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How Radio Was Done Part 48

August 30, 2007
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We roam through 1974 for five hours, hitting Rocky Horror and science fiction, The Firesign Theatre’s “Everything You Know is Wrong,” Nixon’s resignation and Ford’s pardon, An extended look at the whole Patty Hearst escapade, and lots of music and DJs on the air in ’74.

5 Hours

How Radio Was Done Part 47

August 23, 2007
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One more time for ’73, with Peter Schickele calling a play by play Beethoven symphony, Robert Klein’s comedy, more on UFOs and close encounters of the second kind, more North Vietnamese radio with Hanoi Hannah, the beginnings of the secret wars in South America, new wave music and glitter rockers, and the Firesign Theatre jumping channels.

3 Hours

How Radio Was Done Part 46

August 16, 2007
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1973 radio continues with Timothy Leary returning to the U.S. from exile to face criminal charges as the drug culture begins to spawn downfall songs. Prison reform and a Dylan song emerge with the death/murder of George Jackson, and the Weathermen are on the run underground. Then Sky Lab and our expensive fascination with space accompanies a mini edition of “Another UFO”, first with aliens landing at Holiman AFB in ‘71, and then with early 70s cattle mutilations all over the west. Music, news, and DJs of the year throughout.

3 Hours

How Radio Was Done Part 45

August 9, 2007
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We begin 1973 radio with Nixon and Watergate, the congressional hearings and the President’s address about it. Then moving on with radio in Vietnam, including Hanoi Hannah’s propaganda broadcasts, and the emerging Weather Underground and its own bombings at home. Lots of bombs. Music and DJs of the year fill it out.

3 Hours