Radio & American Pop Culture

Radio & American Pop Culture

They said TV would kill the radio. But despite doomsday declarations in the 1950s, a handful of visionary programmers pioneered new sounds, and seized cultural niches in the American media landscape. From rock & roll "disk jockeys" to...

They said TV would kill the radio. But despite doomsday declarations in the 1950s, a handful of visionary programmers pioneered new sounds, and seized cultural niches in the American media landscape. From rock & roll "disk jockeys" to political talk shows, Kojo discusses the imprint of radio on American pop-culture.

Guests

Marc Fisher

Washington Post columnist; and author of "Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution that Shaped a Generation" (Random House)

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