Radio Free Boston: The Rise and Fall of WBCN

by Carter Alan

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The definitive story of the pioneering rock radio station that galvanized a city and a generation

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(Foreword) Imagine a time when you could get good in a band by practicing in a basement or garage, when you could play in local bars or clubs, and when local radio stations were actually running themselves.

(Preface) Just weeks after WBCN folded in August of 2009, I got a call from Stephen Hull from University Press of New England.

Joe Rogers had a new job.

(Afterword) Wednesday, 12 August 2009: It's the morning after WBCN has gone silent.

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You had this revolution going on and nobody in radio was doing anything. Albums were outselling singles, so it seemed to me that someone ought to be playing the music that people were buying or wanted to listen to. We cut the balls off of Top 40! Ray Riepen

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