1 Lynn R. Osborn, Commercial Radio in Kansas, 1908 – 1945 (Radio-Television Research, University of Kansas, 1963), 6 – 7.
2 “Work of Sumner High School,” Baltimore Afro-American, March 29, 1913, p. 7, accessed online through ProQuest Historical Newspapers Baltimore Afro-American (1893 – 1988). William W. Boone, March, 1986. “The History and Culture of Wyandotte County: A History of Black Public Education in Kansas City, KS,” 25 – 30, unpublished.
3 Rae Morgan Harris, “Over and About the City,” Topeka Plaindealer, June 2, 1922, p. 3, accessed online through Readex Online Database: African American Newspapers, 1827 – 1998. Two of the best overviews of early commercial radio are by Erik Barnouw and Tom Lewis. Erik Barnouw, A Tower in Babel: A History of Broadcasting in the United States to 1933 (NY: Oxford University Press, 1966), 61 – 124. Tom Lewis, Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (NY: Edward Burlingame Books, 1991), 160 – 179.
4 Winifred Travis, “Church Notes,” Wichita Negro Star, August 25, 1922, p. 2, accessed online through Readex Database: African American Newspapers, 1827 – 1998. “Are You Aware?” Wichita Negro Star, September 1, 1922, p. 1. “Broadcasted Over Radio,” Kansas City Advocate, May 11, 1923, p. 1, accessed online through Readex Database: African American Newspapers, 1827 – 1998. Ernest F. Jones, “Among the Churches,” Wichita Negro Star, June 29, 1923, p. 3. “Kansas Vocational School Radio Concert,” Topeka Plaindealer, May 15, 1925, p. 3.
5 “Topeka Boy Broadcasts Daily Children’s Hour Over WCCO,” Topeka Plaindealer, July 24, 1925, p. 1.
6 Ralph Matthews, “Looking at the Stars,” Baltimore Afro-American, May 21, 1932, p. 18. Earl J. Morris, “Orlando Roberson Gives Praise to His Dashing Band Maestro,” Pittsburgh Courier, June 19, 1937 p. 20, accessed online through ProQuest Historical Newspapers Pittsburgh Courier (1911 – 2002). “Robeson, Orlando [Roberson, Orlando Hurbert]” Grove Music Online accessed via Oxford Music Online.
7 Charles I. Bowen, “On the Air,” Baltimore Afro-American, May 5, 1934 p. 9. “Claude and Don On Air,” Pittsburgh Courier, December 31, 1932 p. 6.
8 “Dixie Singers are Big Radio Favorites,” Baltimore Afro-American, November 7, 1925, p. 4.
9 “Radio Notes,” Baltimore Afro-American, March 19, 1927, p. 9. “Radio Notes,” Baltimore Afro-American, April 16, 1927, p. 9.
10 “Dixie Jubilee Singers on Station WOR,” Baltimore Afro-American, August 10, 1929, p. 13. “Eva Jessye Aggregations Still in Forefront,” Baltimore Afro-American, January 25, 1930 p. 8. Richard L. Baltimore, “Radio News,” New York Amsterdam News, September 26, 1928, p. 8, accessed online through ProQuest Historical Newspapers New York Amsterdam News (1922 – 1993).
11 Richard L. Baltimore, “Radio News and Programs,” New York Amsterdam News, February 3, 1932, p. 9. Richard L. Baltimore, “Radio News and Programs,” New York Amsterdam News, February 10, 1932, p. 9. “To Broadcast Nativity,” New York Amsterdam News, December 21, 1932, p. 7. Roi Ottley, “Are You Listenin’?,” New York Amsterdam News, May 17, 1933, p. 16. Bill Chase, “All Ears,” New York Amsterdam News, March 13, 1943, p. 8. “Urban League Job Campaign Will be Aired,” New York Amsterdam News, March 20, 1943, p. 11. Raoul Abdul, “Music: Miss Eva Jessye Honored,” New York Amsterdam News, November 13, 1976, p. D16. Aileen E. Eckstein, “Wave Lengths,” Pittsburgh Courier, December 26, 1931, p. 1. Floyd J. Calvin, “Calvin’s Digest,” Pittsburgh Courier, February 27, 1932 p. 2. Aileen Eckstein, “Wave Lengths,” Pittsburgh Courier, November 5, 1932, p. 7. Billy Jones, “Stars That Shine,” Pittsburgh Courier, November 26, 1932, p. 16.
