Book Title: We Did it First! Red Hot Early Cleveland Radio

Authors: Richard Klein and Mike Olszewski

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Book Description: Much of Cleveland’s radio success during its first half century originated with highflyers who amazed their growing number of listeners with their incredible technological and programming innovations. This book will examine some of their many successes. It will also explore how the Roaring ‘20s, the Great Depression, the 2nd World War and the post-war years changed broadcasting forever. This writing will then consider how rock n’ roll, television and progressive AM & FM stations affected it. Home of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland’s enterprising early stations helped to set the stage for today’s radio.

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Richard Klein and Mike Olszewski

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We Did it First! Red Hot Early Cleveland Radio by Richard Klein and Mike Olszewski is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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Radio

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Title
We Did it First! Red Hot Early Cleveland Radio
Authors
Richard Klein and Mike Olszewski
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

We Did it First! Red Hot Early Cleveland Radio by Richard Klein and Mike Olszewski is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Primary Subject
Radio
Additional Subject(s)
Local history
Publisher
MSL Academic Endeavors, Publishing Imprint of the Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library
Publication Date
October 30, 2026