The music in many early radio programs was, of course, in the
public domain-a key reason for its adoption. While many know that
Roosini's "William Tell Overture" forms the opening signature
music, a whole variety of other composer's music was used within
programs. But no records had been kept over the two decades the
program aired and thus it was something of a puzzle to reassemble
the information. What is most interesting, perhaps, are the legal
entanglements still involved more than a half century after the
program left the air. The book begins with a nearly page-long legal
statement about the rights to the program. But Jones (a federal
government personnel worker) went further and found out who
performed the music used in the programs, delving into the archives
of the producers. So while this may seems a very narrow study, it
sheds light on an under-explored aspect of broadcasting-the music
that helped to hold program contact together.
*Communication Booknotes Quarterly*
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