[PDF] Encyclopedia Of Radio eBook

Author : Luther F. Sies
Publisher :
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 10,7 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :

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This encyclopedic work comprehensively covers the performers and programming on American radio from its inception to its golden age. Extensively researched over the course of more than twenty years, this new work is the definitive source for scholars of communication, social and cultural history and the popular arts, as well as devoted fans of radio history. The encyclopedia includes entries for programs, announcers, orchestras, musicians, vocalists, comedians, vocal groups, readers, whistlers, musical saw soloists, ministers, sports commentators, reviewers (of books, plays and movies), celebrities, and other personnel broadcasting over American radio from the 1920s to the 1960s. Additional entries cover commercial radio, educational broadcasting, firsts in radio history, opera on radio, religious broadcasting, sports broadcasting, women in radio, border radio, children's programs, comedy on radio, crime shows and mysteries, daytime dramatic serials, and disk jockeys, among other topics.

Author : Christopher H. Sterling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2848 pages
File Size : 30,85 MB
Release : 2004-03
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1135456496

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Produced in association with the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, the Encyclopedia of Radio includes more than 600 entries covering major countries and regions of the world as well as specific programs and people, networks and organizations, regulation and policies, audience research, and radio's technology. This encyclopedic work will be the first broadly conceived reference source on a medium that is now nearly eighty years old, with essays that provide essential information on the subject as well as comment on the significance of the particular person, organization, or topic being examined.

Author : Christopher H. Sterling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 965 pages
File Size : 26,18 MB
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1135176841

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The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio is an essential single-volume reference guide to this vital and evolving medium. Comprised of more than 300 entries spanning the invention of radio to the Internet, this refernce work addresses personalities, music genres, regulations, technology, programming and stations, the "golden age" of radio and other topics relating to radio broadcasting throughout its history. The entries are updated throughout and the volume includes nine new entries on topics ranging from podcasting to the decline of radio.

Author : Christopher H. Sterling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2383 pages
File Size : 24,69 MB
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1135176833

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The average American listens to the radio three hours a day. In light of recent technological developments such as internet radio, some argue that the medium is facing a crisis, while others claim we are at the dawn of a new radio revolution. The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio is an essential single-volume reference guide to this vital and evolving medium. It brings together the best and most important entries from the three-volume Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio, edited by Christopher Sterling. Comprised of more than 300 entries spanning the invention of radio to the Internet, The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio addresses personalities, music genres, regulations, technology, programming and stations, the "golden age" of radio and other topics relating to radio broadcasting throughout its history. The entries are updated throughout and the volume includes nine new entries on topics ranging from podcasting to the decline of radio. The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio include suggestions for further reading as complements to most of the articles, biographical details for all person-entries, production credits for programs, and a comprehensive index.

Author : Luther F. Sies
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,41 MB
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786495634

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In this revised, expanded and corrected edition, the acclaimed Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960 (Booklist Editors' Choice; "recommended"--Library Journal) offers even better coverage of the performers and programming on American radio from its inception to its golden age. This work is the definitive source for scholars of communication, social and cultural history and the popular arts, as well as devoted fans of radio history. New entries include information on such fascinating topics as gender discrimination in radio; holidays on the airwaves; husband and wife teams; minstrel shows, vaudeville, and burlesque; Scopes "monkey" trial broadcasts; and super heroes. Also included is additional information on broadcasters of the twenties, thirties, and forties, as well as on unique entertainers ranging from astrologists and musical saw soloists to yodelers and whistlers. These new additions offer even fuller understanding of radio's important role in American social and cultural history.

Author : John Dunning
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 27,49 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Radio programs
ISBN :

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Descriptions of the plots and characters of the most popular radio shows are included as well as basic information on schedules, writers, sponsors, and performers. In alphabetical order.

Author : Christopher H. Sterling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1696 pages
File Size : 44,54 MB
Release : 2003-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781579582494

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Produced in co-operation with the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, this reference has 600 topical entries covering major countries and regions of the world as well as specific programmes and people; networks and organizations; regulation and policies; audience research; and radio's technology. The encyclopedia provides listings of further readings for most entries, production credits for programsme, and biographical details for all personal entries, in addition to a full list of all contributors and a comprehensive index. Each essay provides information on its subject and comments on the significance of that person, programme, organization, or topic; aiming to give a sense of radio history and the place of the entry's subject in that history as well as the issues and problems that have helped to define the medium. Radio is presented as an intersection of technological, economic, political, social, aesthetic and other factors.

Author : Museum of Broadcast Communications
Publisher :
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 28,32 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :

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"A premise of this unique encyclopedia is that radio broadcasting is so pervasive that its importance can be easily overlooked. More than 600 articles provide ample illustration of the role this medium plays throughout the world. From radio's invention to radio on the Internet, the cross-referenced and thoroughly indexed articles analyze over 100 years of topics, programs, issues, people, and places, and provide leads to further reading. Some 250 photographs "give visual context to an often unseen world." Scholars, old-time-radio admirers, and curious readers will appreciate the unparalleled comprehensiveness of this source."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.

Author : Christopher H. Sterling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 36,2 MB
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1136993754

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The Biographical Encyclopedia of American Radio presents the very best biographies of the internationally acclaimed three-volume Encyclopedia of Radio in a single volume. It includes more than 200 biographical entries on the most important and influential American radio personalities, writers, producers, directors, newscasters, and network executives. With 23 new biographies and updated entries throughout, this volume covers key figures from radio’s past and present including Glenn Beck, Jessie Blayton, Fred Friendly, Arthur Godfrey, Bob Hope, Don Imus, Rush Limbaugh, Ryan Seacrest, Laura Schlesinger, Red Skelton, Nina Totenberg, Walter Winchell, and many more. Scholarly but accessible, this encyclopedia provides an unrivaled guide to the voices behind radio for students and general readers alike.

Author : Debra L. Merskin
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 2169 pages
File Size : 48,66 MB
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1483375528

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The reference will discuss mass media around the world in their varied forms—newspapers, magazines, radio, television, film, books, music, websites, and social media—and will describe the role of each in both mirroring and shaping society.