As the dominant form of electronic mass communication in the United
States from the 1930s into the 1950s, radio helped to forge a
modern continental nation. It fused myriad subcultures?heavily
rural, ethnic, and immigrant?into a national identity, unifying the
nation in the face of the Depression and war. Later, federal
deregulation allowed the radio of the ?Golden Age, ? 1926?1952, to
devolve into a chain-dominated, satellite-fed plaything of Wall
Street. Today, radio has the highest profit ratio of all the media
outlets?and Golden Age traditions of programming taste, diversity,
balance, and localism are a legacy squandered. This anecdote-rich
sweep of radio history, from its birth as Marconi's ?wireless
telegraph? through its current status under deregulation, analyzes
the changing medium's social, political, and cultural impact. It
casts new light on many topics, including the roles of women and
African Americans, programming sources outside the
Hollywood-Broadway nexus, and arguments about Amos ?n? Andy?once
the hit that jump-started radio's young networks, now a
controversial remnant of a bygone era. The book is augmented with
more than sixty photos, extensive source notes, and a bibliography.
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