Five Decades of American News Radio History

It's been about ten years since I wrote for AOL's content team, and I'm excited to be back on their roster. Here's the first piece I did for the AOL Radio Blog:

Although news reporting had been a regular component of American broadcast radio since its invention, the "news radio" format didn't emerge until the end of the 1950s. Experiments in California and New York helped station owners combat an overall audience shift from radio to television for entertainment programming.

Read the full piece on the AOL Radio Blog…

About Joe Taylor Jr.

Joe Taylor Jr. has covered personal finance and the music business for over two decades. His work has been featured on NPR, CNBC, Financial Times Television, Fox Business, and ABC News. Previously, Joe worked as a marketing and customer service training advisor for three of the country's leading consumer lenders. He recently completed a personal finance book entitled The Rogue Guide to Credit Cards; (Rogue Guide Books, 2012). When not writing about business, Joe serves as a business sales manager for a Fortune 500 technology company.