Radio Alice was an Italian free radio broadcasting from

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at the end of the 1970s. It started transmitting on 9 February 1976 using an ex-military transmitter on a frequency of 100.6 MHz. The station founders were associated with the Italian counter-culture

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and drew inspiration from the

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and Dada. Franco "Bifo" Berardi, one of the founders, described Radio Alice as a "mix between a classical medium of militant information and a sort of art experiment in media sabotage." The station was closed by the ''

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'' on 12 March 1977. Radio Alice then re-opened again for two years and became politically aligned with the

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movement. After closure, the frequency was then given by the state to Radio Radicale. Radio Alice's output covered a myriad of subjects: labor protests, poetry, yoga lessons, political analysis, love declarations, cooking recipes,

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music. Participants in the station included Franco "Bifo" Berardi, Maurizio Torrealta, Filippo Scòzzari, Paolo Ricci and

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. In 2002 some former staff members participated in the founding of Orfeo TV, the first Telestreet unlicensed TV. The work of Radio Alice inspired the founders of

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*''Alice è il diavolo - Storia di una radio sovversiva'', 1976, L'Erba Voglio (2002, Shake Edizioni)

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Watch ''Lavorare con lentezza''
by Massimo Lualdi (Italian)
Interview with Bifo about the Radio

Il corrispondente operaio, a newsletter published by Radio Alice
Autonomism Autonomia Operaia Mass media in Bologna Pirate radio stations Radio stations in Italy 1976 establishments in Italy 1979 disestablishments in Italy Radio stations established in 1976 Radio stations disestablished in 1979 Defunct mass media in Italy {{Italy-media-stub

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