Of Mikes and Men Author:Jane Woodfin OF MIKES AND MEN is the story of radio in its diaper days, when announcers doubled as soundmen and every disc jockey was his own engineer. Microphones went dead at least once a program, and any wandering troubadour with a glib tongue could get himself a half hour on the local network. Into these primitive conditions in the early 1930s walked twe... more »nty-two-year-old Jane Woodfin, who had never before been inside a studio and didn't even know what a microphone looked like.« less