Masters
of the Airwaves:
The
Rise and Rise of Underground Radio
‘Masters
Of The Airwaves: The Rise And Rise Of Underground Radio’ is a 12” square,
full-colour book that has been written and compiled by radio broadcasters and
music industry veterans Dave VJ and Lindsay Wesker.
It tells the story of the birth of black music radio in Britain
in the seventies. It starts out with a few black music shows on legal
radio, leading on to the black music pirate radio boom, and culminating with
legal, black music radio stations.
It tells of a time before the Internet, mobile phones and
digital TV/radio, when die-hard black music fans had to work hard and travel
far to hear the music they loved.
With
contributions from Robbie Vincent, Greg Edwards, Jazzie B, David Rodigan,
Trevor Nelson, Peter Young, Tony Prince, Omar, Simon Harris, Paul Hardcastle,
Kwame Kwaten, Joanna Law, Caron Wheeler, Barrie K. Sharpe, Pauline Henry, Simon
Law, Lorna Clarke, Mark Tonderai, Norman Jay, Steve Sutherland, Paul Murphy,
Aitch Bee, Lewis Benn, Mark Devlin, Bigger, Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson, Eddie
Gordon, Louie Martin, Ralph Tee, Matt White, Graeme Park, Judge Jules, Mike
Shaft, Frenchie T, Owen Washington, Gordon Mac, , Alex Donelly, DJ Elayne
(Smith), Angie Greaves, Angie Le Mar and footballer Mark Bright amongst many
others, the book contains countless anecdotes from people that were actually
there; the pioneers that actually made history.
The
book has been published by Every Generation Media, a black history publishing
company owned by Patrick Vernon OBE.
The
book is available for sale from:
Below is a promotional video for the book:
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