Pacifica Radio and Freedom of Speech

Pacifica was founded 61 years ago this month and has inspired a movement of community radio stations throughout the United States, many who are independent and locally based, but are affiliates. As a result, the Pacifica Network collaborates daily to bring grassroots community radio and free media to American citizens. Pacifica Radio provides a platform for important issues like health care reform and the environment. WPFW preserves and presents classic and contemporary Jazz artists like Miles Davis and Dee ee Bridgewater.

For sixty years, since the McCarthy era, America’s oldest independent media network has defied political pressures and the conventions and internal censors inherent to mainstream media. A haven and training ground for artists and journalists, Pacifica has been the vanguard of free media. Breaking important news, providing historical and political analysis, and discovering some of our greatest artistic talents, Pacifica Radio has brought us the great voices of each era.

Grigsby Hubbard is one of the founders of WPFW, DC Pacifica and is currently general manager. Grigsby is a former clerk of William Penn House.