This book presents the story of how the listening public--including boxing fans, radio amateurs, down-and-out laborers, small-town housewives, black government clerks in Washington, D.C., and Mexican farmers in Oklahoma--participated in the formation of American radio, its genres, and operations.

Preface: The Moral Economy of American Broadcasting
1 At Ringside
2 Jumping the Waves
3 Voice of the Listener
4 Listeners Write the Scripts
5 Measuring Culture
6 Gang Busters
7 Vox Jox
Epilogue
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

Elena Razlogova is Associate Professor of History at Concordia University in Montreal.