Sunday, September 27, 2009

27 Sept KPFA LSB Election Forum Broadcast

Here is the second listener -radio forum for KPFA’s 2009 local station board election.

All 28 candidates were invited and 13 participated in the second three hours of the show (the first three hours took place Sept. 20 and consisted of 12 candidates).

The questions asked to candidates represent concerns raised at the multiple in person forums we have had all over the Bay area.

The rules:
Each candidate has 30 seconds to introduce themselves.
The Moderator asks a question to 1 of the 4 candidates and that candidate will have 2 minutes to respond to the question at hand.
The other candidates will have 30 seconds each to, either challenge the candidate who spoke with a follow-up question or, make a comment or say Pass if they have nothing to add.
The candidate under question will then have 2 minutes to respond to the questions or comments made by the other candidates.
A unique question is given to each candidate.

Once all candidates have been questioned they will each have have 30 seconds to make a closing statement.

Calls from the public are accepted and each candidate is given 1 minute to answer the question or make a comment.

Moderator for the 3 hours - Renee Asteria (election supervisor).

Here is the audio archive:

KPFA LSB ELection Radio Show Part I

Hour 1 (candidates in order of appearance)
630-730pm
Shara Esbenshade - Conn Hallinan - Sasha Futran - Virginia Rodriguez

CLICK HERE TO PLAY 630 to 730 pm: Broadcast of KPFA LSB Candidates Forum Radio Show - Sept 27 2009

Some of the questions covered (not including question from the calls):

1. Should KPFA make "Calls to Action"?
2. What do you think are the most serious problems at KPFA/Pacifica?
3. If there was one thing you could change at KPFA what would you do?
4. How can KPFA increase its outreach to young people?

Hour 2 (candidates in order of appearance)
730-830pm
Donald Goldmacher - Adam Hudson - Gerald Saunders
CLICK HERE TO PLAY 730 to 830 pm: Broadcast of KPFA LSB Candidates Forum Radio Show - Sept 27 2009

Some of the questions covered (not including question from the calls):

1. Please comment on the purpose of the elected local station board. Do you think that KPFA should have a mechanism for listener-supporters to oversee the station’s decisions regarding the budget, programming and ensuring that the station is in compliance with the Pacifica Mission to promote Peace and Social Justice?
2. Please define “underrepresented community”. Can you name three specific things you would do to reach out to underrepresented communities?
3. How does listener democracy relate to the concept of community radio? Should KPFA be a community radio?

NOTE HOUR TWO SPILLS INTO HOUR THREE

Hour 3 (candidates in order of appearance)
830-930pm
Pamela Drake - Richard Phelps - Andrea Prichett - Jack Kurzweil - Andrea Turner (came in at last minute)
CLICK HERE TO PLAY 830 to 930 pm: Broadcast of KPFA LSB Candidates Forum Radio Show - Sept 27 2009

Some of the questions covered (not including question from the calls):

1. What is the local station board capable of doing to restore the programming decision-making power of the Program Council? If elected, would you support restoring the program council?
2. As a member of the local station board do you have the opportunity to participate in the policy making process? If so, please explain the process. If not who makes policy?
3. There are multiple slates running for the LSB. Please explain how KPFA programming will be affected if your slate gains a majority on the Local Station Board.
4. What authorities should a board (please consider both the local station board and the national board) delegate to its managers to make policy?
5. As an alternative to, or, in addition to having local station board elections, what do you think of having other mechanisms to form the Local Station board? For example, by having some local station board members selected by active KPFA support groups in various cities around the signal area? And/Or having some local board members selected from communities of interest in the signal area, such as labor, peace, alternative economies (collectives, co-ops etc), or alternative media?

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