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 Questionnaire Replies KPFA Listener Candidates Question Thirteen 
Question Thirteen: Should the station consider relocating the studio to other facilities? Where and Why?You can find all of the listener candidate's answers to Question Thirteen on this page.
KPFA Listener-Sponsor candidatesCarl Bryantno answer submitted
Steven Conleyno answer submitted
Bob EnglishNo. Berkeley is the safest place.
Dianne EnriquezI think that the current facility is a nice building. I feel there may be more pressing internal matters to attend to than the location of station, considering KPFA actually owns the station property.
Sherry GendelmanKPFA has a fabulous building bought and paid for by its listeners. It is a great site for the creation and transmitting of programming. However, satellite sites within the community, including in local high schools, community colleges, and the like would connect the station beyond its “walls” and expand its reach.
Mathew Hallinanno answer submitted
Chandra HauptmanOnly if the building is not structurally sound. Now is not the time, financially, to initiate a capital moving campaign.
David HellerNo, the station owns the building we are currently in. If we relocate, we would either have to pay an enormous rent, build a new facility or renovate an old one. Additionally, Prop. 13 is keeping the property taxes low. Moving would run that expense through the roof. I see no need to change something that seems to be working well.
Warren MarSpace in the Bay Area for non-profit commercial use is a challenge and if KPFA needs to expand we have to take a long term view on how much space we have now and how much we need to do all the programs we want. One advantage of the station now is that it is in a core urban area and accessible by public transportation. Our volunteers and guests can literally jump out of BART or a bus and with a short walk get to the station. That would be a consideration if we want more space, whether it was as easily accessible.
Susan McDonoughNo, 1929 MLKing Jr Way is a great building and an accessible location by bart and bus..
Antonio MedranoIf the costs were not prohibitive, possible consideration.
Attila NagyNot necessary to relocate the studio. What is necessary is to do more live remote broadcasts from the various communities, public demonstrations, meetings, special events, etc.
Richard PhelpsThis would require an analysis of our space needs and our financial situation. We own the property where we are now. We also have the potential to expand where we are now. I think for tradition we should stay in Berkeley if we ever need to move, minus any compelling circumstances.
Mara RiveraIf we need to spread to neighboring buildings, we should. Flashpoints is making use of New College in SF’s Mission District with great success. Our own building, however, is fine where it is, in the community of its birth.
Paul RobinsNo.
CC Campbell RockWhere and Why? San Francisco and/or Oakland are options because of the size of the populations there. Greater access to larger populations can lead to more subscribers and bigger audiences.
Tracy RosenbergI don’t really see why. When you have a building that’s bought and paid for (unlike just about every other non-NPR public radio station in the country) – why? If the building is too crowded, than I’d suggest looking for additional office space rather than studio space – cheaper to rent and easier to find.
Gerald SandersThis would require an analysis of our space needs and our financial situation. We own the property where we are now. We also have the potential to expand where we are now. I think for tradition we should stay in Berkeley if we ever need to move, minus any compelling circumstances.
Sureya SayadiNo relocation, because it is now possible to broadcast at remote locations much easier and KPFAshould take advantage of this new technology to reach out to communities throughout Northern California. We need to have news bureaus in the North Bay, South Bay, Fresno and Sacramento and have broadcasting from these areas. This could be on the new digital channels that are opening up and also on the web. We also need to start streaming KPFB which could reach new audiences.
John Van Eyckno answer submitted
Joe WanzalaNo.
Jim WeberSpreading studio space to other locations is possible, but a better solution might be to use the existing space, now occupied by PNB.
Stan WoodsNo. Our current locale is more than adequate.
Steve ZeltzerIt is now possible to broadcast at remote locations much easier and KPFA should take advantage of this new technology to reach out to communities throughout Northern California. We need to have news bureaus in the North Bay, South Bay, Fresno and Sacramento and have broadcasting from these areas. This could be on the new digital channels that are opening up and also on the web. We also need to start streaming KPFB which could reach new audiences. Trackback(0)
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