Cutting a Congressman off the Air
- Nat Hentoff in the Village Voice describes Congressman Major Owens' being censored by WBAI's U. Leid and compares to censorship in dictatorships.
- http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0114,hentoff,23539,6.html

Protesters Defend WBAI Against Pacifica Management
- Workers World on WBAI and demonstration shortly before the takeover to protest Pacifica's plan to fire Valerie Van Isler the Station Manager.
- http://www.workers.org/ww/2000/wbai1221.php

Listeners Mobilize to Save WBAI
- Workers World on the takeover of radio station WBAI management by the Pacifica Foundation.
- http://www.workers.org/ww/2001/wbai0111.php

Mimi Rosenberg: On my Removal from the Air
- Mimi Rosenberg about her banning by management of Pacifica Station WBAI.
- http://www.savepacifica.net/20010301_rosenberg.html

The Struggle for The Soul of Listener Sponsored Radio
- WBAI host Elombe Brath about the growing resistance against the Pacifica Board 'Coup' at WBAI.
- http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Pacifica/brath.htm

Bernard White at WPFW-LAB Meeting
- Bernard White fired Program Director provides a personal account of the "Christmas Coup" at WBAI at a meeting of WPFW's Local Advisory Board. DC Indymedia. (RealVideo)
- http://www.dc.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=4814

Rule by Idiocy: WBAI Falls for Right Wing Conspiracy Theory
- Bill Weinberg on right-wing premiums in the spring 2000 fund-raising marathon by Pacifica's WBAI Radio.
- http://shadow.autono.net/sin001/wbai2.htm

Resistance Grows to "Christmas Coup D'Etat" at WBAI
- WBAI producer Bill Weinberg gives the history of the conflict and an update on the current struggle to save free speech radio at this Pacifica radio station.
- http://shadow.autono.net/sin001/bai.htm

NY Radio Station Axes Two Leftist Producers
- Rediff.com article on the banning of WBAI producers Deepa Fernandes and Biju Mathew. "It's a total political purge," says Fernandes, who co-produced "Behind the News" with Mathew.
- http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/apr/09us1.htm

Rule By Idiocy: WBAI Falls for Right Wing Conspiracy Theory
- Discussing recent developments at WBAI which under U. Leid has used right wing anti-Semitic propaganda for its spring 2001 fund raiser. By WBAI host Bill Weinberg.
- http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Pacifica/idiocy.htm

Amsterdam News on WBIX Radio in Exile
- Herb Boyd about the internet broadcasts by the banned, fired and exiled from WBAI's airwaves. WBIX is continuing a tradition of excellency in journalism which has come under attack at WBAI.
- http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Pacifica/boydwbai.htm

WBAI Rally on Wall Street
- WBAI listeners converged in front of the station's studio to protest the firings of WBAI's station manager, program director and a producer of the popular morning show Wake Up Call. Images of the protest.
- http://revolutionarywebdesign.com/wbai/jan6/

WBAI rally in Newark
- Photographs of protest held in Newark, NJ against the banning and firing of producers by the interim Station Manager U. Leid at Pacifica's WBAI.
- http://revolutionarywebdesign.com/wbai/

The Village Voice - WBAI Coverage
- Articles about the issues surrounding the takeover of WBAI by Pacifica from The Village Voice a New York City weekly.
- http://www.villagevoice.com/search_bidness.php3?keyword=wbai&x=8&y=9

Gotham Gazette - WBAI
- Miranda Kennedy in the Gotham Gazette about the current situation at WBAI.
- http://www.gothamgazette.com/commentary/95.kennedy.shtml

Outraged Listeners of WBAI Radio March Into Studio
- Members of listeners group Loud Rapp protest rightward political turn of Pacifica's WBAI in programming and attacks on workers' rights. Press Release.
- http://www.commondreams.org/news2001/0604-04.htm

KPFA Report on WBAI Takeover
- Transcript of a KPFA newscast the day after initial firings and bannings at WBAI provided by Common Dreams.
- http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/122400-03.htm

Brooklyn Congressman Slams WBAI on Capitol Hill
- Congressman Owens, NY City Council member Freed, and NY Public Advocate candidate Siegel joined ousted WBAI staffers at a press conference. Village Voice article.
- http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0111/johnson.shtml

Pacifica Management Moves to Undermine WBAI's Independence
- Echoing the 1999 KPFA attack, Pacifica told WBAI's General Manager Valerie Van Isler that she is being removed. Fair Media Advisory.
- http://www.fair.org/press-releases/van-isler.html

A Firm New Boss at an Old Voice of the Left
- New York Times article on U. Leid the interim Station Manager at WBAI which was imposed by Pacifica trough the "Christmas Coup".
- http://www.savepacifica.net/media/20010117_nyt.html

Crisis at WBAI Radio in New York: An Attempt to Silence Alternative Views
- World Socialist Web Site on WBAI with an in-depth analysis of political motives behind the take-over.
- http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/feb2001/wbai-f08.shtml

WBAI-FM in Crisis
- Article on tenant.net relating the takeover of WBAI and changes in the Pacifica National Board to the struggle for decent and affordable housing.
- http://www.tenant.net/Tengroup/Metcounc/Feb01/wbai.html

What's the Real Deal at WBAI?
- Haiti Progres article calling WBAI Interim Manager Leid an "agent of a reactionary segment of the Pacifica National Board" and looking back at the post "Coup" time.
- http://www.haiti-progres.com/2001/sm010425/wbai0425.htm

Can WBAI be Saved?
- Village Voice article about post "Coup" censorship, bannings and firings at WBAI, a changing Pacifica Board and efforts to restore WBAI to its original mission.
- http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0115/hentoff.shtml

This Just In: We're Fired.
- A hostile takeover rocks radio's voice of the left. TIME Magazine article on "Midnight Coup" at Pacifica station WBAI.
- http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,96193,00.html

WBAI Fights Management's Move to Turn the Station into NPR Lite
- Village Voice article by Bharati Sadasivam about changes made at WBAI by interim Station Manager Utrice Leid.
- http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0103/sadasivam.shtml

Firings Strengthen Pacifica Control of New York Outlet
- From Current, a public broadcasting newspaper, about the removal of management at Pacifica's WBAI. Quotes the fired and banned.
- http://www.current.org/rad/rad0101wbai.html

Christmas Coup Rocks Pacifica's WBAI
- Article by weekly "Haiti Progres" analyzing the removal of station management by Pacifica. Gives Background on installed Station Manager.
- http://www.haiti-progres.com/2001/sm010110/xeng0110.htm