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What became of radio after its Golden Age ended about 1960? Not long ago Arbitron found that almost 93 percent of Americans age 12 and older are regular radio listeners, a higher percentage than for those turning to television, magazines, newspapers, or the Internet. But the sounds they hear now don't resemble those of radio's heyday when it had little competition as a mass entertainment and information source. Much has transpired in the intervening epoch including a proliferation of disc jockeys, narrowcasting, the FM band, satellites, automation, talk, ethnicity, media empires, Internet streaming, and gadgets galore. Deregulation, payola, HD radio, pirate radio, the fall of transcontinental networks, the rise of local stations, conglomerate ownership, and radio's future landscape are examined in detail. Radio has lost some influence yet it continues to inspire new and stunning innovations.

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"""Author Jim Cox knows radio, how to research it and how to write about it. This time he takes readers on a journey of discovery with a book containing more detail on radio's evolution than one could ever imagine""--Radio Recall; ""historian Jim Cox just keeps on doing it""--Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts."

Author Jim Cox knows radio, how to research it and how to write about it. This time he takes readers on a journey of discovery with a book containing more detail on radio's evolution than one could ever imagine --<i>Radio Recall</i>; historian Jim Cox just keeps on doing it --<i>Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts</i>.

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Jim Cox, a leading historian of radio programming, is an award-winning author of numerous books about old time radio. A retired college professor, he lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

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