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From: "Sheridan, John"
To: Jim Bennett
Subject: Thanks to Staff for Helping to Increase Listener Awareness of the Crisis
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001

Dear Jim and staff at KPFA,

This message is to the staff at KPFA who are working to alert listeners to the danger KPFA and Pacifica are in from the maneuverings of the Pacifica Board, from the CPB, from Epstein, Becker and Green and from those they have hired - the Bessie Wash's, the Steve Yasko's, the Utrice Leid's, Mark Schubb's, Garland Ganter's, Lou Hankins's et al.

Listener awareness is increasing dramatically as a result, with no loss of programming punch. In fact the coverage has been inspiring, and inclusion of the listeners in the struggle is absolutely necessary to enlist them in supporting KPFA directly and indirectly by supporting the lawsuits, by focusing awareness on the PNB meeting in Houston, the bylaws changes, the threats to Amy Goodman and to anyone who speaks out at any of the other stations about the power grab from above.

Please consider more regular programming about the crisis. Even five minutes a program is an enormous help to communicating some of the issues which, while at times complex, are very comprehensible if portrayed as such. The diverse listeners require regularity of discussion so that the large and disparate population who tune in to KPFA at different times of the day and for different programming are apprised that there is a crisis, that there are issues and that they can do something about it - and in fact must do something about it or risk losing the resource that is KPFA.

The Listener Groups such as the Coalition for a democratic Pacifica, North Bay for KPFA, the Marin Tri-County Group and others have noticed and appreciated the increased coverage of the crisis. Some discussion makes more discussion easier. People have a basis to communicate because they hear it on the airwaves which must be used to save the station. When David Landau and Lewis Sawyer attended the most recent Coalition for a democratic Pacifica meeting in Berkeley, it they were warmly welcomed and it was there that an overwhelming majority of the 80+ attendees in a straw vote indicated they wished to hear regular news coverage of the struggle. Again, thanks - do keep it up and do tap the resources of the listener activists as often as you wish. We will be glad to help write announcements, provide guests and work to frame issues so that we can all understand how the community and the station can continue this fight and this movement. We're here.

-- John Sheridan CdP