12 “Eva Jessye in Radio Play,” Baltimore Afro-American, April 22, 1933, p. 10. Charles I. Bowen, “On the Air,” Baltimore Afro-American, April 29, 1933, p. 10. Eva Jessye, “Radio Rambles,” Baltimore Afro-American, July 15, 1933, p. 10. Ottley, p. 16.
13 Eva Jessye, “Radio Revue,” Baltimore Afro-American, September 16, 1933, p. 19. Eva Jessye, “Radio Revue,” Baltimore Afro-American, November 4, 1933, p. 19. Julia Buckner, “Radio Revue,” Baltimore Afro-American, May 26, 1934, p. 8. Thomas Anderson, “Radio Review,” Baltimore Afro-American, June 30, 1934, p. 8. J. B. Brown, “Radio Rambles,” Baltimore Afro-American, August 18, 1934, p. 8.
14 Sally Bell, “On the Air,” Baltimore Afro-American, September 4, 1937, p. 11. “Loyalty of Colored America Told on Air Program,” Baltimore Afro-American, March 27, 1943, p. 10. Chase, p. 8, “Urban League,” p. 11.
15 Donald Bogle, Dorothy Dandridge (NY: Amistad, 1997), 2 – 18. Dandridge gave various accounts of her early years, muddying the historical record.
16 Estelle Edmerson, “A Descriptive Study of the American Negro in United States Professional Radio, 1922 – 1953” (Masters thesis, University of California at Los Angeles, 1954), 27 – 28. Elizabeth McLeod, The Original Amos ’n’ Andy: Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll and the 1928–1943 Radio Serial (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2005). See McLeod’s book for a review of the various African-American performers who appeared on the show over the years.
17 Holly George-Warren, Public Cowboy No. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry (NY: Oxford University Press, 2007), 246. Jim Cox, The Great Radio Sitcoms (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2007), 71 – 85. John Dunning, Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio (NY: Oxford University Press, 1998), 83, 276, 321, 377. Richard Dier, “In the Big City,” Baltimore Afro-American, October 19, 1946, p. 19.
18 Connie Billups and Arthur Pierce, Lux Presents Hollywood: A Show-by-Show History of the Lux Radio Theatre and the Lux Video Theatre, 1934 – 1957 (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1995), 267, 286, 295, 318, 321, 326, 331, 340.
19 Edmerson, “A Descriptive Study,” 34 – 35. Bill Lane, “Funeral Services Held For Actor Roy Glenn,” The Los Angeles Sentinel, March 18, 1971, p. 1, ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Sentinel (1934 – 2005).
20 This overview of Glenn’s most prominent radio work was compiled from a variety of sources. John C. Abbott, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Volumes 1 – 3 (Duncan, OK: Bear Manor Media, 2010), 300, 315, 557 – 561, 566 – 568, 941 – 942. Martin Grams, Jr., The History of the Cavalcade of America (self-published, 1998), pages unnumbered. Martin Grams, Jr., Suspense: Twenty Years of Thrills and Chills (self-published, 1997) pages unnumbered. Martin Grams, Jr., Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932 – 1962 (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2000), 80, 116, 423, 469, 472, 475, 477, 484, 486. Billups & Pierce, Lux Radio Theater, 496, 600. Cox, Radio Sitcoms, 33. Cox, Crime Fighters, 86, 247. http://www.radiogoldindex.
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