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WCFL, Chicago's voice of labor, 1926-78 / Nathan Godfried.

Title
WCFL, Chicago's voice of labor, 1926-78 / Nathan Godfried.
Author
Godfried, Nathan.
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1997.

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Description
xix, 390 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
The history of communication
Uniform Title
The history of communication.
Subject
  • WCFL (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) > History
  • Labor radio stations > Chicago > History
  • Labor movement > Chicago > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction : labor and the mass media to 1925 -- The creation of WCFL, 1925-26 -- The promise of labor radio, 1927-28 -- Clear channel and other battles, 1929-32 -- "Something different into our lives" : programming, 1929-32 -- Tangled web, 1932-37 -- Labor radio and working-class culture, 1932-37 -- Labor radio without Nockels, 1937-46 -- "Showmanship," 1937-46 -- William Lee and commercial success, 1946-66 -- The fall of labor radio, 1967-78 -- Conclusion : the mixed legacy of labor radio.
ISBN
  • 0252022874 (alk. paper)
  • 0252065921 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^96010132^
OCLC
34730762
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library