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Source: NPR "Talk of the Nation"

Roundup

2-4-07

'Something in the Air' and the Rise of Radio [audio 35min]

In the early 1950s, a young Nebraskan reinvented radio by hiring charismatic DJs to spin the same 40 hits. Radio has never been the same. Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher talks about his book, Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation.

Read entire article at NPR "Talk of the Nation"