Public radio. – Pacifica Radio Archives

Elsa Knight Thompson talks with KPFA commentator Cy Schoenfeld.

Discussion of KPFA, Public radio, and mass media. remastered 5/99

August 24, 2025

KPFAs 8th birthday : part 2 of the brash experiment / Lewis Hill.

Talk on the progress of listener supported radio.|KPFA’s 8TH BIRTHDAY : PART 2 OF THE BRASH EXPERIMENT / Lewis Hill. – Talk on the progress of listener supported radio. – RECORDED: 15 Apr. 1957. BROADCAST: KPFA, 4 Nov. 1962.

August 24, 2025

Lewis Hill tape : part 5.

Talk on the development of KPFA and Pacifica Radio.|LEWIS HILL TAPE : PART 5 – Talk on the development of KPFA and Pacifica Radio. First 5 minutes of the program is erased. – BROADCAST: KPFA, 2 Feb. 1956.

August 24, 2025

The Brash experiment / Lewis Hill, Dick Moore, and Gert Chiarito.

Report to the listeners of KPFA on the goals of listener sponsored radio.|THE BRASH EXPERIMENT / Lewis Hill, Dick Moore, and Gert Chiarito. – Report to the listeners of KPFA on the goals of listener sponsored radio. – BROADCAST: KPFA, 5 July 1950.

August 24, 2025

WPFW goes on the air.

First broadcast of the Pacifica station in Washington, D.C.

August 24, 2025

Radio free people / moderated by Larry Lee.

Discussion of the work and future plans of Radio Free People.

August 24, 2025

1965 KPFA birthday party.

History of the first listener-sponsored radio station in the United States.

August 24, 2025

Pacifica Foundation program, no. 2.

On the history and development of listener sponsored radio.|PACIFICA FOUNDATION PROGRAM, NO. 2. – On the history and development of listener sponsored radio. – BROADCAST: KPFA, 1961?

August 24, 2025

The NFCB and the future / produced by Rich McClear.

Phone interviews with NFCB staff members on the history of NFCB and community radio: Tom Thomas, Terry Clifford, Bill Thomas, Nan Rubin, and Bruce Theriault.

August 24, 2025

KPFK, the first two decades / produced by Mike Hodel and Lucia Chappelle.

Collage of actuality from KPFK’s first twenty years.

August 24, 2025