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Pacifica Radio in New York City

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Upcoming Programs

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Back of the Book

Sat, Dec 23, 2023 - 5:00AM

Merry Isaac Newton's Birthday!

Everything Old is New Again - Again!

Sat, Dec 23, 2023 - 6:00AM

Michael Feinstein, Marcus Simeone, Rosemary Clooney

WBAI News Special

Sat, Dec 23, 2023 - 7:00AM

What's Going On! WBAI honors Dr. Edward Said

Democracy Now!

Sat, Dec 23, 2023 - 8:00AM

Christmas Canceled in Bethlehem

WBAI News Special

Sat, Dec 23, 2023 - 9:00AM

WBAI Honors Dr. Edward Said

All Mixed Up

Sat, Dec 23, 2023 - 6:00PM

A Shortcut To The North Pole

WBAI Playhouse

Sun, Dec 24, 2023 - 12:00PM

The Assembled Parties by Richard Greenberg

WBAI News Roundup

Sun, Dec 24, 2023 - 6:00PM

Everything Old is New Again

Sun, Dec 24, 2023 - 10:00PM

Our Annual All Holiday Broadcast

What's Going On! Wednesday

Wed, Dec 27, 2023 - 7:00AM

with Linda Sarsour

News

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City threatens Community Composting; Activists Fight Back (12/04/2023)  ...  

WBAI News Roundup (12/03/2023)  Truce crumbles and Israel resumes bombingJewish Voices for Peace disrupts fundraiser by Friends of the Israeli...  

The Horror, The Horror (11/11/2023)  I am in the studio of Al Jazeera’s Arabic service watching a live feed from Gaza City. The Al Jazeera reporter in northern...  

Gaza Disconnected (10/30/2023)  On Friday, Gaza was completely disconnected from the outside world after all communications were cut off. There was a total...  

UN says Israel wants 1.1 million Gazans moved south (10/13/2023)  Sirens warning of incoming rocket fire blared in Israeli communities near the Gaza border early on Friday.Israel carried...  

Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them (10/09/2023)  The indiscriminate shootings of Israelis by Hamas and other Palestinian resistance organizations, the kidnapping of civilians,...  

Israeli forces clash with Hamas gunmen after hundreds killed (10/08/2023)  sraeli forces clashed with gunmen from the Palestinian group Hamas on Sunday, 24 hours after the militants launched...  

Palestinian resistance in Gaza launches historic surprise attack against Israel (10/07/2023)  In a major turn of events, Hamas fighters in the early morning of October 7 launched a surprise offensive called “Operation...  

Writers union reaches tentative deal with Hollywood studios to end historic strike (09/25/2023)  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The union representing screenwriters reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios to end...  

Meetings

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WBAI Outreach and Fundraising Task Force
Open to the public, Monday, January 8, 2024, 7:00 PM ET at Teleconference
- Tuesday, December 5, 2023

WBAI Local Station Board
Open to the public, Wednesday, January 10, 2024, 7:00 PM ET at Teleconference
- Monday, December 18, 2023


Note to Listeners

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Note to Listeners Are you listening to WBAI Radio (12/14/2023)  If you appreciate WBAI, then please make a contribution to keep the station alive.  You can do this by becoming a BAI Buddy,...  

Note to Listeners Emergency Transmitter repair Dec 12th (12/12/2023)  Dear Listeners, WBAI will be off the air from 8am to noon at 99.5 FM, our terrestrial radio home for emergency repair at the site...  

Note to Listeners From WBAI's Program Director (12/03/2023)  Dear Listeners, I hope you are doing well as December is settling in. We are grateful that you listen to WBAI and very much...  

Note to Listeners Johanna Fernandez: Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society (10/13/2023)  Structures of settler colonial domination in Israel and in the United States from Johanna...