pakman hosts "the david pakman show", a television, radio, and internet political program. according to pakman, he began it in 2005 on a local radio station as a "hobby", and by 2011 the show aired on 100 stations, and outlets including directv and dish network through free speech tv, the pacifica radio network, on youtube, and via podcasts. the program first aired in august 2005 on wxoj-lp ("valley free radio"), located in northampton, massachusetts, as "midweek politics with david pakman". in july 2010 it was nationally syndicated.