Swing (Jan-Dec 1953)

Record Details:

Title:

Swing

Date:

Jan-Dec 1953

Publisher:

Kansas City : WHB Broadcasting Co.

Volume:

Swing (Jan-Dec 1953)

Leaf #:

00077

Language:

English

Subjects:

Radio broadcasting -- Missouri -- Kansas City -- Periodicals, Radio broadcasting -- Kansas -- Periodicals","WHB-AM (Radio station : Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals","Kansas City (Kan.) -- History -- Periodicals","Kansas City (Mo.) -- History -- Periodicals","Cook Paint and Varnish Co. -- Periodicals","WHB Broadcasting Company (Kansas City, Mo.) -- Periodicals.

Collection:

Broadcasting & Recorded Sound

Format:

Periodicals

Contributor:

University of Maryland, College Park

Sponsor:

LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

Coordinator:

Media History Digital Library

Description:

The official magazine of Kansas City's WHB radio station, SWING printed far more than the station's schedule (which, as the title SWING suggested, relied heavily on music). From 1945 to 1953, SWING offered readers something eclectic every month -- profiles of entertainers on one page, discussions of citizenship in the postwar world on the next, with write-ups of nightlife offerings in KC, Chicago, and New York mixed in. WHB spent decades lobbying the FCC for clear channel status; the magazine's ambitious scope may have been part of the station's attempt to legitimate itself. But it was SWING'S first editor, Jetta Carleton, who later wrote a celebrated novel, that gave the magazine its distinctive style. -- Eric Hoyt, 2015

Date Added:

March 28, 2024