Out of the dark : a history of radio and rural America /
Steve Craig.
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.
- xxvi, 228 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Out of the dark" -- "Toward a satisfactory and regular service" : the beginnings of rural radio -- "So many good programs" : rural listeners and the networks -- Clears, regionals, and locals : radio stations and rural service -- Radio in the rural home -- Connecting to the world : news, politics, and religion -- For farm and home : agricultural broadcasting -- Radio advertising and the rural consumer -- Postwar changes : rural radio in the age of television -- The legacy of rural radio.