Chicago and the Broadcast Program Production Industry

Volume Five in the Quest for World-Class Series

• The first international star of radio came out of Chicago radio

• In Chicago an entrepreneur started a television network two decades before the commercial television networks commenced broadcasting

• The syndicated and recorded entertainment program industry started in Chicago

• The labor leader who fought to end the syndicated and recorded entertainment industry was based in Chicago

• The serial drama genre was developed in Chicago by a community of women producers

• The largest producer of radio entertainment during the Golden Age of radio was a Chicago originated company

• The quiz show and the prize giveaway show were both pioneered in Chicago

• Chicago originated companies were among the leaders in filmed television program syndication

The broadcast program production industry was pioneered in Chicago beginning in the 1920’s but by the 1960’s the industry was virtually gone. To understand why, read Volume Five, Radio and TV, in the Quest for World Class series. For the print version in paperback take the link to the

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