We Did it First! Red Hot Early Cleveland Radio

We Did it First! Red Hot Early Cleveland Radio

Link to Full Text

Download/link to full text

Description

Much of Cleveland’s radio success during its first half century originated with highflyers who amazed their growing number of listeners with their incredible technological and programming innovations. This book will examine some of their many successes. It will also explore how the Roaring ‘20s, the Great Depression, the 2nd World War and the post-war years changed broadcasting forever. This writing will then consider how rock n’ roll, television and progressive AM & FM stations affected it. Home of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland’s enterprising early stations helped to set the stage for today’s radio.

Publication Date

10-2026

Publisher

MSL Academic Endeavors, Imprint of the Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library

City

Cleveland, Ohio

Keywords

Bill Randle, Cleveland Radio Association, Cleveland Radio Pioneers, Code of Ethics, Facsimile Programming, Federal Communication Commission, H.K. Carpenter, State of the Art Radio Equipment, Talk Radio, Warren R. Cox

Disciplines

Advertising and Promotion Management | Communication | History | United States History

About the Author

Richard Klein, Ph.D. is a retired professor from Cleveland State University and has written a number of books on a wide variety of business topics.  This includes KYW Radio: The Cleveland Years, where he focuses on Midwest’s radio broadcasting legends. A leader in Cleveland, Ohio from 1956 to 1965, Westinghouse’s KYW-Radio provided exciting programming for nearly everyone. His interest in radio began as a teenager in the ‘60s when he listened to rock and roll music every day.  His battery operated transistor radio opened up a new world to a very energized teen who has remained a loyal radio listener ever since.

His three popular books focused on Cleveland Department Stores[footnote]"Let’s Go Shopping at the Square” Cleveland’s Leading Downtown Department Stores: A Business Legacy[/footnote], the U.S. Pharmacy Industry[footnote]The Legacy of the Pharmacy Industry: Cleveland, Ohio[/footnote] and Cleveland’s Drive-In Restaurants[footnote]Fast-Food Industry: A Cleveland Perspective 1930-2016[/footnote].

Mike Olszewski is a veteran radio / TV / print journalist with a series of books on popular culture and media history. Mike’s career has stretched from network radio to national magazines and beyond. He currently teaches college level courses on media and pop culture at a number of highly respected colleges and universities.  His books include  Radio Daze: Stories from the Front in Cleveland’s FM Air Wars; and with his wife, Janice Olszewski, Smoky, Sweaty, Rowdy and Loud; and From Captain Penny to Superhost: The Golden Age of Cleveland  Children’s Television, and with Breanna Mona, All We Are Saying: Music's Evolving Voice of Protest, among others.

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

We Did it First! Red Hot Early Cleveland Radio

Share

COinS