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Author Davidson, Randall, 1959-

Title 9XM talking : WHA Radio and the Wisconsin idea / Randall Davidson
Published Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, Terrace Books, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 405 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents Illustrations; Preface; Prologue: Voices through the Air: A Brief History of Radio; 1. Early Wireless Experiments at the University of Wisconsin, 1909-16; 2. Early Broadcasts from 9XM, 1916-17; 3. Wartime Radio Experiments at the University of Wisconsin, 1917-18; 4. Telephonic Broadcasting by 9XM, 1919-20; 5. Regular Voice Broadcasts on 9XM, 1921; 6. WHA Begins, 1922-29; 7. WHA Comes into Its Own, 1929-30; 8. The WHA-WLBL Merger, 1930-31; 9. More Hours on the Air, 1930-33; 10. More Challenges from Commercial Stations; 11. The Political Education Forum; 12. A New Home, 1933-36
13. Budget Woes and New Programs, 1935-4114. The War Years and After, 1942-47; 15. The FM Network; 16. From Educational Radio to Public Radio, 1947-70; 17. The Era of Public Radio, 1971-78; 18. WPAH/WLBL, the Other State Station, 1923-51; 19. The Farm Program; 20. The Homemakers' Program; 21. The Wisconsin School of the Air; 22. The Wisconsin College of the Air; 23. Chapter a Day; 24. To Today, 1979-; Postscript: The Oldest Station in the Nation; Appendix A: 9XM/WHA Time Line; Appendix B: WPAH/WCP/WLBL Time Line; Appendix C: FM Network Time Line; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Station Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-384) and indexes
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Subject WHA (Radio station : Madison, Wis.) -- History
WHA (Radio station : Madison, Wis.)
Public radio -- Wisconsin -- History
Educational radio stations -- Wisconsin -- History
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Radio.
Educational radio stations
Public radio
Wisconsin
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780299218737
0299218732
Other Titles Nine XM talking
WHA Radio and the Wisconsin idea