Radio category: 327 books
The Golden Age of Boxing on Radio and Television
A Blow-by-Blow History from 1921 to 1964
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Radio and television broadcasting were as important to the growth and popularity of boxing as it was to the reshaping of our very culture. In The Golden Age of Boxing on Radio and Television, Frederick V. Romano explores the many roles that each medium played in both the development and the depiction...
by Gerald Nachman
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
For everybody "raised on radio"—and that's everybody brought up in the thirties, forties, and early fifties—this is the ultimate book, combining nostalgia, history, judgment, and fun, as it reminds us of just how wonderful (and sometimes just how silly) this vanished medium was. Of course,...
Radio in Revolution
Wireless Technology and State Power in Mexico, 1897–1938
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Long before the Arab Spring and its use of social media demonstrated the potent intersection between technology and revolution, the Mexican Revolution employed wireless technology in the form of radiotelegraphy and radio broadcasting to alter the course of the revolution and influence how political...
How to Make Great Radio
Techniques and Tips for Today's Broadcasters and Producers
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
There is no such thing as perfect radio - and therein lies its delicious unpredictability. In fact, so charming is this quality that 90 per cent of UK adults tune into the medium every week. Like many things, radio done well sounds effortless. It is not. Producing great radio is partly down to instinct...
It's One O'Clock and Here Is Mary Margaret McBride
A Radio Biography
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2005
One of the most beloved radio show hosts of the 1940s and 1950s, Mary Margaret McBride (1899—1976) regularly attracted between six and eight million listeners to her daily one o'clock broadcast. During her twenty years on the air she interviewed tens of thousands of people, from President Harry...
Amateur Radio HF Antennas
VE2DPE's Four-Book Collection
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2016
The contents of this book are mostly aimed at the amateur radio beginner and aspiring ones. Therefore, this book provides answers to basic questions like: What is the best HF antenna for my needs and location? What type of stand-alone antenna tuner should I use and which should I avoid? How can I...
Radio After the Golden Age
The Evolution of American Broadcasting Since 1960
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
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...
by Don Keith
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2015
Over 1400 terms...more than 1600 definitions...hundreds of links so you can learn more! The most comprehensive Ham Radio glossary ever compiled. Any pursuit that mankind might adopt quickly develops its own language, its proprietary jargon, its own semi-secret dialect fully understood only by its...
by Don Keith
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2015
The hobby of Amateur Radio has just celebrated its 100th anniversary and is just as vibrant and exciting as it has ever been. However, many who might well enjoy the hobby are reluctant to get started. Whether it is the jargon, the fear of not “knowing it all” the first day, or the dread of having...
Radio's New Wave
Global Sound in the Digital Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Radio’s New Wave explores the evolution of audio media and sound scholarship in the digital age. Extending and updating the focus of their widely acclaimed 2001 book The Radio Reader, Hilmes and Loviglio gather together innovative work by both established and rising scholars to explore the ways...
Masterful Stories
Lessons from Golden Age Radio
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
The early eras of radio storytelling have entered and continue to enter the public domain in large quantities, offering unprecedented access to the Golden Age of Radio. Author and Professor John Pavlik mines the best this age of radio has to offer in Masterful Stories, an examination of the masterpieces...
Basic Radio
Principles and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 1998
Basic Radio is a wide ranging introduction to the principles of radio waves, transmission and reception, and to the technologies of broadcasting, satellite and personal communications. As well as being a textbook for vocational courses such as City & Guilds and BTEC Ian Poole's book is essential...
Music Radio
Building Communities, Mediating Genres
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2018
Why is music so important to radio? This anthology explores the ways in which musical life and radio interact, overlap and have influenced each other for nearly a century. One of music radio's major functions is to help build smaller or larger communities by continuously offering broadcast music as...
by Rogue Medical
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2019
There is no greater feeling than passing and receiving your first Amateur Radio technical license. Unfortunately, the reality is that life sometimes gets in the way and causes delays. This Quick Study Guide has been designed with the time starved individual in mind that wishes to obtain their amateur...