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<p>When American radio broadcasting began in the early 1920s there was a consensus among middle-class opinion makers that the airwaves must never be used for advertising. Even the national advertising industry agreed that the miraculous new medium was destined for higher cultural purposes. And yet, within a decade American broadcasting had become commercialized and has remained so ever since.<br><br>Much recent scholarship treats this unsought commercialization as a coup, imposed from above by mercenary corporations indifferent to higher public ideals. Such research has focused primarily on metropolitan stations operated by the likes of AT&amp;T, Westinghouse, and General Electric. In <i>American Babel</i>, Clifford J. Doerksen provides a colorful alternative social history centered on an overlooked class of pioneer broadcaster&mdash;the independent radio stations.<br><br>Doerksen reveals that these "little" stations often commanded large and loyal working-class audiences who did not share the middle-class aversion to broadcast advertising. In urban settings, the independent stations broadcast jazz and burlesque entertainment and plugged popular songs for Tin Pan Alley publishers.

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Author

Clifford J. Doerksen

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812238716

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Business