We're concerned about KPFT program changes that preceded your joining as General Manager. You have inherited long-term messes and we thank you for taking up the challenge of leading the station's renewal. A rash of changes in June had the effect of marginalizing many Black, Latinx, and Indigenous programmers by removing them from the FM radio schedule, shoving them into late night and overnight, or onto the low-listenership HD2 drive. The discriminatory effects are charted on https://KPFTwhitewash.info Absent was the respectful, collaborative programming process required by Pacifica's Bylaws (https://pacifica.org/indexed_bylaws/art7sec3.html 

We'd like to know your plan for redress and correction. We hope you'll communicate directly with all the affected programmers and producers. There is also the matter of the suspension of the Houston Indymedia program for an alleged campaign violation during the "New Day" Bylaws replacement referendum.  A National Election Supervisor may direct a particular act or set a penalty for a specific period of time, but not indefinitely. At 3 months past the July 7 end of balloting in that referendum, we are beyond any reasonable disciplinary period.

KPFT and the Houston communities it serves sorely need programmers under 50, alternative news, views and analysis, and the voices of its diverse popultion on the air. Primarily on the grounds of correcting abuse and excess, we urge you to promptly restore the programs to the air in their original spot or at a date and time set with the programmers.