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The Mission of the KPFA Apprenticeship Program is to provide comprehensive broadcast, technical, and administrative skills training as a means to build community and empower our participants to tell their own stories.

Our program is based on community building, a collaborative work environment and passing on our skills and stories.

We focus on bringing women and people of color into media and work in partnership with Pacifica community radio station KPFA and other community media outlets, both locally and nationally.

The Apprenticeship program is currently 18 months. Everyone is required to spend one business day each week working at KPFA, and two class nights. The dayshift is a five hour shift and Apprentices do administrative and production tasks. The Dayshift runs on an intergenerational group learning model, with each phase teaching the next, and integrates service to the station, skills acquired in classes, motivation and leadership.

Dayshift Hours: Monday – 4:00 pm-9:00pm or

Tues or Thurs or Fri- 1:00pm-6:00pm

FULL CIRCLE is our weekly show that highlights the work of First Voice Apprentices. Full Circle airs on KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley, California from 7-8pm every Friday.

Full Circle highlights community events, live performances, and issues that are happening locally and globally.
Tune in: www.kpfa.org