Save KPLU

By John Patrick Lowrie
Editor

This issue of the Seattle SAG-AFTRA newsletter is devoted almost entirely to the plight of KPLU, a union NPR station in Tacoma that employs several local members. It was announced late last year that the station would be sold to the University of Washington. If that deal goes through, many DJs, news reporters and announcers are expected to lose their jobs and the city of Seattle will lose an independent voice.

When this deal was announced as a fait accompli, the public outcry was so widespread and intense that UW postponed the deal, giving KPLU until June 30 of this year to raise the $7 million dollars it needs to remain independent. 

Seattle Local Board members and staff support SAVE KPLU!

This item was originally featured in the April 2016 local newsletter.