Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Historical Note
Scope and Content
Arrangement Note
Some Sample Folios
Descriptive Summary
Title: Pacifica Foundation Publicity brochures and papers,
Date (inclusive): 1949-1984
Collection number: Special Collections M0425
Creator:
Pacifica Foundation
Extent:
.5 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Provenance
Gift of Pacifica Foundation, 1985.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Pacifica Foundation Publicity brochures and papers, M0425, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Historical Note
The first listener-subscription FM educational radio station. Began broadcasting 15 April 1949.
Scope and Content
Documents on Pacifica Foundation, with emphasis on KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California. Primarily printed articles about KPFA,
programming schedules, information flyers and publicity materials.
Arrangement Note
The a's and b's were necessary to maintain approximate chronological order after some literature was found late, after an
initial numbering had taken place.
PACIFICA PUBLICITY BROCHURES AND PAPERS
WITH EMPHASIS ON KPFA-FM IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
THE FIRST LISTENER-SUBSCRIPTION FM EDUCATIONAL RADIO STATION
ON THE AIR SINCE APRIL 15, 1949
Some Sample Folios
KPFA Volume 6 Number 13, September 18-October 1, 1955
KPFK Volume 8 Number 3, September 1-September 30, 1966
WBAI Volume 1 Number 1, January 1--January 24, 1960
KPFT Volume 4 Number 2, April 1973 Contains a feature, The Last FCC Decision the story of the License renewals after the 1963
Investigations by the Senate Internal Security Sub-Committee and the FCC. This is the last chapter in Eleanor McKinney's book,
The Exacting Ear.
KPFA Volume 25, Number 4, April 1974, Quarter Century special contains reprint of Christopher Koch On Working at Pacifica,
Lewis Hill The Theory of Listener-Sponsored Radio (1951), and Pacifica Poll Results.