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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Keith, Michael C. (1945-....)
Titre(s) : Voices in the purple haze [Texte imprimé] : underground radio and the sixties / Michael C. Keith ; [foreword by Dusty Street]
Publication : Westport, Conn. ; London : Praeger, 1997
Description matérielle : xvii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note(s) : "ISSN 0890-7161"--Title page verso. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-197) and index
During the fateful summer of 1966, a handful of restless and frustrated deejays in
New York and San Francisco began to conceive of a whole new brand of radio, one which
would lead to the reinvention of contemporary music programming. Gone were the screaming
deejays, the two minute doowop hits, and the goofy jingles. In were the counterculture
sounds and sentiments that had seldom, if ever, made it to commercial radio. This
new and unorthodox form of radio - this radical departure from the Top 40 establishment
- reflected the social and cultural unrest of the period. Underground radio had been
born of a desire to restore substance and meaning to a medium that had fallen victim
to the bottom-line dictates of an industry devoted to profit. In this compelling and
intriguing account of the counter-culture radio movement, over 30 pioneers of the
underground airwaves share insights and observations, and tell it like it was
Sujet(s) : Stations de radios locales -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Subculture -- États-Unis -- 1945-1970
Indice(s) Dewey :
384.540 973 (23e éd.) = Radiodiffusion - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0275952665. - ISBN 9780275952662
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45243823x
Notice n° :
FRBNF45243823
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