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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Talking radio. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2000 (OCoLC)607411772 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael C Keith |
| ISBN: | 0765603985 9780765603982 |
| OCLC Number: | 41497021 |
| Description: | xvi, 223 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Pt. I. The War Ends and the Picture Begins. 1. The Quiet After and Before: Radio's Victory and Short Peace. 2. Assault of the Infant: Television Takes Over the Living Room. 3. Together ... but Separate: When the Two Worked as One. 4. The Word Is the Thing: The Substance of Sound. 5. In Mourning and Evening: "The Way It Was" Radio. 6. Reinventing Itself: A Winning Formula Is Found -- Pt. II. The Second Coming of Radio. 7. Home of the Hits: Going to the Top 40. 8. Airy Personas: New Legends of the Ol' Airwaves. 9. At the Top of the Hour: And Now the News. 10. Chatter that Matters: Words Without Music. 11. The Good Air: As a Public Trustee. 12. The Bad Air: Those Tuneout Factors -- Pt. III. The Times and Bands Are A-Changin'. |
| Responsibility: | [compiled by] Michael C. Keith. |
Abstract:
This book uses an oral history approach incorporating comments by such people as Steve Allen, Ray Bradbury, Dick Clark, Walter Cronkite, Larry Gelbart, Paul Harvey, Art Linkletter, Ed McMahon, Daniel Schorr, and many other personalities.
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