Ian Masters (journalist)

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Ian Masters
Born
Australia
Occupation(s)Journalist, radio show host
Spouse
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(m. 2005)​

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

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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[ citation needed ] 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]

References

  1. ↑ Carroll, Rory (10 September 2015). "'This is the end': leftwing Pacifica Radio affiliates enter protracted death spiral". The Guardian .
  2. ↑ Mitchell, Sean (May 13, 2007). "A quarter-century of levelheaded talk". Los Angeles Times .
  3. ↑ "Background Briefing with Ian Masters". KPFK 90.7 FM. Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Online Archives Archive". KPFK Public Radio. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Masters, Ian. "Background Briefing with Ian Masters". SoundCloud . Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Background Briefing: June 3, 2018". Background Briefing. June 3, 2018. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Background Briefing with Ian Masters". Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  8. ↑ Masters, Ian. "Archives : Page 9 of 9". Background Briefing with Ian Masters. KPFA. Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "'Friends' Star Christina Pickles Invites Closer Into Her Cozy LA Home". Closer . August 29, 2015.


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