Big Voices of the Air
Subtitle: The Battle over Clear Channel Radio
Publisher: Iowa State Press
Published: May 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780813828046
Subjects: Radio - History & Criticism; Radio frequency allocation; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Mass Communication Media And Politics; Radio Broadcasting; Performing Arts; Radio broadcasting policy; Performing Arts/Dance; Radio - General; United States; Media Studies; 20th century; History
First sentence: As AM radio embarked upon its so-called Golden Age in the early 1930s, the industry's structure had been in many ways dictated-or at least endorsed-by government regulation.
Description: "Big Voices of the Air: The Battle over Clear Channel Radio is the first book to explore the debate over clear channel stations' attempts to maintain and enhance their dominant position in the broadcast band. The debate, which began in 1928 and ended in the mid-1960s, was important to the development of broadcasting in the United States, and the interest groups that formed to represent various factions of the radio industry became models for later communications interest groups.".

"Big Voices of the Air fills a huge gap in our understanding of broadcast history and should be read by anyone who is interested in radio history and policy. It will be studied in electronic media, broadcast regulation, and communication law and policy courses."--BOOK JACKET.