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Goodlight WBAI menuRebels on the Air : An Alternative History of Radio in America - by Jesse Walker
Hardcover - 256 pages (November 2001)The Decline and Fall of Public Broadcasting: Creating Alternative Media
by David Barsamian
Paperback: 88 pages; November 2001
In The Decline and Fall of Public Broadcasting, Barsamian draws on his years of experience in public radio, and gives an insider's perspective on public broadcasting in the U.S., as well as the challenges faced by new media activists who are working to create more democratic, informative, and engaging media.The First Casualty: The War Correspondent As Hero and Myth-Maker from the Crimea to Kosovo
by Phillip Knightley
Paperback: 592 pages
"In war, truth may be the first casualty, but in Phillip Knightley's compelling examination of the war correspondent as journalist-mouthpiece-propagandist, the truth survives unscathed. Myths are exploded, scoundrels unmasked, the best and worst of the history of a century plainly revealed." Morley SaferReal Majority, Media Minority : The Costs of Sidelining Women in Reporting - by Laura Flanders
Paperback - March 1997
Calling the Shots : How Washington Dominates Today's UN - by Phyllis Bennis, Erskine Childers (Preface)
Paperback
Beyond the Storm : A Gulf Crisis Reader - by Phyllis Bennis (Editor), et al
Paperback - March 1998
Hardcover - March 1998
Altered States : A Reader in the New World Order - by Phyllis Bennis (Editor), Michel Moushabeck (Editor)
Hardcover - March 1998
Pacifica Radio : The Rise of an Alternative Network - by Matthew Lasar
Paperback - April 2000
Andrew Norris: Does a great job of the early days of Pacifica and KPFA. The second updated edition contains more up-to-date info about the recent crisis at KPFA which was absent from the first edition.
Active Radio : Pacifica's Brash Experiment - by Jeff Land
Paperback - April 1999
Norris: This one actually has more about WBAI than Lasar's book, but is otherwise not as comprehensive.
Public Radio and Television in America : A Political History - by Ralph Engelman
Paperback - June 1996
Norris: By a former Chair of the WBAI LAB and PNB member in the 1970's. Only a part of the book deals with Pacifica but it clearly places Pacifica in the context of the evolution of public radio and TV in the US.
Saying No to Power : Autobiography of a 20th Century Activist and Thinker - by William Mandel
Paperback - November 1999
KPFA Bill Mandel's was the FIRST voice silenced by the 'gag rule.'The More You Watch, the Less You Know : News Wars/Submerged Hopes/Media Adventures - by Danny Schechter, et al
Paperback
Hardcover - September 1997Toxic Sludge Is Good for You! : Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry - by John C. Stauber, Sheldon Rampton
Paperback - October 1995
Playing in the FM Band; A Personal Account of Free Radio - by Steve Post
An out of print book about the early days at BAI, Amazon may find you a used copy; search on the title. (approximately $50)
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Books Newly Added
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