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The American Federation of Musicians' Recording Ban, 1942-1944, and its Effect on Radio Broadcasting in the United States

James Caesar Petrillo, President of the American Federation of Musicians, called a strike effective July 31, 1942, prohibiting union members from making any disc recordings or electrical transcriptions. The present study recounts the history of that strike, including efforts to end it, reactions to it by various government and trade organizations and the circumstances under which it finally did end. The study focuses on the effect of the strike on radio broadcasters, both directly (through recordings they used) and indirectly (through the strike's effects on the recording and related industries), and concludes that it changed the character of radio's music somewhat, but had little detrimental effect on radio's profits.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504163
Date05 1900
CreatorsAustin, Mary M.
ContributorsSmith, F. Leslie, Schol, Don Raymund, 1941-
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Format67, [5] leaves, Text
CoverageUnited States, 1942-1944
RightsPublic, Austin, Mary M., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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