Wednesday, November 16, 2011
American Studies Alumnus Tunes In to Early 70s Radio
Do you ever wonder why radio stations play the same tired songs over and over again? Or why we’re forced to listen to talk shows while we’re stuck in rush-hour traffic? In “Early ‘70s Radio: The American Format Revolution” (Continuum, July 2011), University of Texas at Austin alumnus Kim Simpson (Ph.D. American Studies, ‘05) shares insight into how commercial music radio evolved into what it is today.
Providing a comprehensive analysis of a transformative era in pop music, Simpson describes how radio…
