Active radio : Pacifica's brash experiment

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

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 Pacif...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Land, Jeff
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1999.
Series:Commerce and mass culture series.
Subjects:
Pacifica Radio.
Pacifica Radio
Alternative radio broadcasting > United States.
PERFORMING ARTS > Radio > History & Criticism.
Alternative radio broadcasting
United States
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of 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.

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