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Pacifica Radio: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Ralph Engelman, Public Radio and Television in America: A Political History (1996); Jeff Land, Active Radio: Pacifica’s Brash Experiment (1999); Matthew Lasar, Pacifica Radio: The Rise of an Alternative Network (1999); Jesse Walker, Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of American Radio (2001); Amy Goodman and David Goodman, The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them (2004); Matthew Lasar, Uneasy Listening: Pacifica Radio’s Civil War (2006).

Article Contributors

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Matthew Lasar
Matthew Lasar teaches history at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and writes about radio and the Internet for Radio Survivor and Ars Technica.

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Article History

Description	Contributor	Date
Add new Web site: Official Site of Pacifica Foundation.	Aakanksha Gaur	Nov 30, 2015
New article added.	Melissa Petruzzello Matthew Lasar	Sep 16, 2013
New bibliography added.	Melissa Petruzzello Matthew Lasar	Sep 16, 2013