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Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio Kindle Edition

by Katherine Rye Jewell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Bands like R.E.M., U2, Public Enemy, and Nirvana found success as darlings of college radio, but the extraordinary influence of these stations and their DJs on musical culture since the 1970s was anything but inevitable. As media deregulation and political conflict over obscenity and censorship transformed the business and politics of culture, students and community DJs turned to college radio to defy the mainstream—and they ended up disrupting popular music and commercial radio in the process. In this first history of US college radio, Katherine Rye Jewell reveals that these eclectic stations in major cities and college towns across the United States owed their collective cultural power to the politics of higher education as much as they did to upstart bohemian music scenes coast to coast.

Jewell uncovers how battles to control college radio were about more than music—they were an influential, if unexpected, front in the nation's culture wars. These battles created unintended consequences and overlooked contributions to popular culture that students, DJs, and listeners never anticipated. More than an ode to beloved stations, this book will resonate with both music fans and observers of the politics of culture.
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Jewell . . . chronicles the rise, fall, and legacy of college radio in this sprawling and richly detailed account. . . . [Live from the Undeground] offers both an animated homage to college radio as a microcosm of American culture and reassurance for readers that the medium isn't dead. It's a fascinating deep dive."—Publishers Weekly

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A former DJ herself, Jewell's name belongs among several historians whose recent work on music history draws on their own experience of cultural production and fandom, including Grace Elizabeth Hale and Kevin Mattson. Bringing together histories of the music industry, the culture wars, and university politics to expose the contradictions of the college radio culture, Live from the Underground redefines this history."—Elena Razlogova, author of The Listener's Voice: Early Radio and the American Public

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C12CJ9TF
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The University of North Carolina Press (November 7, 2023)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 7, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 13454 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 460 pages
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Katherine Rye Jewell

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Katherine Jewell is professor of History at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts, where she teaches modern American history. A historian of the business and culture of politics, her work explores how ordinary Americans experience, interpret, challenge, and shape policy and culture. She is the author of two books, and her work has appeared in several outlets including the OAH's American Historian magazine and the Washington Post. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in History from Boston University and her B.A. in History and Anthropology from Vanderbilt University. She lives near Boston with her husband and three children.

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The author has thoughtfully, painstakingly reviewed the entire arc of college radio through multiple lenses — social, political, artistic, and historical — to deliver the definitive article on the subject. At the same time she ties in a personal journey of a music as seen by a careful observer, and fan to many scenes, whether experienced first hand or reported through others who were there. The book easily makes a short list including other essential entries by McCain/McNeil and Goodman.
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