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Advertisers in the Golden Age of Broadcasting
Av Cox Jim Cox
E-bok, 2008
294 kr
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How was it that America would fund its nascent national radio services? Government control and a subscription-like model were both considered! Soon an advertising system emerged, leading radio into its golden age from the 1920s to the early 1960s. This work, divided into two parts, studies the …
This Day in Network Radio
A Daily Calendar of Births, Deaths, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History
Av Cox Jim Cox
E-bok, 2009
454 kr
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For each day of the calendar, this unique work details events that have significantly affected American network radio since the mid-1920s. Entries recount occasions, practices, or decisions which left indelible marks on broadcasting (listed by date of occurrence); the debuts and cancellations of …
American Radio Networks
A History
Av Cox Jim Cox
E-bok, 2009
382 kr
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This history of commercial radio networks in the United States provides a wealth of information on broadcasting from the 1920s to the present. It covers the four transcontinental webs that operated during the pre-television Golden Age, plus local and regional hookups, and the developments that have …
Rails Across Dixie
A History of Passenger Trains in the American South
Av Cox Jim Cox
E-bok, 2010
427 kr
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Covering legendary and obscure intercity passenger trains in a dozen Southeastern states, this book details the golden age of train travel. The story begins with the inception of steam locomotives in 1830 in Charleston, South Carolina, continuing through the mid-1930s changeover to diesel and the …
Say Goodnight, Gracie
The Last Years of Network Radio
Av Cox Jim Cox
E-bok, 2015
294 kr
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Until the late 1940s, most Americans relied heavily upon radio, the only means of mass communication they knew, for information and entertainment. But with the 1950s came television sets and prosperity enabled more people to afford them. Radio began a decline. This work examines what could be …
Musicmakers of Network Radio
24 Entertainers, 1926-1962
Av Cox Jim Cox
E-bok, 2014
454 kr
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Before television, radio was the sole source of simultaneous mass entertainment in America. The medium served as launching pad for the careers of countless future stars of stage and screen. Singers and conductors became legends by offering musical entertainment directly to Americans in their homes, …
Radio Journalism in America
Telling the News in the Golden Age and Beyond
Av Cox Jim Cox
E-bok, 2013
382 kr
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This history of radio news reporting recounts and assesses the contributions of radio toward keeping America informed since the 1920s. It identifies distinct periods and milestones in broadcast journalism and includes a biographical dictionary of important figures who brought news to the airwaves. …
Great Radio Soap Operas
Av Cox Jim Cox
E-bok, 2015
394 kr
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This reference work contains exhaustive histories of 31 of network radio''s most durable soap operas on the air between 1930 and 1960. The soap operas covered are Aunt Jenny''s Real Life Stories, Backstage Wife, Big Sister, The Brighter Day, David Harum, Front Page Farrell, The Guiding Light, …
Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons
A Complete History and Episode Log of Radio''s Most Durable Detective
Av Cox Jim Cox
E-bok, 2015
382 kr
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That "kindly old investigator," Mr. Keen , sought missing persons and unraveled crimes longer than any other fictional detective ever heard or seen on the air. For 18 years (1937-1955) and 1690 nationwide broadcasts, Keen and his faithful assistant Mike Clancy kept listeners coming back for more. …
Radio After the Golden Age
The Evolution of American Broadcasting Since 1960
Av Cox Jim Cox
E-bok, 2013
374 kr
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What became of radio after its Golden Age ended about 1960? Not long ago Arbitron found that almost 93 percent of Americans age 12 and older are regular radio listeners, a higher percentage than those turning to television, magazines, newspapers, or the Internet. But the sounds they hear now barely …
Radio Crime Fighters
More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age
Av Cox Jim Cox
E-bok, 2015
394 kr
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In the early days of radio, producers, directors and scriptwriters were well aware of the listening public''s fascination with subject matter tinged with wrongdoing. Stories of right and wrong, crime and punishment, and law and order kept audiences of every age hooked for more than thirty years. …
Newspapers in Transition
American Dailies Confront the Digital Age
Av Cox Jim Cox
E-bok, 2014
286 kr
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The impact of cyberspace on newsprint journalism is at the core of this text. After a brief history of U.S. news dailies and weeklies it turns attention to those journals'' status today. A wide range of forces that impinge on their success and failure are explored, including the decline of their …
