Radio

World Radio TV Handbook - The Directory of Global Broadcasting

The 67th edition of WRT Handbook, this great directory continues to offer the most comprehensive guide to broadcasting on the planet. Completely revised and updated, this new edition is the most accurate guide to national and international SW, MW,...

Beyond Powerful Radio - A Communicator's Guide to the Internet Age-News, Talk, Information & Personality for Broadcasting, Podcasting, Internet, Radio

Beyond Powerful Radio is a complete guide to becoming a powerful broadcast communicator on radio or internet! This how-to cookbook is for broadcasters who want to learn the craft and improve. This practical and easy-to-rea...

How to DJ Right: The Art and Science of Playing Records

From the authors of Last Night a DJ Saved My Life, a readable, fun, and illuminating guide to spinning records, perfect for neophytes as well as the established DJ

This Mitchell and Webb Book

Dive into the bizarre yet strangely familiar world of Mitchell and Webb -- the wittiest men on television, or anywhere else. From the two finest comedians of their generation comes the ultimate Christmas comedy book -- lavishly illustrated in colo...

Miss America

Hilarious, offensive, and with a bizarrely entertaining full-color photo insert of the famed shock-jock radio host in drag, "Miss America" is Howard Stern at his very best. With chapters about his ongoing battle with the FCC and his lege...

Refiguring Mass Communication - A History

This book is a unique inquiry into the history and the ongoing moral significance of mass communication as an idea and social form. Organized around narrative accounts of individuals and their communicative worlds, it strives to refigure mass comm...

Right Ho, Jeeves - A BBC Full-cast Radio Drama

Michael Hordern stars as Jeeves with Richard Briers as Bertie in a BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Mayhem has broken out at Brinkley Court and there would seem to be a desperate need for Jeeves. But Bertie is fed up with the assumption that h...

The Man Born to be King

In this popular play-cycle, Sayers makes the Gospels come alive. "Her Jesus can bring tears to your eyes. You will be deeply moved--a powerful experience".--Sheldon Vanauken, A Severe Mercy.

Key Concepts in Radio Studies

'This innovative and clearly written handbook does exactly what it claims on the cover, providing students with accessible and authoritative knowledge of the essential topics in Radio Studies... Chignell writes about radio with an engaging mixture...

I Love the Illusion - The Life and Career of Agnes Moorehead

Constructing Public Opinion - How Political Elites Do What They Like and Why We Seem to Go Along with it

Is polling a process that brings "science" into the study of society? Or are polls crude instruments that tell us little about the way people actually think? The role of public opinion polls in government and mass media has gained increa...

Radio Drama - Theory and Practice

Radio Drama brings together the practical skills needed for radio drama, sucha s directing, writing and sound design, with media history and communication theory. From the early audio broadcasts of 1914 and the development of General Electric's Ne...

The Kenneth Williams Diaries

'I'll put you in my diary!' comedian Kenneth Williams was known to threaten on occasion, although tantalisingly he kept the journal to himself during his lifetime. Here at last, in one spellbinding volume, are four million words of it. For more th...

Uxbridge English Dictionary

To mark the 33rd anniversary of the birth of the antidote to panel games, we present the pick of the Definitions Round, a quirky cross between the Collins dictionary and 'Call My Bluff' that has had audiences in stitches for over a decade. I'm Sor...

It's Not What You Think

The story of how one council estate lad made good, really very good, and survived -- just about -- to tell the tale! Chris Evans's extraordinary career has seen him become one of the country's most successful broadcasters and producers. From The B...

Memoirs of a Fruitcake - Billie, Breakfast and Beyond

Sunday Times Celebrity Book of the Year 2010 In It's Not What You Think Chris Evans had seemingly found the recipe for success. He was rich, famous, and now the owner of his own radio station and media company. What could possibly go wrong? As it ...

I'm Awesome - One Man's Triumphant Quest to Become the Sweetest Dude Ever

Jason Ellis is the new voice of action sports. He is the host of "The Jason Ellis Show", one of SiriusXM's most listened-to programs. Before he owned the radio waves, he ruled the skate ramps, competing for twenty years alongside actions...

Associated Press Broadcast News Handbook - A Manual of Techniques and Practices

From the agency that started it all, the definitive guide to getting, writing and delivering the news on television, radio, and the Internet. produced by the experts at the worlds oldest, largest and most respected news agency, the associated pres...

Uncertain Vision - Birt, Dyke and the Reinvention of the BBC

The BBC is the world's most famous and powerful cultural institution and remains the gold standard for broadcasters on every continent. Uncertain Vision is the definitive account of the BBC in the last decade, an engrossing and penetrating take on...

Letter from America

Alastair Cooke's "Letter from America: 1946-2004" is a defining collection from his legendary BBC Radio broadcasts that guides us through nearly sixty years of changing life in the United States. Alistair Cooke's "Letter from Americ...

Small Man in a Book

Rob Brydon - star of Gavin and Stacey, Steve Coogan's partner in The Trip, and one of Britain's favourite comedians - tells the funny and frank story of his slow ascent to fame and fortune in Small Man in a Book.A multi-award-winning actor...

Special Sound - The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Special Sound traces the fascinating creation and rich legacy of the BBC's electronic music studio, particularly in the context of other studios in Europe and America. From the ashes of highbrow BBC radio drama emerged an extremely influential kin...

Media, Communication, and Culture - A Global Approach

James Lull's classic work on media and culture in the global perspective is thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated. Drawing on the best contemporary social and cultural theory, the noted scholar offers a balanced, bold, and comprehensive analys...

Burn, Baby! BURN! - The Autobiography of Magnificent Montague

With his dynamic on-air personality and his trademark cry of "Burn, baby! BURN!" before spinning the hottest new records, Magnificent Montague was the charismatic voice of soul music in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles from the mid-195...

Human Rights and African Airwaves - Mediating Equality on the Chichewa Radio

Human Rights and African Airwaves focuses on Nkhani Zam'maboma, a popular Chichewa news bulletin broadcast on Malawi's public radio. The programme often takes authorities to task and questions much of the human rights rhetoric that comes from inte...

Study Skills for Art, Design and Media Students

Study Skills for Art, Design and Media Students   Stewart Mann   An accessible, student-friendly handbook that covers all of the essential study skills that will ensure that you get the most out of your art, design or media cou...

Youth Culture in Global Cinema

Coming of age is a pivotal experience for everyone. So it is no surprise that filmmakers around the globe explore the experiences of growing up in their work. From blockbuster U.S. movies such as the "Harry Potter" series to thought-prov...

Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador - A Memoir of Guerrilla Radio

During the 1980s war in El Salvador, Radio Venceremos was the main news outlet for the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN), the guerrilla organization that challenged the government. The broadcast provided a vital link betwee...

Howard Stern: A to Z - The Stern Fanatic's Guide to the King of All Media

With this invaluable resource, Stern's 16 million weekly listeners can keep a wealth of information stored at their fingertips--from Howard's middle name (Alan) and favorite food (Chinese) to his least successful school subject (chemistry). It's e...

Radio on: A Listener's Diary

The principle for this book is simple: for a year the radio becomes the conduit for a young woman's diary. It shows itself to be a kind of conscience wallpaper, a nervous background noise. With a radio in every home, car, office building, mall spa...