[KFCF Friends] Larry Bensky TONIGHT (Sat 3/15) in North Fork

Sat Mar 15 11:58:01 2003

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KFCF is sponsoring an evening with Larry Bensky, Pacific National =
Affairs Correspondent and host of KPFA's Sunday Salon, on Saturday, =
March 15th at North Fork Town Hall. =20

Doors open at 5 to music by Smiley Mountain Band; Larry Bensky will =
speak from 6-7, and WADDAMA,
a local blend of reggae, funk and African and Latin percussion (with a =
political edge) will play from 7-9. Suggested donation for admission is =
$10.  TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.

There will also be dinner of homemade soup, salad, bread from La =
Boulangerie Bakery and juice from Odwalla, available for an additional =
$5 donation. Desserts and a no-host bar will be available throughout the =
evening. For tickets or information call KFCF at 233-2221 or call Sue or =
Hansel Kern at 877-5800. Tickets will also be available at "The Movies" =
in the Tower District. All proceeds benefit KFCF, Free Speech Radio for =
Central California.=20

MAP=20

Larry Bensky is a literary and political journalist with more than forty =
years experience in print and broadcast media. Perhaps best known as =
national affairs correspondent for Pacifica Radio from 1987-1998, Bensky =
covered numerous national and international events for Pacifica, =
including the Iran-contra hearings in 1987, the confirmation hearings =
for four Supreme Court justices, and numerous demonstrations and =
protests in Washington and elsewhere. He won the prestigious George Polk =
award for his coverage of Iran-contra, and has won a record five Gold =
Reel awards from the National Association of Community Broadcasters.=20

Before his work for Pacifica, Bensky was one of the original =
"underground" newscasters and talk show hosts on "alternative rock" =
stations KMPX and KSAN in San Francisco. And before (and during) his =
broadcasting career, Bensky has been a print journalist and editor, =
including positions as managing editor of Ramparts Magazine in 1968, =
Paris editor of The Paris Review (1964-66) and as an editor of the New =
York Times Book Review. For the past fifteen years he has been a =
political writer and columnist for the East Bay Express, and a =
contributor to the Los Angeles Times book review, and The Nation.=20

He currently hosts a weekly two-hour radio talk show, "Sunday Salon," =
originating at KPFA in Berkeley, and carried on KFCF in Fresno. And he =
was founding managing editor of the Mediachannel (www.mediachannel.org) =
where he is now senior editor. He has won a lifetime achievement award =
from the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Golden Gadfly =
award from Media Alliance. He has taught broadcast journalism classes =
since 1988 at Stanford, and mass communications, journalism, and =
broadcasting classes since 1992 at California State University, Hayward. =

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KFCF is sponsoring an evening with Larry =
Bensky,=20
Pacific National Affairs Correspondent and host of KPFA's Sunday Salon, =
on=20
Saturday, March 15th at North Fork Town Hall.&nbsp; 
Doors open at 5 to music by Smiley =
Mountain Band;=20
Larry Bensky will speak from 6-7, and WADDAMA, a local blend of =
reggae, funk=20
and African and Latin percussion (with a political edge) will play from =
7-9.=20
Suggested donation for admission is $10.&nbsp; TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT =
THE=20
DOOR.
There will also be dinner of homemade =
soup, salad,=20
bread from La Boulangerie Bakery and juice from Odwalla, available for =
an=20
additional $5 donation. Desserts and a no-host bar will be available =
throughout=20
the evening. For tickets or information call KFCF at 233-2221 or call =
Sue or=20
Hansel Kern at 877-5800. Tickets will also be available at "The Movies" =
in the=20
Tower District. All proceeds benefit KFCF, Free Speech Radio for Central =

California. 
<A href=3D"http://www.kfcf.org/nfmap.htm">MAP</A> 
Larry Bensky is a literary and political =
journalist=20
with more than forty years experience in print and broadcast media. =
Perhaps best=20
known as national affairs correspondent for Pacifica Radio from =
1987-1998,=20
Bensky covered numerous national and international events for Pacifica,=20
including the Iran-contra hearings in 1987, the confirmation hearings =
for four=20
Supreme Court justices, and numerous demonstrations and protests in =
Washington=20
and elsewhere. He won the prestigious George Polk award for his coverage =
of=20
Iran-contra, and has won a record five Gold Reel awards from the =
National=20
Association of Community Broadcasters. 
Before his work for Pacifica, Bensky was =
one of the=20
original "underground" newscasters and talk show hosts on "alternative =
rock"=20
stations KMPX and KSAN in San Francisco. And before (and during) his=20
broadcasting career, Bensky has been a print journalist and editor, =
including=20
positions as managing editor of Ramparts Magazine in 1968, Paris editor =
of The=20
Paris Review (1964-66) and as an editor of the New York Times Book =
Review. For=20
the past fifteen years he has been a political writer and columnist for =
the East=20
Bay Express, and a contributor to the Los Angeles Times book review, and =
The=20
Nation. 
He currently hosts a weekly two-hour =
radio talk show,=20
"Sunday Salon," originating at KPFA in Berkeley, and carried on KFCF in =
Fresno.=20
And he was founding managing editor of the Mediachannel <A=20
href=3D"http://www.mediachannel.org/">(www.mediachannel.org)</A> =
where he is now=20
senior editor. He has won a lifetime achievement award from the Society =
of=20
Professional Journalists, and the Golden Gadfly award from Media =
Alliance. He=20
has taught broadcast journalism classes since 1988 at Stanford, and mass =

communications, journalism, and broadcasting classes since 1992 at =
California=20
State University, Hayward.=20
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