The Future of Rock and Roll: 97x Woxy and the Fight for True Independence

by Robin James

In 1983, an Ohio radio station called WOXY launched a sonic disruption to both corporate rock and to its conservative home region, programming an omnivorous range of genres and artists while being staunchly committed to local independent art and media. In the 1990s, as alternative rock went mainstream and radio grew increasingly homogeneous, WOXY gained international renown as one of Rolling Stone's "Last Great Independent Radio" stations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469673444
• ISBN13: 9781469673448
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"