May 9, 2009
by Staff
By OB Rag Staffer
On April 15, 1949, a new kind of radio station appeared on the airwaves. Pacifica Radio was founded by Lewis Hill, a pacifist who believed that radio stations should be funded by listeners, not by corporate sponsors.
The first station was KPFA in Berkeley, which still serves the Bay Area. In 1959, sister-station KPFK came on the air in Los Angeles. For years, KPFK’s powerful signal was heard in San Diego at 90.7 FM. Then in February 2000,…
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May 7, 2009
by Lane Tobias
by Lane Tobias
The Special Election being held on May 19th is being penned by the Schwarzenegger Administration as a way to fix California’s “broken budget system”.
While it is understood that California’s budget woes are going to effect us for generations to come, before voting yes on any of these propositions we should take a look at …
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