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WBCN and the American Revolution How a Radio Station Defined Politics, Counterculture, and Rock and Roll

Bill Lichtenstein

How Boston radio station WBCN became the hub of the rock-and-roll, antiwar, psychedelic solar system. While San Francisco was celebrating a psychedelic Summer of Love in 1967, Boston stayed buttoned up and battened down. But that changed the following year, when a Harvard Law School graduate studen...

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Monday Morning Podcast

The book mentioned was a book about WBCN radio. Bill was reading through it and he thought it was great.

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I'm reading that WBCN book which is fucking great

— Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcas...

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 8-29-24

The book mentioned was a book about WBCN radio. Bill was reading through it and he thought it was great.

"

I'm reading that WBCN book which is fucking great

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 8-25-16

Bill Byrne mentioned buying a book about the Boston radio station WBCN, which was on the air for the first 41 years of his life and played a role in promoting many famous bands.

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I need to know more about this shit next thing. You know, I'm buying a book on it I See I used to be in I used to be in trucking.

So I went down this fucking rabbit hole and I ended up buying this book on WBCN that's just coming out.

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 8-25-16

Bill was fascinated by WBCN, a radio station in Boston, and decided to buy a book about it after watching the last broadcast, which he was surprised to learn aired for 41 years of his life.

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I ended up watching the last broadcast of WBCN I didn't know came out 1968 I was born in 68 and for the first 41 years of my life that fucking radio station was on the air

You know, they helped out Aerosmith. They helped up all these fucking bands David Bowie All these guys did all these pictures Frank Zappa all these guys come to the station and I was like I need to know more about this shit next thing. You know, I'm buying a book on it I

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 8-25-16

Bill Burr mentioned purchasing a book about the Boston radio station WBCN after watching its final broadcast and reflecting on its influence on the music scene.

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I need to know more about this shit next thing. You know, I'm buying a book on it I see I used to be in I used to be in trucking.

So I went down this fucking rabbit hole and I ended up buying this book on WBCN that's just coming out.

Episode: Thursday Afternoon Monday Morning Podcast 8-25-16

Bill Burr mentioned purchasing a book about WBCN, a Boston radio station that he listened to as a young man, after watching its final broadcast and learning about its history and impact.

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I need to know more about this shit next thing. You know, I'm buying a book on it I see I used to be in I used to be in trucking.

So I went down this fucking rabbit hole and I ended up buying this book on WBCN that's just coming out.

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