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"Assault on Peace - The Invasion of Iraq"
PACIFICA RADIO AND AFFILIATED STATIONS WILL PROVIDE WAR
COVERAGE WITH DEMOCRACY NOW! And FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS.
CONTACT: Verna Avery Brown
Telephone: 202-588-0999 X349
Email: verna@pacifica.org
A full-scale U.S. attack on Iraq seems almost inevitable.
If bombing of Iraq commences, the Pacifica Radio Network,
including Free Speech Radio News, Democracy Now! and other
affiliated Community Radio Stations will produce two consecutive
days of 18-hour special war coverage.
The Pacifica coverage of the war, international response,
and protest movements, will provide a crucial and critical
alternative to the corporate television and radio news. More
than ever, this coverage will provide grass roots, rapid response
reporting for information much needed by the American public.
Pacifica Radio and Friends will provide a most important
national perspective. All 5 of the Pacifica stations, KPFA
in Berkeley, CA, KPFK in Los Angeles, CA, KPFT in Houston,
TX, WBAI in New York, NY, and WPFW in Washington DC, will
be participating in these 2 days of special coverage. In addition
to the Pacifica stations, Democracy Now!, Free Speech Radio
News, and Pacifica affiliated stations KGNU in Boulder, CO,
KCSB in Santa Barbara, CA, and WMNF in Tampa, FL will be producing
coverage. More than 10 more community radio station around
the country will provide moment-by-moment reporting on the
local events and the American protest response.
The coverage will be broad ranging and will include diverse
perspectives. As well as local protest activism on the streets,
there will be live call-in shows where people can voice their
reactions to the bombing, representatives from 'Voices in
the Wilderness' who are still residing in Baghdad and other
journalists will provide on-the-ground reporting, and dozens
of international, national, and local humanitarian and diplomatic
experts will provide their analysis.
The Pacifica news anchors will include, Robert Knight (WBAI),
Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!), Verna Avery-Brown (Peace Watch
/ WPFW), Sonali Kalhartar (KPFK), Jackson Allers (KPFT), Renee
Feltz (KPFT), Larry Bensky (National Affairs Correspondent
/ KPFA), and Dennis Bernstein (Flashpoints). The guests will
include: Tony Benn (retired British MP), Phyllis Bennis (Institute
for Policy Studies), Ali Abunimah (Vice President Arab American
Action Network), Danny Glover, Kathy Kelly (Voices in the
Wilderness), and many others.
Included in the special coverage will be some of Pacifica's
daily news magazines. Democracy Now! will be airing from 8
to 10 AM (Eastern Standard Time), Peace Watch will be airing
between 6PM and 8PM, and Flashpoints will be airing at 8 PM.
Free Speech Radio News and Pacifica’s affiliate stations
will provide headline news at the top of every hour, featuring
both international news and local responses throughout the
United States.
Coverage will be from 6:00 AM until midnight Eastern Standard
Time, for two consecutive days following commencement of the
bombing. Coverage will begin immediately when the bombing
starts. If bombing begins after midnight, coverage will begin
at 6:00AM. A broadcast quality stream will be made available
on the Internet for a limited number of interested community
radio stations to pick up.
Community Radio stations that are interested in carrying
this special coverage should contact Pacifica Radio's interim
Affiliate Coordinator, Ursula Ruedenberg at 917-681-6805,
or by email at ursula@pacifica.org.
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