In September 1940, a bitter conflict between American radio networks and songwriters was well underway, with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) pressing the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) for new licensing agreements. The result was a boycott of ASCAP members’ music on the radio, the creation of a rival organization, BMI—and  highly publicized, “protest” concerts presented by ASCAP at bicoastal world fairs in New York and San Francisco. Drawing on recordings, reviews, photographs, sheet music and materials in the Library's ASCAP Foundation Collection, this lecture argues that the 1940 ASCAP concert sheds new light on the issues of mass culture and radio, protest, race and gender at this reaffirmation of the American popular music canon in the final years before involvement in World War II.

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