Voice over : the making of Black radio

In Voice Over, a celebration and history, William Barlow explores the 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. Looks At African Americans In The Radio Industry And At Stations Focusing On The African American Market. Pt. 1: I'se Regusted: Blackface Radio -- From The Jazz Age To Jim Crow -- The Controversial Phenomenon Of Amos 'n' Andy -- Pt. 2: New World A-coming: Black Pride Radio -- Brown Bombers And Black Radio Pioneers -- Destination Freedom -- Pt. 3: Rappin' The Mike: Black Appeal Radio -- Buying Time And Making Rhyme -- The Rise Of Black Appeal Radio -- Spin Doctors Of The Postwar Era -- Part 4: Rockin' The Pot: Black Counterfeit Radio -- The White Dj Crossover Crusade -- The Rock-and-roll Rebels -- Part 5: Burn Baby Burn: Black Power Radio -- A Change Is Gonna Come -- Microphones In The Riot Zones -- The Fm Frontier -- Part 6: Payin' The Cost To Be The Boss: Black-owned Radio -- Bridging The Ownership Gap -- Entrepreneurs With Attitude -- Blackgrounding Public Radio. William Barlow. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.