Birkby, Evelyn.

Neighboring on the air : cooking with the KMA Radio homemakers / by Evelyn Birkby. - 1st ed. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1991. - 1 online resource (x, 337 pages) : illustrations. - A Bur oak original . - Bur oak original. .

Includes index.

The Adventure Begins -- The KMA Homemakers -- Jessie Young -- Bernice Currier -- Doris Murphy -- Leanna Driftmier and the Kitchen-Klatter Family -- Edith Hansen -- Martha Bohlsen -- Adella Shoemaker -- Men in the Kitchen -- Evelyn Birkby -- Florence Falk -- Mary Williams -- Billie Oakley -- Joni Baillon -- Jo Freed -- Brenda Kay McConahay -- Colleen Ketcham -- Marilyn Lee and Sue Jones -- Verlene Looker -- The Adventure Continues.

In 1925 Earl May began broadcasting KMA Radio-960 from Shenandoah, Iowa, to boost his fledgling seed business. The station aired practical information designed to help with the day-to-day activity in midwestern farmhouse kitchens. Before long KMA was a trusted friend throughout the wide listening area, offering inspiration, companionship, and all manners of domestic counsel. Hosting the daily radio programs & mdash;Home Hour, the Stitch and Chat Club, and the KMA Party Line & mdash;and the live cooking demonstrations that drew thousands to the KMA auditorium was a changing roster of person.

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22573/ctt20gq4cf JSTOR


Cooking.
COOKING--Methods--General.
COOKING--Courses & Dishes--General.
COOKING--Essays.
PERFORMING ARTS--Radio--History & Criticism.
Cooking.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

TX714 / .B56 1991eb

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