Steve Zeltzer Candidate Statement

KFPA needs to become a more relevant station for the many that presently do not listen. KFPA listenership is declining and we need to re-vitalize programming and get new voices and programming on the air.

I will work for:

1. News bureaus in the South Bay, North Bay, Fresno and Sacramento area and for a news department that starts to do in depth reporting on issues in these area and including this on the website. We also need more Spanish programming.
2. Using the web portal as an organizing site and linking the programs to an events calendar in Northern California.
3. Using KPFB, which KFPA owns, to put on new programs that have been backlogged at KFPA and streaming this station. The program council should be open to the members of KPFA and also it should be community members and not staff and management who vote on this board.
4. A printed folio with letters from the listeners & information about the programming.
5. More national programming with segments from Pacifica producers around the country on issues such as housing, the war, labor, veterans, housing, civil rights and women’s rights along with the environmental crisis. This programming can tie together all our struggles and build our audience base by incisive programming.
6. KFPA and Pacifica to help establish a new affiliate in New Orleans that can be a beacon to people in the Katrina region.
7. More labor programming with a one hour regular labor show at a time when most working people are able to listen.
8. More accountable management at KFPA. The failure to have a permanent KFPA program director and a permanent manager must change. We need to defend our elected board and provide more transparency and accountability. Management has reprimanded programmers for encouraging listeners to attend peaceful anti-war rallies and this is the wrong direction for KFPA. They have also derecognized the Unpaid Staff Organization UPSO. These are not healthy actions for Pacifica. With a budget of $4.5 million and the potential to cover the issues and concerns of millions in the bay area we need to strive for real community radio.
9. The LSB and the Pacifica Board needs to put it’s minutes out on the web sites on a timely basis and also KPFA should have regular community meetings as are required in the bylaws.

I am a long time labor activist and have been producing labor media. I can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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