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1	Hello, Everybody!: The Dawn of American Radio more books like this by Anthony J Rudel add to wishlist Long before the internet, another young technology was transformed--with help from a colorful collection of eccentrics and visionaries--into a mass medium with the power to connect millions of people. When amateur enthusiasts began sending fuzzy signals from their garages and rooftops, radio broadcasting was born. Sensing the medium's potential, ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £5.60!
2	Raised on Radio more books like this by Gerald Nachman (Preface by) add to wishlist In the late 1920s radio exploded almost overnight into being America's dominant entertainment, just as television would do 25 years later. This text takes us back to the heyday of radio, bringing to life the great performers and shows, as well as the no-so-great and not-great-at-all. see all copies from £6.06! new only from £16.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio more books like this by John Dunning add to wishlist A wonderful reader for anyone who loves the great programs of old-time radio, this definitive encyclopedia covers American radio shows from their beginnings in the 1920s to the early 1960s. see all copies from £32.08! new only from £36.32! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey more books like this by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton add to wishlist British dance music fanatics Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton's smart, savvy, and often scholarly history of the DJ and the interplay between dance music and popular culture begins with a reference to the shamanic role of the disk jockey as a leader of celebrations of almost religious intensity. (One of the most successful 1970s New York discos, ... see all copies from £1.26! new only from £9.96!
5	We Interrupt This Broadcast more books like this by Joe Garner, Bill Kurtis (Narrator), Walter Cronkite (Foreword by) add to wishlist This multimedia package records the most sensational moments of the 20th and early 21st centuries, from the Hindenburg disaster to the destruction of New York's World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £9.33! \| first editions
6	The Wendy Williams Experience more books like this by Wendy Williams add to wishlist Always in the know and usually controversial, Williams gives readers an all-access pass to the radio industry's hottest topics. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £5.94! \| first editions
7	Air Castle of the South: WSM and the Making of Music City more books like this by Craig Havighurst add to wishlist Started by the National Life and Accident Insurance Company in 1925, WSM became one of the most influential and exceptional radio stations in the history of broadcasting and country music. WSM gave Nashville the moniker "Music City USA" as well as a rich tradition of music, news, and broad-based entertainment. With the rise of country music ... see all copies from £11.83! new only from £11.83! \| first editions
8	The Hits Just Keep on Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio more books like this by Ben Fong-Torres add to wishlist Celebrating the 40th birthday of Top 40, this is the story behind the station. It contains interviews with the DJs and talks about rock, R&B, country and pop music. There is a chapter on British pirate radio and an exploration of the growth of Top 40. see all copies from £1.61! new only from £4.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The Great American Broadcast: A Celebration of Radio's Golden Age more books like this by Leonard Maltin add to wishlist A comprehensive history of American radio broadcasting in its heyday from the 1920s to the 1950s, written by the well-known film and television critic. see all copies from £6.65! new only from £9.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Listening in: Radio and the American Imagination more books like this by Professor Susan J Douglas add to wishlist Few inventions evoke such nostalgia, such deeply personal and vivid memories as radio-from Amos 'n' Andy and Edward R. Murrow to Wolfman Jack and Howard Stern. Listening In is the first in-depth history of how radio culture and content have kneaded and expanded the American psyche. But Listening In is more than a history. It is also a ... see all copies from £7.01! new only from £9.32!
11 view cover	Made Possible By...: The Death of Public Broadcasting in the United States more books like this by James Ledbetter add to wishlist Covering the current decline of public broadcasting in the United States, this study looks at what is required for a genuinely democratic broadcasting service, a network that serves its audience rather than its sponsors. US spending on public broadcasting, at just $1 per citizen each year, compared with over $30 in Japan and nearly $40 in Great ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.56! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	A Tower in Babel: To 1933 more books like this by Erik Barnouw add to wishlist see all copies from £6.23! new only from £37.44! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Murrow Boys: The Fleeting Glory of Broadcast Journalism more books like this by Stanley Cloud, Lynne Clson, Lynne Olson add to wishlist A vivid narrative of the pioneers of broadcast journalism. It portrays, in addition to Murrow, such giants of journalism as Eric Sevareid, William L. Shirer, Charles Collingwood, and Howard K. Smith. It is not only the story of how ten men and one woman invented the business and policies of broadcast journalism while covering the Second World War, ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £25.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Selling Radio: The Commercialization of American Broadcasting, 1920-1934 more books like this by Susan Smulyan add to wishlist And now a word from our sponsor.... When the first radio stations signed on in the 1920s, this phrase was unknown to listeners. Fifteen years later, however, advertising ruled the airwaves. Selling Radio recounts the initial difficult coupling of broadcasting and advertising, shows how the triumph of advertising transformed the content of radio ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £7.46! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Broadcast Century and Beyond: A Biography of American Broadcasting more books like this by Robert L Hilliard, Michael C Keith, PH.D. add to wishlist The Broadcast Century and Beyond, Third Edition is a popular history of the most influential and innovative industry of this century. The story of broadcasting is told in a direct and informal style, blending personal insight and authoritative scholarship to fully capture the many facets of this dynamic industry. The book vividly depicts the ... see all copies from £5.76! new only from £23.10!
