Off the Hook (radio program): Difference between revisions

== History ==

 

''Off the Hook'' first aired on Thursday, October 7, 1988. It was originally set to debut Friday, August 12, 1988, but a fire on the radio transmitter floor of the [[Empire State Building]] forced a postponement.<ref>[http://www.2600.com/offthehook/1988/1088.html Off the Hook show notes - October 7, 1988]</ref>

 

Some notable events in the program's history include:

* On November 30, 1999, journalist [[Amy Goodman]] reported live from the [[WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activity|World Trade Organization protests]], while being repeatedly approached by police and tear-gassed.

* As an [[April Fool's Day]] prank in 2009, the show staged a [[wikt:en:mock#Noun|mock]] shutdown and takeover of [[WBAI]] by a new [[country music|country]] station. Rather than the show's intro, the hour opened with an apparent station [[sign-off]] followed by the [[sign-on|introduction]] of "New York's New Radio Station," playing a "10,000 song [[wikt:en:marathon#Noun|marathon]]" to celebrate the birth of "Country 99.5".<ref name=bsdbox_wbaigonecountry>{{cite web|last=Graziano|first=Michael|title=WBAI Gone Country|url=http://www.bsd-box.net/~mikeg/blog/index.php?/archives/93-WBAI-Gone-Country.html|publisher=bsd-box.net/~mikeg/blog/|accessdate=29 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=archive2009>{{cite web|title=Off The Hook April 2009|url=http://www.2600.com/offthehook/2009/0409.html|work=The 2009 Off The Hook audio archive|publisher=2600|accessdate=29 March 2012}}</ref> For 17 minutes WBAI broadcast to the [[New York metropolitan area|Greater New York area]] as a country station.<ref name=archive2009 />

 

 

On November 13, 2012, it was announced that "Off the Hook" was possibly facing conclusion due to "[[2600 magazine|2600]]"'s frustration with WBAI, as well as difficulty accessing the studio and its resources in the wake of [[Hurricane Sandy]].<ref>[http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/12291 AN OPEN LETTER TO OUR LISTENERS FROM THE STAFF OF "OFF THE HOOK", Posted 13 Nov 2012 05:07:34 UTC]. Retrieved November 2012.</ref> However, new episodes have continued airing over WBAI.<ref>[http://www.2600.com/offthehook/2013/1013.html ''Off the Hook'', 2013 October 9]</ref>

After a quick presentation of the panelist(s) or on-air guest(s), the radio show normally starts with a report and discussion of the previous week's most interesting hacker, [[technology]], and [[activist]] related news. Sometimes, it also features an interview with external guests.

 

Toward the end of the program, Goldstein often reads listener [[e-mail]]s and/or takes listener phone calls, time providing.

 

* [[Phreaking]]

 

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