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Redeeming the dial : radio, religion, & popular culture in America / Tona J. Hangen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hangen, Tona J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radio in religion--United States--History--20th century.
- Radio in religion.
- Evangelicalism--United States--History--20th century.
- Evangelicalism.
- Religious broadcasting--Christianity.
- History.
- United States.
- Religious broadcasting--Christianity--History--20th century.
- Religious broadcasting.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Hangen traces the careers of three of the most successful Protestant radio evangelists--Paul Rader, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Charles Fuller--and examines the strategies they used to bring their messages to listeners across the nation, transforming American radio evangelism from an on-air novelty in the 1920s into a profitable and wide-reaching industry by the 1950s.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-207) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807827525
- 0807854204
- OCLC:
- 49610950
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