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An edition of Hello, everybody! (2008)

Hello, everybody!

the dawn of American radio

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When amateur enthusiasts began sending fuzzy signals from their garages and rooftops, radio broadcasting was born. Sensing the medium's potential, snake-oil salesmen and preachers took to the air, at once setting early standards for radio programming and making bedlam of the airwaves. Into the chaos stepped a young secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover, whose passion for organization guided the technology's growth. When a charismatic bandleader named Rudy Vallee created the first on-air variety show and America elected its first true radio president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, radio had arrived. Rudel tells the story of the boisterous years when radio took its place in the nation's living room and forever changed American politics, journalism, and entertainment.--From publisher description.

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Harcourt
Language
English
Pages
399

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Subjects

Radio broadcasting, History, Radio broadcasting, history, Radio broadcasting, united states

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United States

Times

20th century

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Table of Contents

Milford Kansas, population 200 not counting animals
Understanding radio technology requires a leap of faith
Postwar America was awash in new and exciting businesses ripe for development
The 1920s was a decade of fads
By the end of 1922 it had become clear that people would actually sit at home and listen to the radio
As a broadcaster, Dr. Brinkley followed the rules
The image was oddly familiar
April 11, 1921 : Pittsburgh's Motor Square Garden
June 1927 : the cruiser Memphis steamed across the Atlantic
Sinclair Lewis's controversial 1927 novel Elmer Gantry presented a cynical view of religious revivalists
In its earliest incarnation vaudeville was variety
On the very day that Rudy Vallee's NBC Network Radio show debuted
New Year's Day 1930
In a nation where thousands of hours of local radio programming and countless more hours of network shows
For legions of the unemployed, the dawn of 1932 was dark
Radio's entry into the mainstream of American life had begun just twelve years earlier
The period between the November 1932 election and Roosevelt's March 4, 1933 inauguration
Author's note : Living in this world of 24/7 communication

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Includes bibliographical references.

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384.540973/0904
Library of Congress
PN1991.3.U6 R83 2008, PN1991.3.U6R83 2008

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Hardcover
Pagination
399 p.
Number of pages
399
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

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OL18844600M
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015101275X
ISBN 13
9780151012756
LCCN
2008005629
OCLC/WorldCat
192042215
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5867050
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3185210

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