Pacifica Radio 1st Broadcast (1949)

Fri Apr 15, 1949

On this day in 1949, the Pacifica Network - which maintains the oldest listener-supported radio stations in the U.S. and broadcasts shows such as Democracy Now and Free Speech Radio News - gave its first broadcast.

The network is operated by the Pacifica Foundation, a non-profit based out of Berkeley, California which owns five independently operated, non-commercial, listener-supported radio stations.

Pacifica Network was the first public radio network in the United States and it is the world’s oldest listener-funded radio network. The Pacifica Radio Archives, housed at station KPFK in Los Angeles, is also the oldest public radio archive in the United States, documenting more than five decades of grassroots political, cultural, and performing arts history, including interviews with John Coltrane, James Baldwin, and Langston Hughes.

• Date: 1949-04-15
• Learn More: pacifica.org, en.wikipedia.org.
• Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org