Doris Arnold
The Making of a Radio Star, 1926-1939
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4348148 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kate Murphy (0000-0001-7334-1381) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 784-800 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-28 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612025.2019.1703535 |
| OpenAlex | W2995939151 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Doris Arnold (1904–1967) was a BBC radio personality and the UK’s first female ‘Disc Jockey’. She produced and presented the gramophone record programme These you have Loved from 1938. Despite her fame, Arnold is oddly absent from broadcasting histories and little is known about her today. Hers was one of the best known ‘rags to riches’ narratives of the early BBC: a typist whose musical talent propelled her to stardom. This article explores Arnold’s rise to fame through a detailed evaluation of her personal staff files which expose a complexity of gendered issues including status, clothing and pay
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Clothing · Literature · Media studies · Musical · Narrative · Sociology · Visual arts · Computer Science · History · Music History and Culture · Theater, Performance, and Music History
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |