Description: Before the Internet brought the world together, there was border radio. These mega-watt "border blaster" stations, set up just across the Mexican border to evade U.S. regulations, beamed programming across the United States and as far away as South America, Japan, and Western Europe. This book traces the eventful history of border radio from its founding in the 1930s by "goat-gland doctor" J. R. Brinkley to the glory days of Wolfman Jack in the 1960s. Along the way, it shows how border broadcasters pioneered direct sales advertising, helped prove the power of electronic media as a political tool, aided in spreading the popularity of country music, rhythm and blues, and rock, and laid the foundations for today's electronic church. The authors have revised the text to include even more first-hand information and a larger selection of photographs. Gene Fowler and Bill Crawford are freelance writers in Austin, Texas.
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EAN: 9780292725355
UPC: 9780292725355
ISBN: 9780292725355
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Edition: 2
Book Title: Border Radio : Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics, and Other Amazing Broadcasters of the American Airwaves, Revised Edition
Number of Pages: 371 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Topic: Radio / History & Criticism, Media Studies
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2002
Features: Revised
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Performing Arts, Social Science
Item Weight: 18.1 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Gene Fowler, Bill Crawford, Gene Fowler Jr.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Mass Market
