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The 2025 Broadcast Education Association Book Award has been awarded to Associate Professor of Media Studies Eleanor Patterson for her book, "Bootlegging the Airwaves: Alternative Histories of Radio and Television Distribution."
For as long as the airwaves have been live, people have bootlegged its content. From the dawn of radio to today's streaming platforms, recording and distributing content has built fan communities and shaped the media industry.