Abstract
Preface
Introduction:Ended: 50 Year Boom
1. RADIO IS BORN
Hull and Richards: Oklahoma
Radio Pioneers
Radio, The Press, and Regulation
WKY's Early Programing
WKY Hits Hard Times
2. OKLAHOMA
RADIO ENTERS THE PROFESSIONAL ERA
Enter Gaylord
The New WKY
NBC and Network Programing
Radio Advertising Comes of Age
3. OKLAHOMA
RADIO IN THE TWENTIES, THIRTIES, AND FORTIES
KVOO: Tulsa's Premier
Radio Station
Locally Produced Programs in the '30s and '40s
Radio During WWII
Black Musicians and Oklahoma Radio
Early Oklahoma Television
The Rise of the DJ
Public Reaction to Early Television
5 THE CONSOLIDATION
AND CORPORATIZATION OF THE OKLAHOMA BROADCAST INDUSTRY
The Broadcast Industry Consolidates
6 WHERE
ARE YOU GOING, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
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