9XM Talking
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9XM Talking

WHA Radio and the Wisconsin Idea

  1. 422 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

9XM Talking

WHA Radio and the Wisconsin Idea

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Preface
  4. Foreword by Bill Siemering
  5. Prologue: Voices through the Air: A Brief History of Radio
  6. 1. Early Wireless Experiments at the University of Wisconsin, 1909–16
  7. 2. Early Broadcasts from 9XM, 1916–17
  8. 3. Wartime Radio Experiments at the University of Wisconsin, 1917–18
  9. 4. Telephonic Broadcasting by 9XM, 1919–20
  10. 5. Regular Voice Broadcasts on 9XM, 1921
  11. 6. WHA Begins, 1922–29
  12. 7. WHA Comes into Its Own, 1929–30
  13. 8. The WHA–WLBL Merger, 1930–31
  14. 9. More Hours on the Air, 1930–33
  15. 10. More Challenges from Commercial Stations
  16. 11. The Political Education Forum
  17. 12. A New Home, 1933–36
  18. 13. Budget Woes and New Programs, 1935–41
  19. 14. The War Years and After, 1942–47
  20. 15. The FM Network
  21. 16. From Educational Radio to Public Radio, 1947–70
  22. 17. The Era of Public Radio, 1971–78
  23. 18. WPAH/WLBL, the Other State Station, 1923–51
  24. 19. The Farm Program
  25. 20. The Homemakers’ Program
  26. 21. The Wisconsin School of the Air
  27. 22. The Wisconsin College of the Air
  28. 23. Chapter a Day
  29. 24. To Today, 1979–
  30. Postscript: The Oldest Station in the Nation
  31. Appendix A: 9XM/WHA Time Line
  32. Appendix B: WPAH/WCP/WLBL Time Line
  33. Appendix C: FM Network Time Line
  34. Notes
  35. Bibliography
  36. Index
  37. Station Index