Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America Review

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(More customer reviews)So many other radio 'history' books just tell you all about what programs were on which corporate network and which DJs were indicted for payola -- without bothering to explore how radio broadcasting came about, where the innovations came from, and how and why most of the current spectrum has become so bland in the last twenty years. Jesse Walker gets into all this and more: he gives just about the best and most complete history of radio broadcasting's *true* pioneers, from spark-gap to internet: the underground and alternative radio movement. I thought I knew a lot about the subject (at least regarding pre-1980 radio), but Walker's book has five times more in it than I even knew existed -- and extends right to the end of the 1990s. I highly recommend this book!

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ShipRocked: Life on the Waves with Radio Caroline Review

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(More customer reviews)Shiprocked: Life on the Waves with Radio Caroline offers a memoir by a Phantom FM DJ who spent years on Radio Caroline, the pirate radio ship. His life was full of storms, drama, and a pirate radio ship's struggle for survival. The station still runs today on satellite. Its heyday comes to life, here, in a lively read perfect for any general-interest collection.

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This witty, revealing memoir tells the story of the author's years spent as a broadcaster on a pirate radio ship for Radio Caroline. Radio Caroline was the iconic pirate radio station, immediately capturing the imagination of millions of people when it started broadcasting cutting-edge music to Britain and Ireland from international waters in 1964. When he first went out to the radioship, the Ross Revenge, in December 1985, Steve Conway was fulfilling his dream of working on Caroline. He soon became a vital part of Caroline's ship-board team, broadcasting music and news programs, helping to keep the vessel seaworthy during fierce storms, and making sure that the station ran smoothly on a shoestring budget, despite staffing problems, technical crises and harassment by the authorities.In this gripping memoir, Steve Conway tells of his time aboard the Ross Revenge: the excitement and danger of living on board ship for long spells, the constant challenge of keeping complex electronic equipment working in sometimes treacherous conditions and the camaraderie of working alongside people who, like him, were completely committed to the radio station. In the dramatic climax to the book, he tells of the sad demise of Radio Caroline as a ship-based station, and how he and his few remaining companions narrowly escaped drowning after the ship ran aground in hurricane-force winds. ""Fluidly written and idiosyncratic...""--Library Journal.

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The Radio Caroline Story Review

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(More customer reviews)Tom Lodge writes a very interesting history book on Radio Caroline. I grew up in the small town of Sharon, Pa on the Ohio state line dring the golden years of rock. While in high school during the early 1960's we would listen to our favorite top 40 DJs such as the 50,000 watt clear channel DJs, Dick Biondi from WLS Chy Town, "Cousin Brucie" from WABC New York and our local number one DJ, "Boots Bell" from 1000 watt WHOT in Youngstown, Ohio. The youth in Great Britian didn't have this freedom because of government owned radio. Radio Coroline changed all that in 1964. I became a listener of Radio Coroline while stationed in Nuremberg Germany 1966-1967. The samll transistor radio pulled the rock and roll music out of the air, even with a waek signal, was better than our own government controlled Armed Forces Radio in Nuremberg. Tom's book tells the whole story from the beginning or Radio Caroline until the govenment forced the station to close.

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This is the Radio Caroline Story.The story of a youth battle with the British government.The Music that those four years unleashed, still reverberates around the world today. Names such as Jagger, Clapton, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Jimmy Page, are household names. Radio Caroline opened the floodgates, with 23 million listeners, thumbing its nose at the British government, braking the monopoly of the BBC, invading America and creating a stage for music, record companies, fashion, and above all the freedom to have fun. "It's a terrific little book!" said Steven Van Zandt, of The Bruce Springsteen E Street Band, The Sopranos and "Little Steven's Underground Garage", radio show. Yes, this is a modern David-and-Goliath story, this story of youth, music and fun, this adventure, whose echoes can still be heard in the music and songs that exploded forth during that special moment, that brief moment of freedom.This was...The Ship That Rocked The World!

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Pirate Radio Stations: Tuning in to Underground Broadcasts in the Air and Online Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a good review of SWLing and pirate radio, but the Internet is better.
Of particular notice is the typeface selected by the publisher. It is bizarre--meant as a display typeface, I'm sure. The effect is that this book is almost impossible to read and frankly, it hurts my eyes.

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Experience Radio's Swashbuckling Side!Listening to pirate radio is perfectly legal--and frequently an ear-opening experience. This book makes it easier for you to locate and tune in pirate stations--and tells you all about the unlicensed broadcasters who play David to broadcasting conglomerates' Goliath. Revealing the history of pirate radio from 1925 to today, author Andrew Yoder, pirate radio aficionado and long-time writer on radio, electronics, and audio subjects:* Explains how to buy and use equipment to listen to pirate stations* Shows you how to find pirate stations on your AM/FM, shortwave, and online radios* Explains how pirates have "gone legit" on the Internet, with "how-to-listen" directions, and hard-to-find pirate URLs* Showcases stations operating since at least 1995 * Provides details on political, local, holiday, and special-events pirates * Tells you about offshore, European, and pirate stations around the world* Takes you inside illegal stations, some of which have up to 75 volunteers* Shows you how the FCC tracks pirates and often enforces its regulations harshly* Gives you a CD withover 80 minutes of audio from dozens of underground stations

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