The Purge at Pacifica
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WBAI |
Show/Job |
Seniority |
Replaced by |
Notes |
|
Robert Daughtry |
Station Manager |
4 months at BAI, many years at WPFW |
Valerie Van Isler |
Public firing by interim Pacifica National Board "public lynching." |
| Michael Levine | Expert Witness | 5+ years | Cuba in Focus | The Expert Witness show is preempted the last Monday of every month |
|
Paul DeRienzo |
News Reporter Morning Show, Co-host of "Letem Talk" |
11 years employee and 9 years with show |
Wake Up Call and "Under the Learning Tree" |
Banned and silenced from his talk show. Part of AFTRA 3 unfair labor practices complaint |
| Miss Joan Marie Moossy | Co-host of "Letem Talk" | 5 years | "Under the Learning Tree" | |
|
Djabel Faye |
Program Director |
About 1 year |
Matthew Finch |
Part of AFTRA 3 unfair labor practices complaint |
| Clayton Riley | Host of "On Time" | |||
|
Marjorie Moore |
Host of "Sunrise" |
About 1 year + former show |
Wake Up Call |
Part of AFTRA 3 unfair labor practices complaint |
|
Santiago Nieves |
Host of WBAI This Morning and Latino Journal |
About 30 years |
Wake Up Call and LJ by Waldens Pond |
Cuts the number of hours of Latino hosts and programs. |
|
J.C. Calderon |
Co-host of Latino Journal |
Several years |
Waldens Pond |
Another Latino host cut |
|
George Stonefish + crew |
Host of "Circle of Red Nations" |
First Voices with Tiokasin Veaux. Later granted one hour a month. |
NYC Indian show close to Utrice dumped for South Dakota oriented show |
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|
Armand DeMille |
Host of "Positive Mind" |
Many years |
Lost 1 day of 4 per week to Bob Lederer and Kathy Davis "Health Action" |
Lederer and Davis were rewarded as major backers of Bernard White |
|
Habte Selassie |
Labbrish |
Many years |
Moved from 10pm Friday to Letem Talk slot 1:30am Thursday then to current slot 3am Saturday |
Habte has been punished for support of Utrice and because of anti-Caribbean sentiments at WBAI. |
|
Paul Williams |
UFO Desk Ops Dir. |
Many Years 1yr as ops director |
Notified of cancellation in mid-May |
Took buyout from ops director job was facing layoff |
|
Sally OBrian |
Where we Live, Cuba in Focus and Sunday News anchor |
20+ years |
Where We Live has been repeatedly bumped as has Cuba in Focus, on only 3x in 6 weeks. Cuba in Focus recently replaces Expert Witness program. |
Sally says Sunday news is on the chopping block next |
|
Kim Jackson |
Nightflight |
Chets show for 15 years |
Soul Central Station |
Chet passed away last year. |
|
Ken Gale |
nuff said |
Many years |
Jazz Sampler |
Now co- hosting "Create Your Healthy Home" |
|
KPFA |
Show/Job |
Seniority |
Replaced by |
Notes |
|
Noelle Hanrahan |
Co-host of Flashpoints |
Several years |
Robert Knight |
CWA Shop Steward |
|
WPFW |
Show/Job |
Seniority |
Replaced by |
Notes |
| Edgar Boldar | Jazz Show | Cancelled without notice | ||
|
Roman Hunt |
WPFW Engineer |
AFTRA member Left under duress |
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|
Russell Greene |
WPFW Engineer |
AFTRA member Left under duress |
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|
Andy York |
WPFW Engineer |
AFTRA member Left under duress |
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|
April Watts |
Executive Asst. |
Fired and removed from show |
||
| Russell Greene | WPFW Engineer | Forced to resign | ||
| Edwina Williams | WPFW Wednesday Talk Show | Cancelled without notice | ||
|
Louis Hankins |
General Manager |
Fired |
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|
Pacifica National |
Show/Job |
Seniority |
Replaced by |
Notes |
| Miriam Sherrod | Pacifica Finance Office | |||
| Shannon Gilson | PNN-Correspondent | Free Speech Radio News (non-union) | AFTRA member Left under duress | |
|
Joe Gill |
Chief Engineer, Satellite Service Supervisor |
|
Left under duress |
|
|
Utrice Leid |
Executive Director-Pacifica Network News |
Free Speech Radio News (non-union) |
Left under duress |
|
|
Patricia Guadalupe |
PNN-Correspondent |
Free Speech Radio News (non-union) |
AFTRA member Left under duress |
|
|
Bob Hennelly |
PNN-National Affairs |
Free Speech Radio News (non-union) |
AFTRA member Left under duress |
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Laura Iiyama |
PNN-Correspondent |
Free Speech Radio News (non-union) |
AFTRA member Left under duress |
|
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Saul Landau |
PNN-Commentator |
Free Speech Radio News (non-union) |
AFTRA member Left under duress |
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Don Rush |
PNN -Senior Correspondent |
Free Speech Radio News (non-union) |
AFTRA member Left under duress |
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Josephine Reed |
PNN Anchor |
Free Speech Radio News (non-union) |
AFTRA member Left under duress |
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KPFK |
Show/Job |
Seniority |
Replaced by |
Notes |
|
Marc Cooper |
Lost Show |
Many Years |
AFTRA Shop Steward--silenced from his show on KPFK |
|
|
Mark Shubb |
KPFK manager |
fired without cause |
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KPFT |
Show/Job |
Seniority |
Replaced by |
Notes |
|
Garland Gantner |
KPFT manager |
his wife was violently attacked by iPNB supporter |
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