“WBCN and The American Revolution” is a “rock ‘n roll” documentary that tells the true story of the early days of the radical, underground radio station, WBCN-FM 104.1 in Boston. Its producer-director Bill Lichtenstein of Cambridge channels his passion that began in 1970 as a 14-year-old volunteer answering WBCN-FM’s Listener Line and ultimately an on-air host of his own weekly show. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. The reasons for the latter are many: generational cohesion instead of social fragmentation; limited and more sober-sided media sources, for better and for worse; fewer diversions in our pockets and on our screens; fewer screens, period. The story is told through the extraordinary history of WBCN, which in its early days called itself "The American Revolution," and the personal and political journeys of a compelling cast of characters who connect and intersect through the radio station and exploding music scenes, militant anti-war activism, civil rights struggles, and the emerging women’s and LGBTQ-liberation movements. After party at Sea Level Restaurant, Market Square , Newburyport.

Watch the amazing, untold story of the radical underground radio station WBCN-FM, set against the dazzling and profound social, political, and cultural changes that took place in Boston and nationally during the late-1960s and early-70s. And to the question “but is it actually good?” the resounding answer is yes!
PORTSMOUTH — WBCN and The American Revolution is coming back to New Hampshire – and this time, the popular rock documentary will be available for screening in …

The Fifty Plus Advocate was founded in 1975. Follow him on Twitter @tyburr. A listener responded with a 1973 recording of an interview and musical performance of Bruce Springsteen in which “The Boss” shares, “This is my very first time on radio.”, “Almost all of the audio tapes in the film were from listeners,” Lichtenstein relayed. WBCN is coming back to rock Boston one more time.

Lichtenstein credits Riepen for strongly influencing the era’s counterculture by creating three entrepreneurial startups: the Boston Tea Party rock club, the Boston Phoenix alternative newspaper, and WBCN’s transformation to a progressive rock station with a conversational tone. “As ‘BCN announcer Tommy Hadges says in the film, it was seeing radio not so much as a performance but as a relationship with the listener. University Press of New England; 1st Edition (September 3, 2013), Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2016. Most important, as the first FM radio station to speak directly to the emerging counter-culture generation, WBCN served as a sonic rallying point for an era of active discontent. In it's prime it was the best station going and I constantly had my ear glued to it. . A new documentary looks back at WBCN, a different culture, and very different politics. The film tells a story that is timely and relevant, especially to young people, who are seeking to use media to create social change.
Former WBCN DJ and newsman Bill Lichtenstein, who made the documentary, joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes to talk about the … Director and producer Bill Lichtenstein worked at WBCN starting at age 14 as a volunteer on the station’s Listener Line and later as a newscaster and announcer with his own weekly show. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. “’BCN was very involved in mobilizing people against the war.”. -- "Boston Globe", “WBCN—four letters that made a big difference to our U and our 2. . We’ve all been sold and told that to sit those entertainments out is to miss a crucial shared social experience. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.