Public Comment
An open letter to the Administration of KPFA re Discontinuation of the Morning Show
I am absolutely outraged to learn that you have decided to discontinue the Morning Show with Aimee Allison and Brian Edwards-Tiekert, two of the most knowledgeable and articulate news journalists on radio today. The Morning Show is a breath of fresh air, the likes of which very few communities in the U.S. have the good fortune to enjoy.
If you insist on dismantling KPFA – for this is clearly what you’re doing – I will certainly no longer support KPFA in any way, including financial donations and benefits (I was very much looking forward to attending Chris Hedges’ presentation on November 30).
As a KPFA member, I expect to have access to a detailed report by the KPFA Administration explaining and justifying its decision to remove Ms. Allison and Mr. Edwards-Tiekert from the air. Incidentally, do Ms. Allison and Mr. Edwards-Tiekert not have contracts?
I am not alone in my dismay. If KPFA morphs into an NPR-like propaganda-laden nonentity, true progressive voices in the Bay Area and beyond will certainly create another Bay Area-based radio station – one of which Lewis Hill would have been proud.
