Talk:KPFK

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I'm pretty sure that KPFA in Berkeley was the first station in the Pacifica network.Rockero

That misinformation has been corrected. KPFK was the 2nd. BlankVerse ∅ 21:13, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

1 Questions
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3 10-watt secondary antenna?
4 Lead section
5 Shows

[edit] Questions

The template reads "Branding: Pacific". Shouldn't it be Pacifica? And is it really "important to note that" film club screening information is no longer provided via telephone? Seems pretty trivial to me...--Rockero 00:28, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

This article should be marked as a stub. Pacifica and KPFK have played a significant role in the history of social movements in the USA, and almost none of that is in here.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.140.146.219 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Moved from main article space

As of June 22, 2006, KPFK is in the midst of an extended pledge drive. According to the station, it costs approximately $500,000 to remain on the air. Among the gifts being given to those who donate are a set of 9/11 conspiracy theory DVDs, including Loose Change and 911 In Plane Sight, membership in the KPFK film club, and a bumper sticker reading "Impeach the Terrorist".

They have fund drives twice a year. If we were to put a list of gifts every time, it would be overkill. Suffice it to mention that they are listener-sponsored through on-air fund drives.--Rockero 00:44, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

It is an ongoing event which warrants mention, at least until the drive ends. And at the least, the $500,000 figure merits inclusion in the article. Perspixx 22:49, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

So do you want to add in a sentence about a fund drive every time one is going on and remove it every time it ends? I don't see how that enlightens our readers any. As for the station's financial information, if you would care to do a section on it, the information is available online.[1]--Rockero 00:39, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

There are millions of articles on here that are hardly enlightening. Why don't you go hunting for those? Perspixx 02:12, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 10-watt secondary antenna?

Don't you guys think that's a little low? Shouldn't it be 10KW? dreddnott 20:05, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lead section

The lead section, or introduction, of this article ends with an indication of four footnote references, [1][2][3][4], which appear to be improperly constructed so that they do not work. I haven't worked on footnotes before, but they are explained in WP:MOS#Footnotes. I'll check back when I have time to work on them, but if they were your edit you may want to fix them yourself. --Rich Janis 08:11, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shows

The "Shows" section seems inappropriate: it is not encyclopedic, and the existing link to the station's website is a more reliable source of the station's list of its 100+ current shows. I plan to remove this section and restore the FCC links to their previous position in the External links section, where they belong. --Rich Janis 08:22, 2 April 2007 (UTC)