[Boatanchors] Tuning Your BCB Radio in the Late 1930s

[Richard Knoppow]

    Big band music continued to be popular through the 1950s, not 
oldies but new music. Rock & Roll got its start because of a 
boycot of broadcasters by ASCAP. See:
<https://priceonomics.com/how-a-copyright-dispute-helped-give-america-rock-n/>
    Once BMI got started it made continuing inroads. Eventually 
stations found R&B popular. Between the ASCAP boycot and the 
musician's union boycot of recorded music the music industry 
screwed itself. This is forgotten history now but both of these 
actions had long lasting effect.
    Kenosha was close to Chicago within the primary coverage 
areas of stations in Chicago and Milwaukee. Would have had a 
crowded broadcast dial especially at night.

On 5/29/2020 11:29 AM, David Stinson wrote:
> OK through the helpful input of classic radio people who
> recognize the music, we can better date the recording to
> the middle 1950s.  I was confused that there was so much
> late-30s music, but an ex-broadcast friend reminded me
> that stations would play "oldies," as was big in the 70s
> and 80's, because the older generation who likes that
> music were the ones with money to spend.
> Not so much now, LOL.
> Even so, and even though it's pretty "muddy" in
> the middle of the recording, it's still very interesting.
>
> 73 DE Dave AB5S
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Richard Knoppow
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WB6KBL