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Author:
Lichtenstein, Bill, 1956- author.
Title:
WBCN and the American revolution : how a radio station defined politics, counterculture, and rock and roll / Bill Lichtenstein.
Publisher:
The MIT Press,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
xvii, 284 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Subject:
WBCN (Radio station : Boston, Mass.)--History.
WBCN (Radio station : Boston, Mass.)
1900-1999
Music radio stations--Boston--Boston--History.
Counterculture--United States--History--20th century.
Counterculture.
Intellectual life.
Music radio stations.
Social conditions.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
United States--Social conditions--1960-1980.
Massachusetts--Boston.
United States.
History.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Boston 1967: before the revolution -- The Boston Tea Party -- Ugly radio is dead -- A new kind of radio -- 1968: the year everything changed and that changed everything -- WBCN and the American revolution -- Campus unrest -- Peace is in the air -- WBCN: the hub of the community and the soundtrack of the city -- WBCN news and public affairs -- The news dissector -- The second wave -- The Lavender Hour: gender freedom in the air -- Lock-up -- We've got to get rid of Nixon -- Rock and roll future -- Nixon's resignation and the end of the revolution -- Lessons learned.
Summary:
"The story of how legendary radio station WBCN (and by extension the city of Boston) emerged as a central crossroads of the 1960s counterculture and political activism"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0262046253
9780262046251
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1251741188
LCCN:
2021011596
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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