40 Watts from Nowhere
40 Watts from Nowhere: A Journey into Pirate Radio Sue Carpenter,
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN: 141656960X
DDC: 780
Edition: Hardcover; 2007-07-01
Summary:
When law office receptionist Sue Carpenter first asked how she might
start her own radio station, everyone laughed. Getting on the air
(legitimately) in San Francisco was a multimillion-dollar ambition.
But in 1995, with the help of a few subversive techies and
pirate-radio gurus, Sue built her first transmitter in her hilltop
San Francisco apartment and launched KPBJ, enlisting friends as DJs.
A few months later, Sue landed a magazine job in Los Angeles, took
her transmitter with her, and established KBLT.From these humble
beginnings KBLT emerged as one of L.A.'s best-loved radio stations,
staffed with more than a hundred DJs and supported by major music
labels eager to reach a different kind of audience. The station
expanded its playlist from indie rock to an eclectic mix of jazz,
hip-hop, electronica, and countless other styles. In the three and a
half years before the FCC finally caught up with Sue, KBLT went from
interviewing unknowns to hosting live performances by the Red Hot
Chili Peppers -- without ever leaving Sue's apartment.40 Watts from
Nowhere is Sue's frank and hilarious account of her bizarre double
life during the height of California's pirate-radio boom: journalist
by day, counterculture icon by night. It's an amazing true story, one
that will instantly appeal to music fans -- and free spirits --
everywhere.
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