Joe, perhaps you can answer a question for me. Is this the studio facility at New College that KPFA agreed to fund and build with the understanding that the cost would be reimbursed to KPFA by New College? As I recall, this occurred during Roy Campanella's tenure as GM, and at his request. If so, was the cost for that studio ever repaid, and is that the one that FP is now broadcasting from? I don't remember hearing another thing about that studio after Roy left. Thanks. --Deb --- wanzala@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Flashpoints and La Onda Bajita who share some > personell (Miguel Molina and Francisco Herrera among > others) has been broadcasting from New College for > over a year now. Their prescence at New College was > seems to have backed by one of the factions at New > College, but not necessarily by another. > > New College seems to have been embroiled in > Pacifica-like infighting which reached a major > crisis point which may result in the college losing > its accreditation. > > On Friday 21, La Onda did a special show live from > New College on the crisis at New College. It seems > to have been attended mainly by one of the New > College factions. During the broadcast Francisco, > who was hosting the show, referred people to a > website set up to support New College and also made > personal pledge of his own. At some point during the > show one of the audience members made a pledge of > $1000 to New College. > > During the following week the kpfa lsb received a > couple of complaints from New College complaining > about the broadcast. > > At around 4.00pm on Friday 28 I receive a call from > Dennis saying that he and the Flashpoints team have > just been told that Francisco cannot be on the show > pending an investigation of possible FCC violations > during La Onda's broadcast from New College. Dennis > was of course outraged because of the last minute > nature of the order which threatened to derail their > special Cesar Chavez memorial program, the fact that > it occured on another program, not Flashpoints, > because the allegedly offending program had not > heard from management, and because of the lack of > specificity of the reasons for the ban - ie, it > seemed odd to ban first and then investigate later. > > I have no idea whether there was a real FCC issue or > not, but KPFA shows routinely refer people to > websites. As to the fundraising aspects, again that > is a grey area, but I am not sure exactly what the > code of federal regulations say. I am sure that FCC > regulations are not always followed to the letter so > this does seem like an instance of selective > persecution. > > Hopefully the iGM will clarify the situation soon. > > Joe w. > > > > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Frank LeFever" <fflefever@xxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:13:08 > To:NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [NewPacifica] Re: Fwd: Francisco Herrera > Air Ban > > > --- In NewPacifica@ > <mailto:NewPacifica%40yahoogroups.com> > yahoogroups.com, "Nalini Lasiewicz" > <LasiewiczN@...> wrote: > > > > wtf? > > > > > > > Eleven days after this incident and we haven't > had a written word of > > > explanation or direction. > > > > > > Just tell us what the incident was. > > I think part of the problem is that he does not > KNOW what the alleged > incident was. He was told only the date of the > "incident"--right? > > --Frank > >