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Waves of opposition : labor and the struggle for democratic radio

Title: Waves of opposition : labor and the struggle for democratic radio / Elizabeth Fones-Wolf.
Author: Fones-Wolf, Elizabeth A., 1954-
Publication: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2006], ©2006.
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Description

viii, 307 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Series Statement

The history of communication

Uniform Title

History of communication.

Subject

Labor unions and radio > United States > History > 20th century
Labor unions > History > United States > 20th century
Mass media and business > United States > History > 20th century
Radio broadcasting > Political aspects > United States > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-300) and index.

Contents

1. Putting class on the air : initial forays into labor and business broadcasting -- 2. Labor radio : a catalyst for social change in Depression-era America -- 3. Codes of silence : censoring labor on the airwaves -- 4. "The air belongs to the people" : breaking the NAB code -- 5. Protecting listeners' rights : radio reform, 1945-48 -- 6. Competing voices : business and labor in local postwar broadcasting -- 7. Union voices in a "wilderness of conservatism"

ISBN

0252031199 (cloth : alk. paper)
0252073649 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006000327
9780252031199
9780252073649

OCLC

OCM62872800
SCSB-5287470

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries