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Radio free Boston : the rise and fall of WBCN /
The story of a pioneering rock radio station that galvanized a city and a generation. Blaring the Cream anthem "I Feel Free," WBCN went on the air in March 1968 as an experiment on the fledgling FM radio band. It broadcast its final song, Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Northeastern University Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The story of a pioneering rock radio station that galvanized a city and a generation. Blaring the Cream anthem "I Feel Free," WBCN went on the air in March 1968 as an experiment on the fledgling FM radio band. It broadcast its final song, Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," in August 2009. In between, WBCN became the musical, cultural, and political voice of the young people of Boston and New England, sustaining a vibrant local music scene that launched such artists as the J. Geils Band, Aerosmith, James Taylor, Boston, The Cars, and The Dropkick Murphys, as well as paving the way for Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, U2, and many others. This is the story of a city in tumult, of artistic freedom, of music and politics and identity, and of the cultural, technological, and financial forces that killed rock radio. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 334 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-328) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781555538262 1555538266 1555537294 9781555537296 1299779239 9781299779235 |