It's One O'Clock and Here Is Mary Margaret McBride

Library Bookwatch, June, 2005

It's One O'Clock And Here Is Mary Margaret McBride

Susan Ware

New York University Press

838 Broadway, 3rd Fl, NY, NY 10003

www.nyupress.org

0814794017 $29.95 1-800-996-6987

If you don't recognize the name of radio personality Mary Marget McBride, don't worry: she was one of the major radio show hosts of the 1940s and 1950s and had her own popular daily one o'clock broadcast where she interested presidents and famous personalities alike. Five decades after their broadcast her shows still hold relevance today: Susan Ware explores how Mary McBride influenced formats many talk shows still use, capturing the world of 1930s to 1950s radio broadcasting in all its social and political importance. It's One O'clock is the first in-depth examination of McBride's popularity and radio show, following both her life and upbringing and her impact on media as a whole. Susan Ware edits the biographical dictionary Notable American Women and is in the perfect position to lend depth and authority to McBride's achievements.