Active radio : Pacifica's brash experiment / Jeff Land.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Land, Jeff.

Series:

Commerce and mass culture series.

Commerce and mass culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alternative radio broadcasting--United States.

Pacifica Radio.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Pacifica's brash experiment

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In April 1949, KPFA in Berkeley, California, went on the air. From the beginning, the station broadcast an utterly new combination of political commentary and cultural discussion, dedicated to creative expression and dissent. In this fascinating account, Jeff Land tells the heroic story of the Pacifica radio network and the practical model it pioneered for liberatory alternatives to commercial mass media.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Rise of Corporate Broadcasting; 2. Lew Hill's Passion and the Origins of Pacifica; 3. Listener-Sponsored Radicalism on KPFA; 4. The Development of the Pacifica Network; 5. Free Speech Radio; 6. WBAI and the Explosion of Live Radio; 7. Beloved Community; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Pacifica Programs; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8918-0

OCLC:

615015843