Monthly Board Operator Schedule

Remember to check in with your Board Operator at least 15 minutes before your show.  Please email and or print a copy of your Run Sheet to [email protected].

2026 KPFA Holidays and Submission Deadlines

Click here for 2026 KPFA Holidays

Below are the submission deadline dates.

• Martin Luther King Jr Day – Monday, January 14th, 12 noon
• Presidents’ Day – Monday, February 18th, 12 noon
• Memorial Day – Monday, May 27th, 12 noon
• Juneteenth – Friday, June 17th, 12 noon
• Independence Day – Friday, July 3rd, 12 noon
• Labor Day – Monday, September 9th, 12 noon
• Indigenous Peoples’ Day –Monday, October 12th, 12 noon
• Thanksgiving Weekend – Monday, November 21st, 12 noon
• Xmas Weekend – Tuesday, December 20th, 12 noon
• New Year’s Day – Thursday, December 31st, 12 noon

To ensure your program is broadcast properly, please adhere to the 12 pm Noon Submission Deadline. If your overnight program plays immediately after the holiday (generally Tuesday between 12 and 6 am), please follow the deadlines above.

Deadlines are meant to help keep the station running smoothly and help give the Operations Department 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.

News Holiday Schedule

2026 KPFA Holidays

Fund Drive Dates

Studio Reservations

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General Contact Info

• Mailing Address
  • KPFA Radio
    1929 Martin Luther King Jr Way
    Berkeley, CA 94704, USA (View Map)

• Main Phone
  • 510-848-6767

• On-Air Studio Phone (for Call-In Shows)
  • Local      :  510-848-4425
  • Toll-Free :  800-958-9008

Please note, KPFA is not open to the public.

If you are a guest scheduled to be interviewed, the staff person who invited you is responsible for escorting you into and out of the building. Please contact the staff member who invited you.

If you are a guest scheduled to be interviewed live on the air and you are unable to reach the staff member who invited you, please contact the On Air studio by calling our main studio line at 510-848-4425.

KPFA Department Contact List

• Membership, Donor, and Thank-You Gift Questions

• • • Email  :  [email protected] 
    • Phone :  510-848-6767 ext 265
      

• Programming

  • News Desk
    • Email  :  [email protected] 
    • Phone :  510-848-6767 ext 699
  • Music Inquiries and Submissions
    • Email  :  [email protected] 
  • General Programming Comments or Questions
    • Email  :  [email protected] 
    • Phone :  510-848-6767 ext 622

• Non-Programming General Inquiries

  • Reception Desk
    • Email  :  [email protected] 
    • Phone :  510-848-6767 ext 200

• Studio Rentals

  • Services Provided: ISDN (dial-in), ipDTL, Comrex Access, National/International calling, Tape Sync, and professional recording.
  • Cost: $150 per hour
  • Billing: Invoices are sent by the Engineering Department.
  • Billing Inquiries: Contact [email protected] 
    • Email :  [email protected]

• Local Station Board

  • Click here for meeting records and future meeting information.
    • Email :  [email protected]

KPFA Show Contact List

News & Politics

• • A Rude Awakening – [email protected]
  • Africa Today – [email protected]
  • Against the Grain – [email protected]
  • Background Briefing – backgroundbriefing.org/contact
  • Bay Native Circle – [email protected]
  • Behind the News – [email protected]
  • Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature – [email protected]
  • CounterSpin – [email protected]
  • Democracy Now! – democracynow.org/contact
  • Economic Update – rdwolff.com/contact
  • Electronic Intifada – [email protected]
  • Flashpoints – [email protected]
  • Green Street with Patti & Doug Wood – [email protected]
  • Hard Knock Radio – [email protected]
  • Law and Disorder – [email protected]
  • Letters and Politics – [email protected]
  • Making Contact – [email protected]
  • Our World As We See It – [email protected]
  • Project Censored – [email protected]
  • Sunday Show – [email protected]
  • Talkies – [email protected]
  • Terra Verde – [email protected]
  • The Final Straw Radio – [email protected]
  • The KPFA Evening (Weekend) News – [email protected]
  • The Laura Flanders Show – [email protected]
  • The Pacifica Evening News – [email protected]
  • The Ralph Nader Radio Hour – Ralph Nader contact page
  • This Way Out – [email protected]
  • UpFront – [email protected]

Music

• A Box of Toys – [email protected]
• Across the Great Divide – [email protected]
• After Hours – [email protected]
• All Your Old Records – [email protected]
• Americas Back 40 – [email protected]
• Bebop, Cubop and the Musical Truth – [email protected]
• Betty’s Night In – [email protected]
• Blues By The Bay – [email protected]
• Casa Babylon – [email protected]
• City Cat Radio – [email protected]
• Con Sabor – [email protected]
• Dead to the World – [email protected]
• Don’t Disturb This Groove – [email protected]
• I Had That Tape – [email protected]
• In Your Ear – [email protected]
• Indie Landscapes – [email protected]
• JaZzLine SESSIONS – [email protected]
• Let’s Talk Music – [email protected]
• Living in the Now – [email protected]
• LoveSoul with Al Glenn – [email protected]
• Motown on Monday – [email protected]
• Music of the World – [email protected]
• Night Magic – [email protected]
• Non-fiction Music – [email protected]
• Over the Edge – [email protected]
• Panhandle Country – [email protected]
• Pig In A Pen – [email protected]
• Rhythm Machine – [email protected]
• Rock en Rebelión – [email protected]
• Roots Kommunikations – [email protected]
• Setting the Standard – [email protected]
• Sunday Classics – [email protected]
• The Bonnie Simmons Show – [email protected]
• The Gospel Experience – [email protected]
• The History of Funk – [email protected]
• The Jazz Intersection – [email protected]
• The Reggae Express – [email protected]
• The Soul Suite – [email protected]
• Transitions on Traditions – [email protected]
• Whap (Where Hits Are Played) – [email protected]

Culture

• Apex Express – [email protected]
• Bookwaves/Artwaves – [email protected]
• Choose to be Curious – [email protected]
• Cover to Cover – [email protected]
• East Bay Yesterday – [email protected]
• Education Today – [email protected]
• Full Circle – [email protected]
• La Onda Bajita – [email protected]
• La Raza Chronicles – [email protected]
• Planting Medicine – [email protected]
• Pushing Limits – [email protected]
• Puzzling Evidence – [email protected]
• Talk-It-Out Radio – [email protected]
• The Visionary Activist Show – [email protected]
• Women’s Magazine – [email protected]