WBCN and the American revolution : how a radio station defined politics, counterculture, and rock and roll /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lichtenstein, Bill, 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2021].
Subjects:
Table of 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.