Pacifica Sister Stations

The Pacifica Foundation began in 1949 with first listener sponsored community radio station, KPFA in Berkeley, CA. In the over 56 years since, Pacifica has added 4 other stations in the US. The second sister station in the Pacifica Network was KPFK in Los Angeles, CA, followed by Pacifica's first station outside of California - WBAI in New York. In the following years, KPFT in Houston, TX and WPFW in Washington DC were added to the Network.

Historically, Pacifica's mission and focus has taken these sister stations to some extraordinary places, through various times - always offering our communities information and culture not seen or heard on American media. From historic Vietnam era coverage, through the civil rights era, the Watergate scandal, the Cuban revolution, the Iran Contra scan del, up through the recent US Electoral 'Counter Conventions', Pacifica has been there to break and report stories that others refused to.

A true measure of Pacifica's historical significance is our Pacifica Radio Archives. A national treasure, these archives represent some of the rarest historical audio available in the entire world. Our Pacifica Radio Archives has recently been working with the Library of Congress, as well as other educational institutions to share these rich treasures.

Today, Pacifica's Sister stations work closer together than ever, and together with the Pacifica Affiliate Stations, we make the USA's only national progressive community radio network.

Below is are the five Pacifica Sister stations (as a blog or list), with more history and current information on the Pacifica Sister Stations.