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Description for Voice Over
Paperback. Explores the entire landscape of Black radio from the early days - when the white public accepted the black-face buffoonery of "The Amos and Andy Show" and "Beulah" as a fair depiction of African-American life - to the rise of personality jocks and the contemporary scene of corporate buyouts and uncertain fate. Num Pages: 334 pages, 25ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFD; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPVH; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
In Voice Over, a celebration and history, William Barlow explores the entire landscape of black radio from the early days - when the white public accepted the black-face buffoonery of \u0022The Amos and Andy Show\u0022 and \u0022Beulah\u0022 as a fair depiction of African American Life - to the rise of personality jocks and the contemporary scene of corporate buyouts and uncertain fate. Barlow, whose voice has been heard on WPFW (Washington, D.C.) for many years, brings an insider's knowledge to this account of black radio as a predominantly local and still powerful medium. Many of the broadcasters he profiles -- ... Read more
In Voice Over, a celebration and history, William Barlow explores the entire landscape of black radio from the early days - when the white public accepted the black-face buffoonery of \u0022The Amos and Andy Show\u0022 and \u0022Beulah\u0022 as a fair depiction of African American Life - to the rise of personality jocks and the contemporary scene of corporate buyouts and uncertain fate. Barlow, whose voice has been heard on WPFW (Washington, D.C.) for many years, brings an insider's knowledge to this account of black radio as a predominantly local and still powerful medium. Many of the broadcasters he profiles -- ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781566396677
SKU
V9781566396677
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Ref
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About William Barlow
William Barlow is Professor, Department of Radio, Television, and Film, at Howard University and the author of "Looking Up at Down": The Emergence of Blues Culture (Temple).
Reviews for Voice Over
"Media and cultural history at its best. Voice Over offers riveting accounts of the innovations, struggles, failures, and triumphs of black radio from its beginnings to the present. Barlow's unique perspective gives its personalities and institutions long-overdue credit for their pivotal role in changing the soundscape of American music and culture."
Herman Gray, author of Watching Race: Television and ... Read more
Herman Gray, author of Watching Race: Television and ... Read more