Signals in the Air

Breaks new important ground in communication studies by shedding light on the 'first minority' and its growing use of electronic media. Keith provides a valuable service with this readable survey of a fascinating market...Important reading offering considerable insight by an expert observer. Communication Booknotes ...There are a few scholarly articles and segments in books about ethnic broadcasting, but nothing compares with Signals in the Air...[It is] well-written and logically organized. This book is important because it is the most current and complete piece of literature available on the indigenous broadcasting in America. Journal Radio Studies

Signals in the Air: Native Broadcasting in America is the first book-length study of one of the most unique communications enterprises in U.S. history.

Signals in the Air: Native Broadcasting in America is the first book-length study of one of the most unique communications enterprises in U.S. history. It is the remarkable account of how the nation's most exploited minority group overcame adversity by embracing the airwaves. Through their own radio and television stations, American Indians have found a way to keep their cultures and languages from perishing. This book examines the impetus behind the development of Native-run stations and how these stations operate today. It assesses the influence and impact of Native broadcasts in the Indigenous community and seeks to chronicle the formidable challenges confronting Indian broadcasters as they provide vital programming services to the often impoverished inhabitants of the nation's remote reservations.