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55th Anniversary: KPFA On the Air
55th Anniversary: KPFA On the Air
On April 15, 1949, at 3 pm, a charismatic, chain smoking
conscientious objector named Lewis
Hill sat before a microphone and said "This is KPFA
Berkeley."
55 years ago today, KPFA
went on the air and the first listener-supported radio station
in the United States was born.
Hill had an idea for creating a radio station that would
not be funded by advertising sponsors, but rather by listeners.
FM radio was in its infancy so in addition to broadcasting
the signal, KPFA had to give out radios to listeners to receive
it.
Today we bring you a documentary "KPFA on the Air",
a film by Veronica Selver and Sharon Wood and narrated by
Alice Walker.
For a copy of today’s program, call 1 (800) 881 2359.
Our website is www.democracynow.org.
Our email address is mail@democracynow.org.
Democracy Now! is produced by Mike Burke, Sharif Abdel Kouddous,
Ana Nogueira, Elizabeth Press, Jeremy Scahill and Parvez Sharma.
Mike Di Filippo is our engineer.
Thanks also to Uri Galed, Angela Alston, Orlando Richards,
Simba Russeau, Johnny Sender, Rich Kim, Joe Murgio, John Randolph,
Chris Zucker, Karen Ranucci, Denis Moynihan, Eric Rweyemamu,
Jenny Filipazzo and Isis Phillips.
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