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- Title
Educational Radio, Listening Instruction, and the NBC Music Appreciation Hour.
- Authors
Gregory, Brian C.
- Abstract
This article examines the educational and social impact of an instructional radio program, called the Music Appreciation Hour (MAH), broadcast on the NBC network from the 1920s to the 1940s. Walter Damrosch, who came from a musical family and had previously conducted the New York Symphony, envisioned the possibility to use radio to teach music to American schoolchildren by tapping into its aural and emotional qualities. Through archival materials, including correspondence, teachers’ manuals, student notebooks, and program evaluations, it is argued that while Damrosch positioned himself with a new progressive movement that espoused student-centered education, he instead became an appealing on-air “personality” to student listeners and the network. This research serves as an important example of some of the ongoing tensions between education, entertainment, and the mass media.
- Subjects
EDUCATIONAL radio programs; MUSIC appreciation; NATIONAL Broadcasting Co. Inc.; NEW York Symphony Orchestra (Performer); DAMROSCH, Walter, 1862-1950; STUDENT-centered learning
- Publication
Journal of Radio & Audio Media, 2016, Vol 23, Issue 2, p288
- ISSN
1937-6529
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/19376529.2016.1224423