Word: radioland
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Joneses wake up every morning at 7 to the sound of a helicopter pilot telling his friends in Radioland about the newborn traffic snarls on the turnpikes leading into town. The Joneses would much prefer waking up at 8, but they cannot turn off the radio: it is in the Smiths' apartment next door. Down the hall in 17-F live the Browns, who loathe Handel. Yet their living room is knee-deep in Water Music every night -high-decibel seepage from the Greens' stereo...
Gospel music may have seemed a surprise a half-block from Broadway, but Pentecostal churchgoers and sinners "out in radioland" have been hearing it for years, sung with devotion by such groups as the Clara Ward Singers, the Stars of Faith and the Mighty Clouds of Joy. Recently, its spirit and style and shouts of "Yeah!" (but rarely the rest of the lyrics) have crept into popular music, but only Mahalia Jackson has been popularly successful with the pure version. A couple of years ago, Brother John Sellers and the Grandison Singers became the first to sing gospel in nightclubs...
...Gambling, who can out folksy all his competitors in handing out homey chatter on gardening and pets, giving advisories on schools closed by weather, reading notices of church suppers, rummage sales and ice cream socials. Almost singlevoicedly, Gambling comes as close as anyone can to transforming New York Radioland into a single, small town community. He plays occasional records by genteel orchestras and hearty sing-along groups. When his show goes off the air at 9 a.m., there is no more music on WOR for the next seven hours...