David Gleason on the Web

Broadcast programming, management and research specialist for Latin America and U.S. Hispanic markets.

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Radio History

News and Ads From Broadcasting Magazine
... it's Radio's History.

Here is a sporadically updated item from Broadcasting Magazine from the 40's, 50's or 60's that covers one of radio's timeless issues.

Contents
in detail

Cover of a
pre-1940
edition of Broadcasting
Magazine. In the future I will be
adding extracts
and complete issues
from my collection
of nearly 10,000 issues of broadcasting from the 30's to the 70's.

	Hispanic Radio Formats	...some of the radio formats prevalent in the USA with music samples and descriptions. Click on the "1" to view.
	David Gleason's résumé.	...a biographical résumé and various features about radio in Latin America. Click on the "2" to view
	Radio History Archives	...Selected documents from my collection of Broadcasting, Radex station lists, Whites Radio Log, Broadcasting Yearbook, etc. going back to the 1920's.

Metered Ratings... in 1936
Click on this "picture" and see the details

	Radio Audience Research	... from Arbitron and the People Meter to custom radio station research. - See how a music test is done - See how perceptual testing is done. - Look at Arbitron and radio ratings
	Latest news: Recuerdo Network	...The Recuerdo network, originating in Los Angeles, is now on 11 stations in the Southwest's largest Hispanic markets. See what Recuerdo is and how it has maintained high ratings in all its markets.
	Radio in Latin America in 1963	..My collection of pictures taken on my travels through Mexico, Central America and Colombia in 1963. Includes towers, transmitters, studios and is a snapshot of the state of Latin American radio in the early 60's.
	Exitos Express	..with information on the weekly radio-only music services which I have produced since 1994, containing the most recent releases in Spanish Pop, Rock, Ballad and Reggaetón. Click on the "Exitos Express" link.

The idea of a passive measurement of radio listening goes back to 1936, when metered radio households were tested.

Click on the picture above and a high resolution readable PDF file will open for you.

Click HERE to see the whole issue from January of 1936

Click on the cover of the
Yearbook issue to the
right to see a listing of
available PDF versions
of nearly 30 yearbooks
from the 40's through
the 70's-

Prior features:

KOWH grows in Omaha a year after
"inventing" Top 40.

Arbitron's Early Ad from the 60's

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Speaking of Earthquakes	Click on the quake icon to hear KHJ, Los Angeles, on the air during the January 14, 1994, Northridge quake
You will hear part of a song, interrupted when the quake began. Then there are long seconds of silence while the generator turns on, followed by a live mike in the studio.