Radio's Second Century

Past, Present, and Future Perspectives

John Allen Hendricks

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9780813598468
  9780813598475
• eBook ISBN:
  9780813598505
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Media & Communications Industry

Winner of the 2022 Broadcast Education Association Book Award

One of the first books to examine the status of broadcasting on its one hundredth anniversary, Radio's Second Century investigates both vanguard and perennial topics relevant to radio's past, present, and future. As the radio industry enters its second century of existence, it continues to be a dominant mass medium with almost total listenership saturation despite rapid technological advancements that provide alternatives for consumers. Lasting influences such as on-air personalities, audience behavior, fan relationships, and localism are analyzed as well as contemporary issues including social and digital media. Other essays examine the regulatory concerns that continue to exist for public radio, commercial radio, and community radio, and discuss the hindrances and challenges posed by government regulation with an emphasis on both American and international perspectives. Radio's impact on cultural hegemony through creative programming content in the areas of religion, ethnic inclusivity, and gender parity is also explored. Taken together, this volume compromises a meaningful insight into the broadcast industry's continuing power to inform and entertain listeners around the world via its oldest mass medium--radio. 

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword by Michael Brown
• Preface
• Part I. Contemporary Radio: Social and Digital Media
• Part II. Programming Matters: Localism, Personalities, and Audiences
• Part III. Social Issues: Contemporary Overtones
• Part IV. International Perspectives: Modern Paradigms
• Acknowledgments
• About the Editor
• Notes on Contributors
• Index