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001 2013007685
003 DLC
005 20140116131146.0
008 130415t2013 ncua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013007685
020 $a9780786469635 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aPN4888.R33$bC69 2013
082 00 $a791.44097309/041$223
100 1 $aCox, Jim,$d1939-
245 10 $aRadio journalism in America :$btelling the news in the golden age and beyond /$cJim Cox.
264 1 $aJefferson, North Carolina :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c[2013]
264 4 $c©2013
300 $ax, 260 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $a"Introduction: Cool stuff and history light -- Hard copies: the origins of American newspapers -- The origins of electronic journalism -- "Millions are out here listening every day!" -- Who owns the ether? It belongs to us all -- Censorship: pressures from without, within -- The art of persuasion: everybody has a bias -- Nights of the roundtable: clashes, conflicts courted -- At all hours: news achieves parity, perceptibly prospers -- Journalism's inducement in a rise of local stations -- Intrinsic outcomes a result of radio's reliance on print -- The fanzines: trade issues to perpetuate the industry -- Optical illusions? News fix? boosting aural text with pix -- Magazine of the airwaves: news in a novel format -- When it's time for news, the big hand is on the 24 -- Baubles, bangles, gadgetry: New marvels dispatch news -- Biographical dictionary of radio journalists."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"This is a volume of history validating the contributions of radio toward keeping America informed, and surveying radio's diminished effects in the wake of television in the 1950s. The U.S. was dependent on radio as a source of entertainment during the Great Depression and information gained from it during the Second World War had no parallel"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aRadio journalism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.