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Coast-to-Coast Coverage of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered
Pride on Pacifica Radio
On Sunday, June 26, 2005 Pacifica Radio will broadcast a
unique 10-hour coast-to-coast special called "Gays, God
and Empire," including coverage of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgendered (LGBT) issues as well as LGBT marches occurring
that day in New York, San Francisco, Denver, Atlanta and other
cities. WBAI
- NY radio will co-anchor the special with KPFA
- Berkeley, KPFK
- Los Angeles, WPFW
- Washington DC, KPFT
- Houston, KGNU - Boulder
& Denver, KFCF - Fresno,
and WRFG - Atlanta. The
special runs from 11AM to 9PM EST. The coverage will be offered
to 74 affiliates of the Pacifica Radio Network.
Topics to be covered include: LGBT immigration, gay marriage,
the battle against the global AIDS pandemic, treatment of
queers in countries resisting the US empire, queer comedy,
movies and poetry, pre-Stonewall transgender activism, music
by LGBT artists, the history of Stonewall, Black Pride and
more. The eastern edition broadcasts from 11AM to 3:30PM EST
and will include segments from New York, Washington DC, and
Atlanta. The coast-to-coast pride coverage continues at 3:30
with the western edition, including contributions from the
Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Fresno and the San Francisco
Bay Area stations, ending at 9PM EST.
You will hear the voices of organizers that are connecting
the dots of oppressions, activists who can see that LGBT liberation
needs to be done in the context of the liberation of other
oppressed groups.
"Last year WBAI - NY and KPFA - Berkeley covered pride
marches collaboratively using satellite technology, this year
we are expanding the coverage to 7 major metropolitan areas,"
according to Vini Beachem, Program Coordinator at KPFA. The
entire 10-hour broadcast will be streamed over the internet
from: www.wbai.org, www.kpfa.org,
www.kfcf.org, and www.pacifica.org.
The Pacifica Radio Network, founded by conscientious objector
Lew Hill, is comprised
of 5 stations -New York, Washington DC, Berkeley CA, Houston
and Los Angeles - and 74 affiliate stations throughout the
United States. Pacifica was the first radio network to carry
gay and lesbian program content beginning in the 1950s and
the first to carry regular programming from these communities.
Details regarding satellite downlinks will be coming in
the next few days.
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