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.