Jim Cox, a leading radio historian, is an award-winning author of numerous books on the subject. A retired college professor, he lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

“an excellent overview 9781476601199of how the media has impacted journalism”—Radio Recall; “informative...highly recommend”—Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts; “Cox writes in an engaging way with oodles of examples to illustrate key points...invaluable history of shortwave radio broadcasting.... Berg establishes himself as the authority on such broadcasting”—Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Cool Stuff and History Light1. Hard Copies: The Origins of American Newspapers2. The Origins of Electronic Journalism3. “Millions Are Out Here Listening Every Day!”4. Who Owns the Ether? It Belongs to Us All5. Censorship: Pressures from Without, Within6. The Art of Persuasion: Everybody Has a Bias7. Nights of the Roundtable: Clashes, Conflicts Courted8. At All Hours: News Achieves Parity, Perceptibly Prospers9. Journalism’s Inducement in a Rise of Local Stations10. Consequences of Radio’s Reliance on Print11. The Fanzines: Trade Issues to Perpetuate the Industry12. Optical Illusions? News Fix? Boosting Aural Text with Pix13. Magazine of the Airwaves: News in a Novel Format14. When It’s Time for News, the Big Hand Is on the 2415. Baubles, Bangles, Gadgetry: New Marvels Dispatch NewsBiographical Dictionary of Radio JournalistsNotesBibliographyIndex

Jim Cox, a leading radio historian, is an award-winning author of numerous books on the subject. A retired college professor, he lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

“an excellent overview 9781476601199of how the media has impacted journalism”—Radio Recall; “informative...highly recommend”—Milwaukee Area Radio Enthusiasts; “Cox writes in an engaging way with oodles of examples to illustrate key points...invaluable history of shortwave radio broadcasting.... Berg establishes himself as the authority on such broadcasting”—Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Cool Stuff and History Light1. Hard Copies: The Origins of American Newspapers2. The Origins of Electronic Journalism3. “Millions Are Out Here Listening Every Day!”4. Who Owns the Ether? It Belongs to Us All5. Censorship: Pressures from Without, Within6. The Art of Persuasion: Everybody Has a Bias7. Nights of the Roundtable: Clashes, Conflicts Courted8. At All Hours: News Achieves Parity, Perceptibly Prospers9. Journalism’s Inducement in a Rise of Local Stations10. Consequences of Radio’s Reliance on Print11. The Fanzines: Trade Issues to Perpetuate the Industry12. Optical Illusions? News Fix? Boosting Aural Text with Pix13. Magazine of the Airwaves: News in a Novel Format14. When It’s Time for News, the Big Hand Is on the 2415. Baubles, Bangles, Gadgetry: New Marvels Dispatch NewsBiographical Dictionary of Radio JournalistsNotesBibliographyIndex