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May 16, 2012: After 29 years as Boston's fiercely independent Alternative music station, WFNX announces that it is being sold to Clear Channel Communications, and news of the sale rattles generations of music fans who had grown to believe that WFNX would always exist at 101.7 on their FM dial. As the station counts down its last sixty days on the air, current and former WFNX employees reminisce about the station's rich history and reflect on what the sale of this perennial David in a land of radio Goliaths says about the changing ways we relate to music and media.
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00:03Back in 2005, a friend asked me to come up with an idea for a TV show.
00:08I didn't know much about the TV business at the time, but I knew I wanted to do something completely
00:14new.
00:15Something that would battle against what was becoming known as reality TV.
00:20So, we set out to change television as we know it.
00:26Why not give it a go?
00:27Manifesto. If you don't have one, get one.
00:31Bring good to the world, man.
00:35Manifesto!
00:38After shooting wrapped, we were broke. We owed everyone money.
00:43We braved bad deals, poverty, personal conflicts, and con men.
00:55Despite the odds, before we knew it, we were pitching all over town.
00:5960 days, we're selling this show.
01:02A friend of ours pitched manifesto to someone at Oprah.
01:06So, we got the meeting, and it went very well.
01:10It's like a gigantic call to action. We can see it clearly.
01:14Manifesto! If you don't have one, get one!
01:17I almost can't believe I'm saying it, but I think we have a deal.
01:21It's perfect. I know it is.
01:24Manifesto!
01:25Manifesto!
01:27Filmmaking is a little bit like crime.
01:32Make it happen, and then deal with the casualties.
01:36Manifesto!
01:38Manifesto!
01:40Manifesto!
01:43Cabosgan, Yea DaOLL
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