Radio Utopia: Postwar Audio Documentary in the Public Interest

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Index Aaron, John, 142 ABC (American Broadcasting Company), 8, 9; creation of, 80; and recordings, 31, 80–82, 85, 100, 111; a nd Red Channels, 132–33; rivalry with other networks, 31, 79–80, 100, 160; and Saudek, Robert, 9, 79–92, 100, 125, 1 32, 160. See also ABC documentaries ABC documentaries: Communism—U.S. Brand, 9, 87–93, 102; Hiroshima (radio program), 28–29, 80, 102; 1960?? Jiminy Cricket!, 9, 82–84, 110, 1 57; School Teacher—1947, 80; Slums, 80–82, 111; Unhappy Birthday, 29, 58, 80; V.D.: ἀ e Conspiracy of Silence, 9, 84–87 Ace, Goodman, 93 Ace, Jane, 93 actuality documentary. See recordings Acuff, Roy, 85 Adams, John, 97 Adler, Luther, 54–56, 131 Agee, James, 15 Agronsky, Martin, 148 Albert, Eddie, 65 Aldrich Family, ἀ e, 135 Alinsky, Saul, 9, 52–56, 68 Allison, Jay, 163–64 All ἀ ings Considered, 152 Alsop, Joseph, 148 Alsop, Stewart, 148 American Business Consultants, 130. See also Counterattack: Red Channels American Civil Liberties Union, 134 American Federation of Radio Artists, 132 American in England, An, 1–2, 25 American Legion, 132, 136 American Radio, ἀ e (White), 67 Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), 106 Americans United for World Government, 29 America’s Needs and Resources (Twentieth Century Fund), 83, 110 Among Ourselves, 65 Anderson, Benedict, 4 Anderson, Marian, 107 Armed Forces Radio Service, 18, 1 91n78 Arnold, Hap, 149 Arnold, Wade, 73, 11 3 Arrows in the Dust, 185n95 Ashton, Ruth: early career of, 57–58; and Heller, Robert, 59, 66; and Murrow, Edward R., 50, 58, 59, 65–66; and Report Card, 66, 70; and sexism, 57, 68; and Sunny Side of the Atom, 3, 9, 58–61, 1 62; and television news, 66 As Others See Us, 75 Assignment Home, 20 Atlantic, 95 Atom and You, ἀ e, 79 atomic energy and weapons in documentary : and Atom and You, 79; early radio treatments of, 28–29; and Hear It Now, 147–48; and I Can Hear It Now, 11 5, 12 6; 212 . index and Operation Crossroads, 50–51, 62, 162; and Quick and the Dead, 11 4–23, 12 6–28; and Sunny Side of the Atom, 58–61, 64, 68, 69, 162 Attlee, Clement, 33, 3 6, 168n34 audiotape. See recordings Austin, Warren, 149 Bacher, Robert, 118 Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council (Chicago), 52–53, 1 57 Barber, Red, 139, 140, 141 Barnhurst, Kevin, 125, 1 56 Barnouw, Erik, 18, 22, 1 36, 156; and Cavalcade of America, 14–15; and Red Channels, 131, 1 33; and V.D.: ἀ e Conspiracy of Silence , 3, 9, 84–87 Baruch, Bernard, 118–1 9, 122, 12 6 Baruch Plan, 118–1 9, 122, 12 6 Battle of Midway, ἀ e, 18 Battle of San Pietro, ἀ e, 18 Battle of the Warsaw Ghetto, ἀ e, 18, 87, 91–92 BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), 30, 47, 142 Beier, Carl, 59 Benes, Edvard, 37 , 42 Benny, Jack, 67 Best Years of Our Lives, ἀ e, 22 “Big Annie.” See Stanton, Frank: and Lazarsfeld -Stanton Program Analyzer Billboard: and Hear It Now, 141, 1 51; and Heller, Robert, 136; and One World Flight, 39; and Quick and the Dead, 123; a nd See It Now, 151; and We Went Back, 64–65 blacklisting. See Counterattack: Red Channels Blackwell, Lane, 50 Bland, Lee, 31–3 4, 176n55 Bliss, Edward, 20 Blue Book (Public Service Responsibility of Broadcast Licensees), 6, 69, 82; and Corwin , Norman, 41; and Durr, Clifford, 41, 131; im pact of, 67–68, 159–60; origins of, 23, 47; and Paley, William, 9, 41, 47–48, 159–60; reaction to, 9, 41, 47–48; and Siepmann, Charles, 47, 70, 11 4, 160 Bluem, A. William, 3, 4, 1 55, 1 58 Booth, John Wilkes, 94–95 Born Yesterday (movie), 140 Bourke-White, Margaret, 15 Boyer, Paul, 11 6, 126 Brooks, William, 20, 105; and Quick and the Dead, 11 5–1 6, 11 7, 11 9, 123 Broun, Heywood, 173n1 6 Brown, Cecil, 21 Bunche, Ralph, 144 Burrows, Abe, 139, 140, 141 Calmer, Ned, 94, 96 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin), 148 Capra, Frank, 18, 26, 50 Carey, James, 5, 11, 1 60–61 Carney, Art, 75 Carson, Saul, 66–67, 91–92 Carson, Velma, 112 Cavalcade of America, ἀ e, 8, 14–15, 24 CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System): and budget cuts, 10, 104–5, 1 37; and liberalism , 21, 45, 67, 69–70; loyalty oath of, 133, 135, 1 38, 141; news operation of, 1, 1 6–17, 20; postwar public affairs series of...