16 view cover	Border Radio: Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics, and Other Amazing Broadcasters of the American Airwaves more books like this by Gene Fowler, Bill Crawford, Wolfman Jack (Foreword by) add to wishlist Before the Internet brought the world together, there was border radio. These mega-watt "border blaster" stations, set up just across the Mexican border to evade U.S. regulations, beamed programming across the United States and as far away as South America, Japan, and Western Europe. This book traces the eventful history of border radio from its ... see all copies from £11.82! new only from £16.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	FM: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio more books like this by Richard Neer, Steve Van Zandt (Foreword by) add to wishlist ""It was all so honest, before the end of our collective innocence. Top Forty jocks screamed and yelled and sounded mightier than God on millions of transistor radios. But on FM radio it was all spun out for only you. On a golden web by a master weaver driven by fifty thousand magical watts of crystal clear power . . . before the days of trashy, ... see all copies from £6.81! new only from £11.44! \| first editions
18 view cover	The great radio heroes. more books like this by Jim Harmon add to wishlist Provides reminiscences of the heyday of radio programming, with insights on such radio dramas as I Love a Mystery, Gangbusters, The Shadow, Batman and Robin, Superman, Tom Mix, The Lone Ranger, The Green Hornet, and a couple of dozen more. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £33.39! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation more books like this by Marc Fisher add to wishlist A sweeping, anecdotal account of the great sounds and voices of radio-and how it became a bonding agent for a generation of American youth When television became the next big thing in broadcast entertainment, everyone figured video would kill the radio star-and radio, period. But radio came roaring back with a whole new concept. The war was over, ... see all copies from £6.65! new only from £9.27! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Beginning of Broadcast Regulation in the Twentieth Century more books like this by Marvin R Bensman add to wishlist This chronicle of US broadcasting regulation covers three crucial periods from the Radio Act of 1912 to the 1927 act that still serves as the basis for regulation. The author used primary documents to create this detailed analysis. see all copies from £5.86! new only from £8.38! \| first editions
21	Radio City Music Hall more books like this by Charles Francisco add to wishlist see all copies from £5.60! new only from £104.43! \| first editions
22 view cover	Sounds of Change: A History of FM Broadcasting in America more books like this by Christopher H Sterling, Michael C Keith, PH.D., Lynn Christian (Foreword by) add to wishlist 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, for FM's popularity to surpass that of AM. In "Sounds of Change", Christopher Sterling and ... see all copies from £13.80! new only from £20.42!
23 view cover	C.S. Lewis at the BBC: Messages of Hope in the Darkness of War more books like this by Justin Phillips add to wishlist A behind-the-scenes look at religious radio broadcasting during World War II in which such revered figures as C.S. Lewis and Dorothy Sayers came into the public eye. This fascinating book explores the tensions behind the greatest era in BBC radio broadcasting -- the Home Service. Despite evacuation, air-raids and the closure of the fledgling TV ... see all copies from £2.11! new only from £6.14!
24 view cover	The Early Days of Radio Broadcasting more books like this by George H Douglas add to wishlist This history concentrates on the years between 1920 and 1930 in the United States when radio was rapidly growing and changing. It covers all important areas in the development of the radio industry, from business and finance to the rise of networks. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £26.15! \| first editions
25 view cover	Lum and Abner: Rural America and the Golden Age of Radio more books like this by Randal L Hall add to wishlist In the 1930s, radio stations filled the airwaves with programs about rural Americans struggling through the Great Depression. One of the most popular of these shows was "Lum and Abner", the brainchild of two young businessmen from Arkansas. Chester "Chet" Lauck and Norris "Tuffy" Goff based Pine Ridge, the community they created on the air, on the ... see all copies from £15.93! new only from £18.05!

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