The history of community radio in the US has a long history going back to the late 1940s, and is woven into the political context of its changing times -- from the Cold War and McCarthyism to Berkeley Free Speech Movement, the anti-nuke movement of the 1970s and the Occupy Movement of 2011-12 -- and more. Paul Roland uses archival material to tell some of this story which includes the origins and history of KBOO's political activism.
For more, check out these links:
Opening and closing song: Fishbone, "Modern Industry"
"KPFA On the Air" documentary produced by independent filmmaker
Veronica Selver and Sharon Wood, 2000. Available through
www.selverproductions.com. Information about the film also available
at California Newsreel ("Film and Video for Social Change since 1968")
at newsreel.org.
Information on the history of Pacifica available at kpfa.org.
Molly Stentz, WORT news facilitator, spoke at the National Conference
on Media Reform in Boston in 2011. More about the conference at
conference.freepress.net.
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