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Podcast # 320 – How Hip-Hop Made it to Top 40 Radio
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Radio Survivor
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audio
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News & Politics
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Publication Date |
Oct 19, 2021
Episode Duration |
01:10:43

On this week’s show, we return to the topic of hip-hop on the radio. While on Radio Survivor, we typically focus on non-commercial radio, like college and community stations; in this episode we look at why certain types of commercial radio stations were important to the growth in popularity of hip-hop music. Our guest, Amy […]

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On this week’s show, we return to the topic of hip-hop on the radio. While on Radio Survivor, we typically focus on non-commercial radio, like college and community stations; in this episode we look at why certain types of commercial radio stations were important to the growth in popularity of hip-hop music. Our guest, Amy Coddington, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Music at Amherst College and is writing a book about the history of hip-hop on commercial radio. Show Notes: * Amy Coddington’s website* Podcast #145: Hip-Hop Radio Archive with guest Ryan MacMichael* Podcast #152: The Longest Running Hip-Hop Radio Show in the World? with guest DJ A-L* Community radio station KGNU is home to The Eclipse Show* Racial Formation in the United States by Michael Omi and Howard Winant* Backstory on “Walk this Way” from the Atlantic: “How Aerosmith and Run-DMC Begrudgingly Made a Masterpiece”* Power 106 Los Angeles radio station * Jason Tanz wrote the book: Other People’s Property: A Shadow History of Hip-Hop in White America* Public Enemy’s “Rebel without a Pause” in the HipHop Archive and Research Institute * Chuck D* Paula Abdul’s Opposites Attract* Amber Ruffin on rap lyrics being cut from radio edits of songs* Snoop Dog* Hot 97 radio station in New York* Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight (1979)* Blondie’s Rapture (1980)* Wham’s Wham! Rap (1982)* Influential DJ Frankie Crocker of radio station WBLS* The Pharcyde

On this week’s show, we return to the topic of hip-hop on the radio. While on Radio Survivor, we typically focus on non-commercial radio, like college and community stations; in this episode we look at why certain types of commercial radio stations were important to the growth in popularity of hip-hop music. Our guest, Amy Coddington, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Music at Amherst College and is writing a book about the history of hip-hop on commercial radio.

Show Notes:

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