"The American Revolution": Listen to the sounds of an era:
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WBZ-AM: Oct. 1965. Boston Radio Airwaves Before the Revolution.
A tape of WBZ-AM, from Oct. 1965, was shared for The American Revolution's archives by musician Kinloch Nelson. He wrote: "There is a vibe, and a sound, and approach that is long since gone. When I was a kid, there were two radio stations I would pick up on my crystal radio that I had built from scraps of tin, cardboard tubes, some wire, an earphone my dad got me from a mail order catalog, and a crystal diode he brought home from work. When you build a radio yourself somehow what you hear on it makes a big impact even if it isn't loud. WBZ and WHDH came in over this radio. Many a school night I went to sleep listening to Bruce Bradley or Dick Summer on WBZ
. . . WBCN certainly spearheaded some kind of revolution. In its glory years starting in 1968 to '73 or '74, it was the station to listen to as far as my generation was concerned. So here is a slice of what we were listening to in the years before the Summer of Love, Woodstock, and Nixon's eventual demise. Back then it was the Beatles, the Stones, Hootenannies, and the Surf at Nantasket Beach. Enjoy."
. . . WBCN certainly spearheaded some kind of revolution. In its glory years starting in 1968 to '73 or '74, it was the station to listen to as far as my generation was concerned. So here is a slice of what we were listening to in the years before the Summer of Love, Woodstock, and Nixon's eventual demise. Back then it was the Beatles, the Stones, Hootenannies, and the Surf at Nantasket Beach. Enjoy."
Click here to listen to WBZ-AM (Oct. 24 and 25, 1965):
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The first "Lavender Hour," WBCN's weekly gay and lesbian show.
"The Lavender Hour" premiered on WBCN in 1973 and was the first regular weekly LGBT radio or TV broadcast. It quickly led to similar programs in Boston on radio stations WCAS and WBUR, and 25 stations around the country. It was produced by WBCN's Andrew Kopkind (R) and John Scagliotti (L), who went on to create and produce the classic documentary film on gay and lesbian history, “Before Stonewall” and the PBS series "In the Life." Included in this episode, a survey of dance music of the era, and a press conference with David Bowie debating the gender issues in his music.
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"Four More Years" WBCN report on May 4, 1970 Kent State shootings.
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Grateful Dead play M.I.T. student strike May 6, 1970
On May 6, 1970, the Grateful Dead were in Boston to play a concert at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Kresge Auditorium the following day News of the killing of four unarmed students at Kent State University,in Kent, Ohio, by National Guard troops during student protests on May 4, led millions of students at high schools and universities throughout the country to walk out of classes, including a strike at M.I.T. The Grateful Dead played an impromptu free concert at a strike rally, which was cut short after 40 minutes due to cold, but the concert was recorded by the MIT radio station.
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Aerosmith at Paul's Mall, Boston March 20, 1973
Once upon a time there was an announcer and a band. And when Maxanne Satori first heard Aerosmith, she told her listeners "These guys are good." And they were. Live on WBCN-FM.
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