Rebels on the Air – An Alternative History of Radio in America Walker Paperback

Rebels on the AirAn Alternative History of Radio in America\nAuthor(s): Jesse Walker\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814793824, 978-0814793824\nSynopsis\nExplores the alternative radio that refuses to succumb to the big business that monopolizes the airwaves\n Boring DJs who never shut up, and who don't even pick their own records. The same hits, over and over. A constant stream of annoying commercials. How did radio get so dull?\nNot by accident, contends journalist and historian Jesse Walker. For decades, government and big business have colluded to monopolize the airwaves, stamping out competition, reducing variety, and silencing dissident voices. And yet, in the face of such pressure, an alternative radio tradition has tenaciously survived.\nRebels on the Air explores these overlooked chapters in American radio, revealing the legal barriers established broadcasters have erected to ensure the.