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Book SynopsisIn this first history of US college radio, Katherine Rye Jewell reveals that these eclectic stations in major cities and college towns across the United States owed their collective cultural power to the politics of higher education as much as they did to upstart bohemian music scenes coast to coast.
Trade ReviewJewell . . . chronicles the rise, fall, and legacy of college radio in this sprawling and richly detailed account. . . . [
Live from the Undeground] offers both an animated homage to college radio as a microcosm of American culture and reassurance for readers that the medium isn't dead. It's a fascinating deep dive."—
Publishers Weekly An interesting and insightful look at how this nationwide phenomenon has sculpted American culture. . . .
Live from the Underground teaches us the importance of listening to college broadcasters while supporting their experimental stations as sites of free speech and free expression critical to our Democracy."—
Midwest Book Review
