Book Description When law office receptionist Sue Carpenter first asked how she might start her own radio station, everyone laughed Getting on the air (legitimately) in San Francisco was a multimillion-dollar ambition But in 1995, with the help of afew subversive techies and pirate-radio gurus, Sue built her first transmitter in her hilltop огпцб San Francisco apartment and launched KPBJ, enlisting friends as DJs A few months later, Sue landed a magazine job in Los Angeles, took her transmitter with her, and established KBLT From these humble beginnings KBLT emerged as one of L A 's best-loved radio stations, staffed with more than a hundred DJs and supported by major music labels eager to reach a different kind of audience The station expanded its playlist from indie rock to an eclectic mix of jazz, hip-hop, electronica, and countless other styles In the three and a half years before the FCC finally caught up with Sue, KBLT went from interviewing unknowns to hosting live performances by the Red Hot Chili Peppers -- without ever leaving Sue's apartment 40 Watts from Nowhere is Sue's frank and hilarious account of her bizarre double life during the height of California's pirate-radio boom: journalist by day, counterculture icon by night It's an amazing true story, one that will instantly appeal to music fans -- and free spirits -- everywhere.  Regnier2004 г ISBN 0743229886.