History & Criticism

Five Directors collects the fascinating memories of some of radio's most vivid personalities: Himan Brown, Axel Gruenberg, Fletcher Markle, Arch Oboloer, and Robert Lewis Shayon. They explain in their own words their journey through radio broadcasting,...

From news about World War II to the broadcasting of music from popular movies, radio played a crucial role in an increasingly divided South Asia for more than half a century. Radio for the Millions examines the history of Hindi-Urdu radio during the...

WBAA: 100 Years as the Voice of Purdue documents the fascinating history of WBAA, Indiana's first radio station founded at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, on April 4, 1922. Richly illustrated with more than 150 photos, the book chronicles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788771843798Author Morten MichelsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Aarhus UniversitetsforlagPublisher Aarhus UniversitetsforlagWeight(grams) 175g

For four decades, Ideas has presented more than 400,000 CBC Radio listeners in Canada and the United States with the most challenging contemporary thought of the day. Now, to mark the program's 40th anniversary, executive producer Bernie Lucht has...

This study provides an in-depth exploration of the dramaturgical practices of radio drama and their underlying philosophical assumptions. By presenting an analytical model drawn from phenomenology, it challenges the current understanding of the medium,...

This book explores the state of community radio, a significant independent media movement that began about two decades ago, in different parts of South Asia. The volume outlines the socioeconomic and historical contexts for understanding the evolution...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953480095Author Throne DreyerFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Briscoe Ctr for Amer History Ut-AustinPublisher Briscoe Ctr for Amer History...

Here, for the first time in more than eighty years, is a detailed study of political Antimasonry on the national, state, and local levels, based on a survey of existing sources. The Antimasonic party, whose avowed goal was the destruction of the Masonic...

Five Directors collects the fascinating memories of some of radio's most vivid personalities: Himan Brown, Axel Gruenberg, Fletcher Markle, Arch Oboloer, and Robert Lewis Shayon. They explain in their own words their journey through radio broadcasting,...

This is the fascinating history of the innovative work of Wisconsin's educational radio stations, from the first broadcast by experimental station 9XM at the University of Wisconsin to the network of stations known today as Wisconsin Public Radio...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046251Author Bill LichtensteinFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Modeled after the BBC, the Palestine Broadcasting Service was launched in 1936 to serve as the national radio station of Mandate Palestine, playing a pivotal role in shaping the culture of the emerging middle class in the region. Despite its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780868197999Author Gail JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Currency Press Pty LtdPublisher Currency Press Pty LtdDimensions(mm) 190mm * 135mm * 5mm

Originating as a radio series in 1933, the Lone Ranger is a cross-media star who has appeared in comic strips, comic books, adult and juvenile novels, feature films and serials, clothing, games, toys, home furnishings, and many other consumer products...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780868199757Author Sylvia LawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Currency Press Pty LtdPublisher Currency Press Pty LtdDimensions(mm) 190mm * 135mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925005202Author Jake WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Currency Press Pty LtdPublisher Currency Press Pty LtdDimensions(mm) 190mm * 130mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780868198620Author Andrew FrostFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Currency Press Pty LtdPublisher Currency Press Pty LtdDimensions(mm) 190mm * 135mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993265211Author Stephen HebditchFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint TX PublicationsPublisher TX Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434454126Author Fred AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Wildside PressPublisher Wildside PressWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

When radio broadcasting began in the early 1920s, the radio was a magic box aglow with the future, drawing humanity into a new age. Some thought it would dissolve the distance between time and place, others that human minds would become transparent,...

The funny, heart-warming tale of Adam Carroll-Smith's enduring love of sport on the radio - a uniquely personal collection of memories with the power to generate a shared, nostalgic sense of deja vu. From furtively listening to Premier League matches...