neuroanatomist, she watched her mind completely deteriorate whereby she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. Because of her understanding of how the brain works, her respect for the cells composing her human form, and an amazing mother, Jill completely recovered her mind, brain and body. In My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey, Jill shares her recommendations for recovery and the insight she gained into the unique functions of the right and left halves of her brain. Having lost the categorizing, organizing, describing, judging and critically analyzing skills of her left brain, along with its language centers and thus ego center, Jill's consciousness shifted away from normal reality. In the absence of her left brain's neural circuitry, her consciousness shifted into present moment thinking whereby she experienced herself "at one with the universe." 5:00 PM - STREET HEAT We will have an attorney for the plaintiffs in the Class Action lawsuit against the City of Fresno and Caltrans on the show. We will also have a couple of the homeless named plaintiffs in the case on the show. They will come directly from the Federal Courthouse in Fresno where there will be (Friday afternoon) a hearing to finalize the agreement between the homeless and the City of Fresno and Caltrans to settle the class action lawsuit that stopped the city from taking and destroying homeless people's property. The City of Fresno and Caltrans agreed to settle the lawsuit for $2.3 million. This will be our first segment The second 1/2 hour will include several representatives from this upcoming event: Improving Fresno's Health Care - Community Healthcare Summit at Yokomi Elementary School 2323 E. McKenzie in Fresno. By creating quality jobs at Community Medical Centers, we will ensure our patients, family, and children receive the best medical care possible. Don't miss this opportunity to create solutions to achieve the type of healthcare we all deserve. Sponsored by SEIU-UHW. For more information see: www.fresnocmcworkersunited.org In the final 10 minutes we will have Yolanda Moreno who will be talking about this event: JOIN US IN THE FIGHT TO SAVE OUR SCHOOLS, HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC SAFETY FOR CALIFORNIA'S FAMILIES! Call to Action - Door Hangers canvass against the budget cuts for Fresno - Fresno needs you! The proposed budget would cut billions from the vital services that California's families rely on every day - slashing funding for public schools, public safety, health care services and in-home care for elderly. If enacted, these cuts would jeopardize the safety and security of California's children, families, seniors, and the disabled. The cuts will impact most Californians in multiple ways, often compounding our problems in tough economic times. We can do better. Tell our lawmakers to reject a "cuts-only" budget and find common-sense solutions to fixing California's budget deficit. SATURDAY JULY 26, 2008 7:00 PM Saturday Evening Classics Bruce Francis Kennedy with a special four hour edition of Saturday Evening Classics that asks who is more patriotic, the French or the Yanks? Join Bruce for his annual July cavalcade of patriotic music celebrating the month that has the Fourth of July and Bastille Day. SUNDAY JULY 27, 2008 6:30 pm RADIO CHRONICLES Empowered Living: A Matter of Social Justice Today's stories: a man with a disability transitions from temporary to permanent housing; homeless mothers become homeowners; the power of advocacy-the Amazing Gracie Jones and more. 7:30 pm ACT ONE RADIO DRAMA Ruby McCullum A trail of lies, secrets and racial prejudice is uncovered when a pair of journalists, Zora Neale Hurston and William Bradford Huie, investigate the murder of a white doctor by an affluent African-American woman. Based on a true case in South Florida in 1952, this suspenseful drama has powerful implications to this day, posing questions of fairness and justice in a small Southern town. Starring Loretta Devine, Paul Winfield, James Morrison, Shirley Knight, Compton O'Neal, Ella Joyce, Jenifer Lewis, David Selby, Jean Smart, and Kurtwood Smith Written by Ron Miller, Steve Albrezzi, and William Bradford Huie. Written by Steve Albrezzi, William Bradford Huie and Ron Milner. 9:00 pm JOE FRANK - Bible Salesman Joe travels around the country selling phony bibles to support his mother in a nursing home. He recalls his mother's anti-religious fervor and his father's failed suicide attempt. Joe pimps nuns in Montana to help save their convent from bankruptcy. Then he searches for peace through the catacombs of Rome and the shipyards of Rio. Finally, he finds success as an actor playing Jesus. 10:00 pm Emergency Circus Host Gary N. and special Guest Wally Scharold present and discuss the work of French composer Albert Marcoeur, celebrating the release of his new album "Travaux Pratiques". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Shows Alternative Radio with host David Barsamian is going into reruns for the summer, so in the interim we will be adding the new program "If You Love This Planet" hosted by Dr. Helen Caldicott. With some of the Powers That Be in Fresno pushing for a nuclear power plant in Fresno, this show should add to the debate. It began on Thursday July 17, 2008 at 1:00 PM Pre-empted July 24th for Pledge Drive. Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 1 :00 PM Hazards of U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Part 2 Paul Gunter is Director of the Reactor Oversight Project at Beyond Nuclear, and a watchdog of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In this episode of If You Love This Planet, Paul discusses with Helen Caldicott the operation, disrepair and vulnerability of US nuclear power stations. This episode also includes an excerpt from the 1983 Oscar-winning documentary, If You Love This Planet, which features Helen Caldicott giving a lecture about the risks and consequences of nuclear war. Progressive Parenting with Gena Kirby - First Friday of the month at 5 PM (August 1) Progressive Parenting is a call in show that is hosted by Doula Gena Kirby. She is not a parenting expert, but a mother of two, who understands the concerns of parents today. Because this is a progressive show, parents will hear issues and topics they won't hear in the mainstream media. The topic for August 1st is "National Breastfeeding Awareness Month". --------------------------------------------------------------------------------