KPFA - On the Air / California Newsreel (Firm).

This film pays tribute to the oldest and most ambitious independent, community-based media in the world, KPFA radio. Novelist Alice Walker narrates the vibrant and stormy history of the first listener-sponsored station. The film recounts how KPFA transformed itself into a voice for the radical movem...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: California Newsreel (Firm)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2014], ©2000.
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
KPFA (Radio station : Berkeley, Calif.) > History.
Public broadcasting > California > Berkeley > History.
Radio broadcasting > California > Berkeley > History.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (56 min.)) : sound, color
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Introduction: KPFA- On the Air (1:14)
  • Protest at Radio Station (2:09)
  • Pacifism (1:22)
  • Conscientious Objectors (2:03)
  • Subscriber-Funded Radio (1:31)
  • Forming Pacifica Foundation (2:34)
  • Early KPFA Broadcasts (2:56)
  • Fundraising (1:39)
  • Hill's Vision (2:54)
  • Red Scare and KPFA (1:26)
  • Hill's Suicide (2:01)
  • William Mandel (1:49)
  • Conservatives on KPFA (0:35)
  • HUAAC Hearings Coverage (2:14)
  • Fearless Expression of Viewpoint (1:43)
  • Civil Rights (2:06)
  • Bold Coverage (2:13)
  • Yielding to Government Pressure (1:02)
  • Berkeley Free Speech Movement (1:43)
  • Vietnam War Coverage (2:34)
  • Revolution Turns on Supporters (1:00)
  • Splinter Groups (2:20)
  • Revolution at KPFA (1:35)
  • Patty Hearst (0:58)
  • Coverage of Major Events (2:26)
  • KPFA Music (1:54)
  • New Building (1:07)
  • Cancelling Shows (2:07)
  • Protesting KPFA Ownership (2:37)
  • Credits: KPFA - One the Air (1:51)