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Screaming Lord Sutch broadcast on 194 metres from the south tower of Shivering Sands. According to Bob LeRoi, the transmitter, from a Handley Page Halifax…
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I’m Jonathan Baker, a writer from Canyon, Texas, and I’ve been asked to talk a little about this month’s Radio Readers Book Club selection, which is…
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This is Leslie VonHolten with another HPPR Radio Readers Book Byte. “Quacks, yodelers, pitchmen, psychics, and other amazing broadcasters of the American…
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“Border Radio” is a riot of a book, covering not only great memories of a time when radio seemingly had more color, more sheer flavor than now, but also…
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This is PJ Pronger from Amarillo with an HPPR Radio Readers BookByte. The third and final selection for this season is “Border Radio” by Gene Fowler and…
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In reading Border Radio from a sociological perspective, I am once again reminded of how media technology interacts with society, shaping and shaped by…
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Hi, I’m Valerie Mendoza, a Radio Reader from Topeka. I’m halfway through Border Radio by Gene Fowler and Bill Crawford and wanted to share some…
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The only tent show I can remember going to what was the Barnum & Bailey circus when it came to Norfolk (say: NOR – fork), Nebraska.For years, my mother…
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“Border Radio” starts with Dr. John Romulus Brinkley. Brinkley pretty much gave birth to border radio. He is very much a Kansas character, starting his…
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This is Leslie VonHolten of Strong City, Kansas, with another HPPR Radio Readers Book Byte.The characters of Paulette Jiles’s Stormy Weather are knit…