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Book SynopsisA detailed study of American public radio's early history
Trade ReviewWinner of the Best Book in Journalism and Mass Communication given by the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2010.
"Undergirding this discussion with prodigious research in primary sources, Slotten provides an ambitious history of public broadcasting in the US. . . . Recommended."--
Choice"This is a masterful work. It is for anyone interested in exploring the ways in which education institutions helped develop broadcast policy in the United States."--
Journalism History"A gem of a look a the birth of public broadcasting."--
Jhistory"An important contribution to the histories of both radio and higher education."--
The Annals of Iowa"Impressively researched and clearly written,
Radio's Hidden Voice recovers a lost and important chapter in American broadcasting history."--James L. Baughman, author of
Same Time, Same Station: Creating American Television, 1948-1961"This thoroughly researched and engaging account constitutes an important contribution to the growing shelf of scholarship on public radio, early radio history, and on questions of how the 'public interest' has been defined in broadcast and communication policy in the twentieth century."--Jason Loviglio, author of
Radio's Intimate Public: Network Broadcasting and Mass-Mediated DemocracyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments ix
Prologue 1
1. Public-Service Experimentation, Land-Grant Universities, and the Development of Broadcasting in the United States, 1900-1925 9
2. University Stations, Extension Ideals, and Broadcast Practices during the 1920s 40
3. Public-Service Broadcasting and the Development of Radio Policy, 1900-1927 80
4. The Federal Radio Commission and the Decline of Noncommercial Educational Stations, 1927-34 113
5. Education and the Fight to Reform Radio Broadcasting, 1930-36 152
6. Broadcast Practices and the Stabilization of Noncommercial Stations during the 1930s and 1940s 178
7. Network Practices, Government Oversight, and Public-Service Ideals: The
University of Chicago Round Table 216
Epilogue 239
Abbreviations 251
Notes 257
Index 305
