Radical Roots

Author: Alan Knight | Source: CQU | Date: 20-09-01

At a time when much of the Western World was screaming out for greater freedom and rights for minorities, Queensland of the late sixties and early seventies remained a bastion of conservatism.

Moves to communicate through the student press were nipped in the bud by the Bjelke Petersen government, so how better to spread alternative creative and intellectual thought than through the newly emerged, federally controlled community radio sector?

The history of Brisbane's 4ZZZ as told by Alan Knight is more than the story of a station, but a portrait of Australian, and in particular, Queensland society over the last quarter century.

This paper "Won't get fooled again: Radio journalism and the birth of community radio" was written for 4ZZZ's 25th anniversary late last year and presented at the Australian Media Traditions 2001 Conference'Continuity and Change' in Rockhampton, Queensland.

"Australian Community Broadcasting Series"
ISSN 1445-971X
Vol. 1, No. 6

About the Author

Professor Alan Knight is a community broadcaster who went on to work for the ABC and Radio Television Hong Kong. He is currently President of Academic Board and Professor of Journalism at Central Queensland University.

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