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Threat to Internet radio affects local stations – don’t let it happen!
by Chris Brizzard Harrison Chastang on KPOO For small non-commercial radio stations across the country, the ability to stream programs on the Internet is indispensable. Instead of being limited to the...
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Oakland PD brutally arrests Minister of Information JR at Oscar Grant protest
Tell Mayor Dellums, DA Orloff and Congresswoman Lee to drop charges against all the protesters by Mary Ratcliff In November, the Side Show Radio crew – Minister of Information JR, Black Azz, Trikki and...
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‘The Whole Woo Wop’: an interview wit’ Kmaxx of KPOO’s Ghetto Gumbo
by POCC Minister of Information JR Definitely it has been a long time coming for one-time Coup bass player Kmaxx to drop his latest release, “The Whole Woo Wop,” which is in stores now. For people who...
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The people triumph over Lennar
by Mary Ratcliff The United Nations of Bayview Hunters Point gathered as a family just two days before the historic defeat of Lennar, on Saturday, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Muhammad...
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Jazz activist The Doug of Edwards has died
by Sam Edwards and Gabrielle Wilson Sir Doug of Edwards hard at work in the KPFA on-air studio. Berkeley’s Pacifica radio station KPFA’s (94.1 FM) jazz programmer – or jazz activist, as he sometimes...
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Wanda’s picks for March 2011
by Wanda Sabir Refa One with Malik, a youth artist exhibiting in AeroSoul 2 at the Satellite Exhibit – Photo: Wanda Sabir Women’s History Month and the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day...
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Champion Karim Mayfield and director Robert Townsend bring knockout power and...
by Jackie Wright “And from this corner,” Karim “Hard Hitta” Mayfield is straight outta Hunters Point too. (Smile, Kevin Epps). Mayfield will attend SFBFF and Calvary Hill Community Church’s Focus on...
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Esperanza Spalding sings of freedom and survival
Review by Wanda Sabir Esperanza Spalding sings and plays both string bass and bass guitar. – Photo: Wanda Sabir It’s that time of year: winds sweeping across the Pacific from the West Coast of Africa,...
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Black media, Black liberation: an interview with People’s Minister of...
by Willie Ratcliff, publisher, San Francisco Bay View Several of the people who will be on stage at Black Media Appreciation Night on Nov. 26 got together this past June 16 outside San Francisco...
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Terry Collins and Willie Ratcliff, the OGs of KPOO and the Bay View, discuss...
Terry Collins stands in the doorway to KPOO, the Black-owned radio station he and Joe Rudolph founded in 1971 as Poor People’s Radio, Inc. KPOO will be first to receive an award on Black Media...
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Black Media Appreciation Night was a dream come true – thank you all!
by Mary Ratcliff We got to Yoshi’s early Monday night, Nov. 26, to set up for Black Media Appreciation Night, and there on the stage for the sound check was a magnificent African band. I’d expected a...
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Wanda’s Picks for December 2012
by Wanda Sabir It was a tribute to Black media and to the power of love and family when this mother-daughter team of Black media stars, Wanda and TaSin Sabir, told the crowd as well as each other what...
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Save Liberty Hall, the Marcus Garvey Building in West Oakland
National historic landmark taken over by Florida hedge fund – town hall meeting Saturday, Dec. 29, 4 p.m., 1485 Eighth St., West Oakland by Shake Anderson The Marcus Garvey Building, also known as...
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Bring JR back to KPFA now!
Join KPFA’s Black and other broadcasters of color and unpaid staff for a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, April 11, 6 p.m., in Laney College Student Center Room 401, fourth floor, 900 Fallon St., Oakland...
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‘The River’: an interview wit’ thespian Donald Lacy
by The People’s Minister of Information JR One of our best known Black broadcasters in the Bay Area is also one of the most well known Black thespians from these parts. After decades of honing his...
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Black radio, Black power!
Buy Black for Mother’s Day! by Paradise Free Jahlove Calling all Black celebrity athletes! Calling all Black celebrity entertainers! Calling all Black celebrity entrepreneurs! Calling all rich Black...
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Block Report: Plots, plans and the Dan Siegel campaign
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Raheim Brown The Block Report is in a rebuilding phase after being unjustifiably banned from the Pacifica airwaves under a plan engineered by former Pacifica...
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Black history of 504 sit-in for disability rights: More than serving food –...
by Leroy Moore Since I arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1991, I’ve listened and read many stories about the disability rights movement and the 1977 historic sit-in at the Federal Building in...
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Digital undivide: Keep your batteries charged and techies on your board
by Harrison Chastang In the on-the-go digital age, one of the biggest frustrations is hearing the beep from your cell phone, smartphone or tablet indicating the battery is about to run down. Even if...
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Legendary ‘Queen of Fillmore’ Leola King leaves proud legacy of struggle...
Funeral is Friday, Feb. 13, 11 a.m., at Third Baptist Church, 1399 McAllister, the repast 4-7 p.m. at West Bay Conference Center, 1290 Fillmore St., San Francisco by Lance Burton Leola King Leola King...
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