History & Criticism

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593930196Author Arthur AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 413g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950544547Author Ed KalegiFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Rand-Smith LLCPublisher Rand-Smith LLCWeight(grams) 327g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434401472Author Fred AllenFormat HardbackImprint Wildside PressPublisher Wildside PressWeight(grams) 526g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629333106Author John RayburnFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint BearManor MediaPublisher BearManor MediaWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780973180916Author Siue MoffatFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Mr. Pither Cycling Tour ConcoctionsPublisher Mr. Pither Cycling Tour...

Tells how radio and television became an integral part of American life, of how a toy became an industry and a force in politics, business, education, religion, and international affairs.Book InformationISBN 9780195004755Author Erik BarnouwFormat...

Tony Garnett is the first book-length study of one of the most respected and prolific producers working in British television. From ground-breaking dramas from the 1960s such as Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home to the 'must see' series in the 1990s...

Norman Corwin has long been known as 'Radio's Poet Laureate'. During Corwin's travels to 17 countries in 1946, he kept a journal of his personal thoughts and observations. It was put in a drawer where it remained for decades. More than sixty years after...

It reaches millions of people every minute of the day, it costs us virtually nothing and yet we take it entirely for granted. Superseded by television as the primary source of entertainment and information, radio still has a unique place in the mass...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954617575Author Marguerite T ClineFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Yawn Publishing LLCPublisher Yawn Publishing LLCWeight(grams) 236g

Words at War describes how 17 radio dramatists and their actors fought a war of words against fascism abroad and injustice at home. Beginning in the late 1930s, the commercial networks, private agencies, and the government cooperated with radio...

The author did live sound effects during the Golden Age of radio. He provides many insights into the early days of the medium as it grappled with entertaining an audience based on a single sense (hearing). How the sounds were produced is fully covered as...

How was it that America would fund its nascent national radio services? Government control and a subscription-like model were both considered! But soon an advertising system emerged, leading radio into its golden age from the 1920s to the early 1960s...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774854266Author Carlos MartinezFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Carlos MartinezPublisher Carlos MartinezWeight(grams) 195g

As radio developed in the early 1920s, the focus for most people was the AM band and stations such as KDKA, the first broadcast station. There was, however, another broadcast method that was popular among many early enthusiasts--shortwave radio. As is...

To today's radio listener, it is difficult to imagine the influence radio once held over the American people. Unlike movies or newspapers, radio both informed and entertained its audience without requiring them to participate. Part of its success...

Similar to the CBC and BBC, the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland was a public broadcaster that was at the centre of a cultural and political change from 1939 to 1949, during which Newfoundland faced wartime challenges and engaged in a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781777735661Author Patrick HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Patrick HarrisPublisher Patrick HarrisWeight(grams) 195g

Music in Range explores the history of Canadian campus radio, highlighting the factors that have shaped its close relationship with local music and culture. The book traces how campus radio practitioners have expanded stations from campus borders to...

From Archibald MacLeish to David Sedaris, radio storytelling has long borrowed from the world of literature, yet the narrative radio work of well-known writers and others is a story that has not been told before. And when the literary aspects of specific...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798218107772Author ShreveFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Hard Knocks PublishingPublisher Hard Knocks PublishingWeight(grams) 213g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988058030Author Susan CrossmanFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Manor House Publishing IncPublisher Manor House Publishing Inc

As the only independently Black-owned radio station in South Central Los Angeles, KJLH-FM was thrust into the media spotlight in the aftermath of the Rodney King trial. During the ensuing riots, KJLH introduced the world to South Central Los Angeles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999486853Author David ShanklinFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint David ShanklinPublisher David ShanklinWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

This book is a real find—for those who enjoy radio nostalgia but more importantly for scholars of broadcasting. From 1947 to 1950 while listening to such voices as Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Milton Berle, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, and Jimmy Durante, and shows...

Born in Ujpest, Hungary, in 1919, George Jellinek began his musical career playing violin with gypsies in the family's garden restaurant. He spent his adolescence doing much the same, honing his talent and enriching his own musical education with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467103503Author Gary HeltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295g

Who were the 35 actors that performed with stars Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in radio's ""The Abbott and Costello Show""? Do scripts survive for the old Burns and Allen shows or the children's crime fighter series ""The Green Hornet""? Serious...

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This work examines what could be called the final decade of AM network radio and the many factors that contributed to its decline. The first chapter is an overview of AM radio in the 1950s. The second chapter covers 1950 through 1953, when radio was...

In the days before television, radio was the constant voice in American life. When radio spoke, America listened--especially to the men and women who spoke directly to their unseen audience. Sometimes formal, sometimes as familiar as the friend next...

Precisely how and why radio developed as it did is a fascinating story, told with authority in this book. Of interest to both the specialist and the general reader, this history concentrates on the years between 1920 and 1930 in the United States when...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476686417Author Wayne SoiniFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint McFarland & CompanyPublisher McFarland & CompanyWeight(grams) 152g

The discovery and development of shortwave technology during the 1920s and 1930s permitted radio stations worldwide to transmit their programs over long distances for the first time, and the thrill of hearing faraway broadcasts produced a dedicated...

The Radio Act of August 13, 1912, provided for the licensing of radio operators and transmitting stations for nearly 15 years until Congress passed the Radio Act of 1927. From 1921 to 1927, there were continual revisions and developments and these still...

Shortwave broadcasting originated in the 1920s, when stations used the new technology to increase their range in order to serve foreign audiences and reach parts of their own country not easily otherwise covered. The early days of shortwave radio were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998835822Author Milton Matthew HorowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Cleveland Radio PlayersPublisher Cleveland Radio PlayersWeight(grams)...

Blending cultural, religious and media history, Tona Hangen offers a detailed look into the world of religious radio. She uses recordings, sermons, fan mail and other sources to tell the stories of the determined broadcasters and devoted listeners who,...

This book covers personalities, policies, and programming.When it first appeared in the 1930s, FM radio was a technological marvel, providing better sound and nearly eliminating the static that plagued AM stations. It took another forty years, however,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692389492Author Deanna Lynn DionneFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Cleveland Radio PlayersPublisher Cleveland Radio PlayersWeight(grams) 136g