02515nam 2200601Ia 450 991080842640332120200520144314.00-8166-8918-0(CKB)1000000000346978(EBL)310448(OCoLC)615015843(SSID)ssj0000276647(PQKBManifestationID)11212936(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276647(PQKBWorkID)10226213(PQKB)11738218(MiAaPQ)EBC310448(MdBmJHUP)muse38789(Au-PeEL)EBL310448(CaPaEBR)ebr10151147(CaONFJC)MIL522400(EXLCZ)99100000000034697819981231d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrActive radio Pacifica's brash experiment /Jeff Land1st ed.Minneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc19991 online resource (204 p.)Commerce and mass culture seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8166-3157-3 0-8166-3156-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIn 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.Commerce and mass culture series.Pacifica's brash experimentAlternative radio broadcastingUnited StatesAlternative radio broadcasting384.54/06/573791.440973Land Jeff1684034MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808426403321Active radio4055267UNINA