Fund Drive Resources:
- Station Admin / Track Donations. Use your kpfa.org account
- Premium List Birthday 2024 – April 15, 2024
- Pitch Points Birthday 2024
- Audio for Fund Drive
- Hourly Goals Sheet
- Matches
- Fund Drive Dates 2024
- Fund Drive Guide for Programmers
- Listenership Stats
Monthly Board Operator Schedule
News Holiday Schedule
2024 KPFA Holidays and Submission Deadlines
Below are the holidays and the submission deadline dates.
- Martin Luther King Jr Day, Monday, January 15th, content deadline is Thursday, January 11th, 12 noon
- Presidents Day, Monday, February 19th, content deadline is Thursday, February 15th,12 noon
- Cesar Chavez Day, (Observed) Monday, April 1st, content deadline is Thursday, March 28th, 12 noon
- Workers’ Day, Wednesday, May, 1st, content deadline is Monday, April 29th, 12 noon
- Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th, content deadline is Thursday, May 23th, 12 noon
- Juneteenth, Wednesday, June 19th, content deadline is Monday, June 17th, 12 noon
- Independence Day, Thursday, July 4th, content deadline is Monday, July 1st, 12 noon
- Labor Day, Monday, September 2nd, content deadline is Thursday, August 29th, 12 noon
- Indigenous Peoples Day, Monday, October 14th, content deadline is Thursday, October 10th, 12 noon
- Veterans’ Day, Monday, November 11th, content deadline is Thursday, November 7th, 12 noon
- Thanksgiving Weekend, Thursday, November 28th to Sunday, December 1st, content deadline is Monday, November 25th, 12 noon
- Xmas Week, Tuesday, December 24th to Tuesday, December 31st, content deadline is Wednesday, December 18th, 12 noon
- New Years Day, Wednesday January 1st, 2025, content deadline is Wednesday, December 18th, 12 noon
If your overnight program plays immediately after the holiday (generally Tuesday between 12-6 am), please follow the deadlines above.
Deadlines are meant to help keep the station running smoothly and help give Operations Department Staff time to address incomplete uploads, audio and technical issues.
Any program submitted after the deadline is not guaranteed to air during your scheduled time slot.
Training and Resources
CLICK HERE FOR ON-AIR STUDIO MANUALS, GUIDES, and HOW TOs
More guides:
- Main Production Digital Board Training Materials
- Home Studio Setup 1, 2 & 3 by Gregg McVicar
- Tips for a Successful Interview by Salima Hamirani
Staff
- Current Staff List (4/1/23 – Present)
- Organizational Chart
- “Every Person” Handbook
- The Pacifica Personnel Handbook is meant for employees of Pacifica Foundation, Inc., but it has policies that are also applied to volunteers. Please refer to Pacifica Personnel Handbook (July 2019) if you have any questions that the “Every Person” Handbook does not answer. Also, feel free to contact [email protected] if you have any questions or concerns.
- Listener Survey Results and Fund Drive Performance
Submitting Prerecorded Shows
Live Remote Shows
Studio Reservations
Remote Resources
- We have a VPN available which will grant remote staff access to callers interface, temps! and voicemail – contact Engineering
- Slack – use your @kpfa.org email account for instant access to station chats and groups and conversation
Website:
- Updating an Episode on KPFA.org
- Watch the Video Guide Here
- Episode’s Description Guidelines
- How to Publish a missing episode
2019 Listener Survey Results:
Forms and Info:
- Broadcast Release Form
- Political Candidate Equal Time Form
- On-Air Rules for Election Season
- Cart Information Form
- KPFA Elections Policy
- Sample Run Sheets – BLANK 30min Show
- Sample Run Sheets – BLANK 59min Show
- Sample Run Sheets – BLANK 59min Show with News
Promo, PSA and Calendar Guidelines:
- KPFA promos (Events, Station and Show) and PSAs need to be 30 seconds in length with 2 seconds of music at the start and at the end. We need 2 second handles on each side to allow us the freedom to crossfade between promos without cutting out a person’s voice. Instructions here.
- Community Calendars will need to be 1-minute in length. Also, there should be 2 second handles at the start and end for the same reason above. Instructions here.
- Any promos that “need” to be 1 minute must be pre-approved by the Operations and Programming Departments before it can air
Sample Script:
Locally Produced and Distributed Programs (ie About Health):
- “From the KPFA studios, You are listening to ‘About Health’. I am your host, ‘Nurse Rona.’ On today’s show… “
Nationally Syndicated Programs (ie Flashpoints):
- “From the KPFA studios in Berkeley, you are listening to ‘Flashpoints.’ I am your host, ‘Dennis Bernstein,’ and on today’s show… “
Misuse of EAS Alert Tones Rules:
Music Streaming:
- Copyright Confessor Manual
- Off Air Confessor Playlist Editing
- Performance Rights Waiver Form
- Streaming Music Tutorial
Obscenity/Profanity/Indecency Rules:
- Sensitive Language PRIMER
- PowerPoint Sensitive Language Quiz
- Obscenity/Profanity Accidentally Broadcast Form
Program Evaluation Forms:
Social Media:
Staff Travel Reimbursement:
Paid Staff:
Staff Meetings:
Other Forms:
- KPFA Time card
- Candidate Equal Time Form
- Indecency Form
- Talent Broadcast Release Form
- Payola Form
- Premium Submit Form
- Programmer Evaluation
- Self Evaluation Form
- indecency_signature_form
- Kpfa guidelines for elections
- Streaming music release
- Indecency_sensitive_language_report
- Streaming_memo_july2009
- Cart_info
- Kpfa_direct_deposit_enrollment_form
- Pacifica_handbook_volunteer
- indecency_quiz_by_john_crigler.pps
- Instructions_for_travel_reimbursement
- Expense_report_form
- FCC_enforcement_advisory
- Public_notice_fcc_acts_to_stop_use_of_false_eas1
- Contributions_and_beneficiaries_forms