Companion to the History of American Broadcasting

Aniko Bodroghkozy is a media historian and Professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. She is author of several books – Equal Time: Television and the Civil Rights Movement and Groove Tube: Sixties Television and the Youth Rebellion. Her areas of expertise include television in the 1960s and social change movements and their media coverage. She is currently completing a book on television news coverage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

• Notes on Contributors ixIntroduction 1Aniko BodroghkozyPart I American Broadcasting in Historical Overview 251 Before the Broadcast Era: 1900–1910s 27Susan J. Douglas2 The Broadcast Radio Era: 1920s–1940s 47Michele Hilmes3 Television Before the Classic Network Era: 1930s–1950s 71Michael Kackman4 The Classic Network Era in Television: 1950s–1970s 93Victoria E. Johnson5 The Multi‐Channel Transition Period: 1980s–1990s 111Bambi Haggins and Julia Himberg6 Radio in the Television Era: 1950s–2000s 135Alexander Russo7 The Post‐Network Era: 2000s–Present 153Amanda D. LotzPart II American Broadcasting in Historical Focus 169Industry/Production8 A History of Broadcast Regulations: Principles and Perspectives 171Jennifer Holt9 Reviving the Technical in Television History 193Susan Murray10 Public Broadcasting 211Josh Shepperd11 Latino Broadcasting in the United States 237Hector Amaya12 Radio, Television, and the Military 257Stacy TakacsPart II American Broadcasting in Historical Focus 279Programming/Genre13 Radio Sitcoms: History and Preservation 281Laura LaPlaca14 The Rise and Fall of the Soap Opera 301Elana Levine15 Television Music 321Norma CoatesPart II American Broadcasting in Historical Focus 347Audiences/Reception16 A History of the Commodity Audience 349Eileen R. Meehan17 Broadcast Activism 371Allison Perlman18 African Americans and Broadcasting 389Robin R. Means Coleman19 A History of Fandom in Broadcasting 413Allison McCrackenPart III Doing American Broadcasting History: Reflections on Key Texts 44320 Erik Barnouw’s Trilogy on the History of US Broadcasting 445Gary R. Edgerton21 Susan J. Douglas’ Inventing American Broadcasting 455Shawn VanCour22 Lynn Spigel’s Make Room for TV 465Aniko Bodroghkozy23 William Boddy’s Fifties Television 475Mark J. WilliamsIndex 485