Reader Response
May, 1991
Radio Free AmericaIn 1990, a feature film called Pump Up the Volume brought some public attention to the concept of rebel radio. In the movie, a white teenager sets up a radio station in the basement of his home. Then he becomes a revolutionary voice for his high school peers. Of course, the traditional forces of law and order try to shut him down.I thought Forum readers would be interested to know that in real life, the phenomenon of "pirate radio" is alive and struggling all over the...
