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Casillas, Dolores Ines. "Sounds of Belonging: A Cultural History of Spanish-language Radio in the United States, 1922-2004," American Culture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, June 2006.
This dissertation examines the historical and political relationship between U.S. Spanish-language radio and its Spanish-speaking listeners throughout the twentieth century. I investigate Spanish-language radio’s unique institutional development, programming traits, and audience reception during specific historical instances. I employ a range of multidisciplinary methodologies—archival, policy review, ethnographic, focus groups and discourse analysis—to construct a cultural history of Spanish-language programming that focuses on the West Coast of the United States. Specifically, I argue that a Mexican-dominant audience—largely characterized by a legacy of Spanish and U.S. colonialism, a history of proletarianism, and linguistic and cultural fluency in Spanish—has shaped the development and character of U.S. Spanish-language radio. For Latinos, broadcasting in Spanish has become increaingly politically symbolic within the context of English-Only and anti-illegal immigrant sentiments. In particular, I argue that radio acts as an “accoustic ally” to Spanish-speaking listeners through programming that helps listeners negotiate nostalgia as well as navigate the geopolitical present. I situate my analysis within broader discussions of the history of American broadcasting, the role of ethnic media within the United States, as well as immigration politics. Ultimately, I highlight how the growth of Spanish-language radio, its transnational scope and flows, as well as its immigrant-based audience, challenges academic renderings of U.S. radio as exclusively English-only, national in programming, and as catering to a “domestic” audience.
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