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Radio and Mexico’s Northern Border. Mexican Radio Entrepreneurs and their Listeners in the United States during the 1930s

Authors

  • Sonia Robles University of Delaware

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.trahs.n20a02

Keywords:

radio, northern border, mass media, radio entrepreneurs, radio listeners

Abstract

This article studies the historical context that led to the establishment of commercial radio stations along Mexico’s northern border during the 1930s. It analyzes the social profile of radio station owners who decided to open stations along the border and the listeners they intended to reach. Mexican radio station entrepreneurs made programming decisions in an attempt to configure a transnational radio audience.

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Author Biography

Sonia Robles, University of Delaware

Doctora en Historia por Michigan State University. Profesora asistente de Historia en la University of Delaware, Estados Unidos.

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Manuscritas

Archivo General de la Nación, México (AGN)

Fondo Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas

Acervo Histórico de la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, México (AHSCT)

Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley (BL)

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Boletín Radiofónico (México) 1963.

Diario Oficial de la Federación (México) 1932.

La Opinión (Los Ángeles) 1930.

La Prensa (San Antonio) 1935, 1937-1939.

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2022-07-31 — Updated on 2023-01-23

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Robles, S. (2023). Radio and Mexico’s Northern Border. Mexican Radio Entrepreneurs and their Listeners in the United States during the 1930s. Trashumante. Revista Americana De Historia Social, (20), 10–32. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.trahs.n20a02 (Original work published July 31, 2022)

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