KPDO
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KPDO is a community radio station broadcasting from Pescadero, California
, on 89.3 MHz. It is non-commercial and listener-sponsored.
The station provides public affairs, news, and music programming, both locally and nationally sourced. .
Pirate Cat Radio founder Daniel "Monkey Man" Roberts
brought KPDO on air on May 8, 2010.
In November 2010, Roberts left the United States for personal reasons and left the staff of KPDO "without access to its bank account, and he also left behind a lot of questions about the station's relationship with Pirate Cat Radio
, Roberts' trademark station that streams live on the Web from San Francisco." Roberts' departure left KPDO without leadership and introduced significant uncertainty about the station's future.
The remaining staff took control of KPDO operations and on May 12, 2011 "officially eliminated" Roberts as station manager on the one year anniversary of the station's relaunch. KPDO founder and board president Maggie Celeste Worden took over for Roberts and has indicated she will lead the station in a new direction, forming a community advisory board featuring representation from local schools, businesses, and elected officials.
Pescadero, California
Pescadero is a census-designated place in San Mateo County, California two miles east of State Route 1 and Pescadero State Beach. The center of town, on Pescadero Creek Road, is located at latitude 37.255 and longitude 122.38028. The town is south of Half Moon Bay. The ZIP Code is 94060 and...
, on 89.3 MHz. It is non-commercial and listener-sponsored.
The station provides public affairs, news, and music programming, both locally and nationally sourced. .
Pirate Cat Radio founder Daniel "Monkey Man" Roberts
Daniel "Monkey Man" Roberts
Daniel Roberts, also known as Monkey Man, is the founder and owner of Pirate Cat Radio in San Francisco, CA. In May 2010 he re-launched KPDO, a community radio station in Pescadero, CA, as the station's new manager....
brought KPDO on air on May 8, 2010.
In November 2010, Roberts left the United States for personal reasons and left the staff of KPDO "without access to its bank account, and he also left behind a lot of questions about the station's relationship with Pirate Cat Radio
Pirate Cat Radio
Pirate Cat Radio is a low power community radio station that has been broadcasting since April 1996, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The station is one of several unlicensed radio stations operating in the San Francisco Bay Area....
, Roberts' trademark station that streams live on the Web from San Francisco." Roberts' departure left KPDO without leadership and introduced significant uncertainty about the station's future.
The remaining staff took control of KPDO operations and on May 12, 2011 "officially eliminated" Roberts as station manager on the one year anniversary of the station's relaunch. KPDO founder and board president Maggie Celeste Worden took over for Roberts and has indicated she will lead the station in a new direction, forming a community advisory board featuring representation from local schools, businesses, and elected officials.