Ian Masters (journalist) explained

Ian Masters
Birth Place:Australia
Occupation:Journalist, radio show host

Ian Masters is an Australian-born, BBC-trained American broadcast journalist, commentator, author, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker.[1] [2]

Masters[3] hosted the KPFK, Pacifica Radio program Background Briefing which deals with American politics, foreign policy as well as domestic American security issues. Masters has hosted a once weekly episode of Background Briefing since 1980; in 2009, the program was expanded to five days per week.[4] It is broadcast on more than forty radio stations across the US, and is also available as a podcast.[5] [6]

Masters resigned from his position hosting "Background Briefing" at KPFK[7] and now produces the show at his home in Santa Monica as an online podcast. His shows are no longer aired on FM radio station KPFK. Instead, they now air on KPFA in Berkeley, California, US.[8]

Personal life

Masters is married to British-American actress Christina Pickles.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Guardian. 'This is the end': leftwing Pacifica Radio affiliates enter protracted death spiral. Carroll, Rory. 10 September 2015.
  2. Web site: Los Angeles Times. A quarter-century of levelheaded talk. Mitchell, Sean. May 13, 2007.
  3. Web site: Background Briefing with Ian Masters . KPFK 90.7 FM . 2 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180427061322/https://www.kpfk.org/on-air/ian-masters/ . 27 April 2018.
  4. Web site: Online Archives Archive . KPFK Public Radio . 2 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180620012959/https://archive.kpfk.org/index.php . 20 June 2018.
  5. Web site: Masters . Ian . Ian Masters (journalist) . Background Briefing with Ian Masters . . 2 August 2023 . en.
  6. Web site: Background Briefing: June 3, 2018 . Background Briefing . 2 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230607052348/https://www.backgroundbriefing.org/2018/06/03/background-briefing-june-3-2018/ . 7 June 2023 . June 3, 2018.
  7. Web site: Background Briefing with Ian Masters. 2021-12-12. 2018-04-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20180427061322/https://www.kpfk.org/on-air/ian-masters/. dead.
  8. Web site: Masters . Ian . Archives : Page 9 of 9 . Background Briefing with Ian Masters . KPFA . 2 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230802062344/https://kpfa.org/program/background-briefing/page/9/ . 2 August 2023.
  9. Web site: 'Friends' Star Christina Pickles Invites Closer Into Her Cozy LA Home. August 29, 2015 . Closer.

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