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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 176 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. A colorful social and cultural history of the often-overlooked independent radio stations of the 1920s, which played an integral role in shaping the American broadcast system through innovative commercial practices, all the while incurring the wrath of the .

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When American radio broadcasting began in the early 1920s there was a consensus among middle-class opinion makers that the airwaves must never be used for advertising. Even the national advertising industry agreed that the miraculous new medium was destined for higher cultural purposes. And yet, within a decade American broadcasting had become commercialized and has remained so ever since. Much recent scholarship treats this unsought commercialization as a coup, imposed from above by mercenary corporations indifferent to higher public ideals. Such research has focused primarily on metropolitan stations operated by the likes of AT&T, Westinghouse, and General Electric. In American Babel, Clifford J. Doerksen provides a colorful alternative social history centered on an overlooked class of pioneer broadcaster-the independent radio stations. Doerksen reveals that these 'little' stations often commanded large and loyal working-class audiences who did not share the middle-class aversion to broadcast advertising. In urban settings, the independent stations broadcast jazz and burlesque entertainment and plugged popular songs for Tin Pan Alley publishers. In the countryside, independent stations known as 'farmer stations' broadcast 'hillbilly music' and old-time religion. All were unabashed in their promotional practices and paved the way toward commercialization with their innovations in programming, on-air style, advertising methods, and direct appeal to target audiences. Corporate broadcasters, who aspired to cultural gentility, were initially hostile to the populist style of the independents but ultimately followed suit in the 1930s. Drawing on a rich array of archives and contemporary print sources, each chapter of American Babel looks at a particular station and the personalities behind the microphone. Doerksen presents this group of independents as an intensely colorful, perpetually interesting lot and weaves their stories into an expansive social and cultural narrative to explain more fully the rise of the commercial network system of the 1930s.…

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Paperback. First Edition. Signed, without inscription, by all four authors upon title page. Presents the local history of Belcarra, B.C., located an hour east-northeast of Vancouver. "Belcarra's heritage is made up of countless stories about the area and the people who lived and visited here. Many of these stories have been captured here, through interviews, illuminated with images from treasured old photo albums." - Foreword. 150 glossy pages. Selected Bibliography. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Tight and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound signed copy of this informative local history.; 4to; Signed by Author.…