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Pacifica’s financial woes drive Free Speech Radio News to shutter production | Current.org

23.9.13

Pacifica’s financial woes drive Free Speech Radio News to shutter production | Current.org: The financial stranglehold on Pacifica is taking down Free Speech Radio News, a progressive news show that relied on the five-station network for the bulk of its operating costs.

The show, airing weekdays on 100 stations, will close production Sept. 27 and lay off its staff, a core of part-timers and an international network of nearly 100 stringers.

Owed nearly $200,000 in back payments by the California-based Pacifica Foundation, FSRN’s board of directors decided Sept. 13 to shutter the program, holding out hope that FSRN could be revived under a different production model.


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