Nebraska Invention: The Top 40 Radio Format

Omaha radio station owner Todd Storz played a key role in pioneering the Top 40 format in the 1950s. He was a figure of national significance, permanently changing radio programming with an approach that was “vibrantly populist, crassly commercial, and undeniably young.” This episode is from the 2012 Nebraska History Magazine article, "Vox Populi of Omaha: Todd Storz and the Top 40 Radio Format in American Culture," written by Chris Rasmussen.