9XM talking : WHA Radio and the Wisconsin idea / Randall Davidson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, Randall, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public radio--Wisconsin--History.

Public radio.

Educational radio stations--Wisconsin--History.

Educational radio stations.

WHA (Radio station : Madison, Wis.)--History.

WHA (Radio station : Madison, Wis.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Nine XM talking

WHA Radio and the Wisconsin idea

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, Terrace Books, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Randall Davidson provides a comprehensive history of the innovative work of Wisconsin's educational radio stations. Beginning with the first broadcast by experimental station 9XM at the University of Wisconsin, followed by WHA, through the state-owned affiliate WLBL, to the network of stations that in the years following WWII formed the Wisconsin Public Radio network, Davidson describes how, with homemade equipment and ideas developed from scratch, public radio became a tangible example of the Wisconsin Idea, bringing the educational riches of the university to all the state's residents. Marking the centennial year of Wisconsin Public Radio, this paperback edition includes a new foreword by Bill Siemering, National Public Radio's founding director of programming.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Prologue: Voices through the Air: A Brief History of Radio

1. Early Wireless Experiments at the University of Wisconsin, 1909-16

2. Early Broadcasts from 9XM, 1916-17

3. Wartime Radio Experiments at the University of Wisconsin, 1917-18

4. Telephonic Broadcasting by 9XM, 1919-20

5. Regular Voice Broadcasts on 9XM, 1921

6. WHA Begins, 1922-29

7. WHA Comes into Its Own, 1929-30

8. The WHA-WLBL Merger, 1930-31

9. More Hours on the Air, 1930-33

10. More Challenges from Commercial Stations

11. The Political Education Forum

12. A New Home, 1933-36

13. Budget Woes and New Programs, 1935-41

14. The War Years and After, 1942-47

15. The FM Network

16. From Educational Radio to Public Radio, 1947-70

17. The Era of Public Radio, 1971-78

18. WPAH/WLBL, the Other State Station, 1923-51

19. The Farm Program

20. The Homemakers' Program

21. The Wisconsin School of the Air

22. The Wisconsin College of the Air

23. Chapter a Day

24. To Today, 1979-

Postscript: The Oldest Station in the Nation

Appendix A: 9XM/WHA Time Line

Appendix B: WPAH/WCP/WLBL Time Line

Appendix C: FM Network Time Line

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Station Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-384) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612270222

9781282270220

1282270222

9780299218737

0299218732

OCLC:

318453548