{"id":49794,"date":"2021-04-23T16:50:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T23:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/?p=49794"},"modified":"2021-04-23T16:50:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T23:50:50","slug":"wbcn-documentary-broadcast-premiere-on-may-6-special-online-panel-april-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/2021\/04\/wbcn-documentary-broadcast-premiere-on-may-6-special-online-panel-april-26\/","title":{"rendered":"WBCN Documentary Broadcast Premiere on May 6 \u2013 Special Online Panel April 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The documentary &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/theamericanrevolution.fm\/\">WBCN and the American Revolution<\/a>&#8221; chronicles the founding of Boston&#8217;s groundbreaking rock station that combined late-1960s countercultural politics and music in way that influenced freeform radio to come. Directed by journalist and former WBCN employee Bill Lichtenstein, the film will premiere on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/channel-2-live-stream\">GBH 2<\/a> in the Boston area. It will air nationally on PBS stations this coming fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We talked with Bill Lichtenstein about the documentary a year ago on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/2020\/04\/14\/podcast-241-wbcn-and-the-american-revolution\/\">episode #241 of our podcast<\/a>. We discussed how even though it was a commercial station, WBCN operated more like a community station, such New York&#8217;s WBAI, which was also blazing a freeform trail of music and politics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/id\/58977617\/#time-0&#038;darkOrLight-Light&#038;shownotes-ffffff&#038;shownotesBackground-444444&#038;download-ffffff&#038;downloadBackground-003366&#038;subscribe-ffffff&#038;subscribeBackground-fb8c00&#038;share-ffffff&#038;shareBackground-1976d2\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"138px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of the film&#8217;s broadcast debut a group of station alumni will participate in a free online panel this coming Monday, April 26: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgbh.org\/events\/celebrate-wbcn-and-the-american-revolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Celebrate WBCN and the American Revolution<\/a>. Panelists include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tommy Hadges, WBCN program director and announcer<\/li><li>Charles Laquidara, WBCN announcer<\/li><li>Bill Lichtenstein, producer and director of WBCN and The American Revolution<\/li><li>Eric Jackson, host of GBH\u2019s Eric in the Evening and former WBCN host<\/li><li>Debbie Ullman, WBCN\u2019s first female announcer<\/li><li>Moderator: GBH midday host Henry Santoro<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The documentary &#8220;WBCN and the American Revolution&#8221; chronicles the founding of Boston&#8217;s groundbreaking rock station that combined late-1960s countercultural politics and music in way that influenced freeform radio to come. Directed by journalist and former WBCN employee Bill Lichtenstein, the film will premiere on GBH 2 in the Boston area. 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