Books on black radio?

[ghost of miles]

I'm in the midst of reading Arthur Kempton's BOOGALOO, and periodically he alludes to the world of mid-20th-century American black radio. Has anybody here come across an entire book devoted to the topic? I'm interested in reading about stations and personalities of all formats: blues, gospel, jazz, soul, etc.

[JSngry]

You might want to dig a hole in your back yard and see if you strike oil...

http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/radio.html

[ghost of miles]

You might want to dig a hole in your back yard and see if you strike oil...

http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/radio.html

Hot damn, I think I found me a gusher!

Thanks, Jim, I'll check that out. Hell, I wonder if this ever ran on WFIU--I'll have to ask at the station. Sounds great. From where I'm sitting right now, I can see that library... Maybe I'll walk over on my break.

You made that too easy!

[ghost of miles]

Did a Google search and found the following:

MakingofBlackRadio (ignore the Publishers' Weekly review--obviously for a different book)

WinnerTakesAll

and this page:

RadioBlack

[JSngry]

[ghost of miles]

Yes, I think that's the winner. For the past couple of years I've been picking up more and more books on the history of radio, and this one looks to delve into a world that's received short shrift in most of the texts I've read so far.