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Voice Over - The Making of Black Radio (Paperback)
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Voice Over - The Making of Black Radio (Paperback)
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In Voice Over, a celebration and history, William Barlow explores
the entire landscape of black radio from the early days - when the
white public accepted the black-face buffoonery of \u0022The Amos
and Andy Show\u0022 and \u0022Beulah\u0022 as a fair depiction of
African American Life - to the rise of personality jocks and the
contemporary scene of corporate buyouts and uncertain fate. Barlow,
whose voice has been heard on WPFW (Washington, D.C.) for many
years, brings an insider's knowledge to this account of black radio
as a predominantly local and still powerful medium. Many of the
broadcasters he profiles -- Jack Cooper, Paul Robeson, Richard
Durham, Cathy Hughes, Al Benson, Georgie Woods, Peggy Mitchell, Hal
Jackson, Jocko Henderson, Mary Mason, Wesley South, Martha Jean
\u0022the Queen\u0022 Steinberg, to name a few -- became not only
celebrities but also respected members of their communities.
Atlanta's Jack \u0022the Rapper\u0022 Gibson, for instance, tells
how he literally shared his microphone with Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr. to announce meetings and rally listeners around a key issue. By
showing the extent to which so many black broadcasters achieved the
status of trusted and influential community leaders, Barlow
acknowledges that their grassroots activism was an indispensable
and often overlooked part of the ongoing African American civil
rights movement. Voice Over also addresses black radio's broadly
significant role in entertainment and shifting race relations.
Until the rock and roll revolution, audiences had largely been
segregated. The African American personality jocks who introduced
white teens to rhythm and blues were a revelation; their wild style
and personas and the music they played changed broadcasting while
it enthralled a multiracial audience. Although the stations that
introduced the enormously popular music were identified as black,
virtually none was black-owned or managed. The broadcasters who
distanced themselves from music industry perks and payoffs proposed
an ambitious agenda for change. This little-known story sets the
stage for how the proliferation of black-owned stations and
networks occurred and for Barlow's assessment of the instability of
today's black radio scene. Written for a broad spectrum of readers
-- from nostalgic fans of Jocko and Georgie Woods to loyal
listeners of surviving stations and media watchers committed to
diversity in broadcasting -- Voice Over tells the whole story of
the making of black radio.
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