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"This history encompasses the four transcontinental webs that operated during the pre-television Golden Age, plus local and regional hookups, developments that have occurred in the decades since including the impact of television, rise of the disc jockey, rise of talk radio and other specialized formatting, implications of satellite technology and consolidation of networks and local stations."--Provided by publisher.
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American radio networks: a history
2009, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
in English
0786441925 9780786441921
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Table of Contents
The net rewards of radioland: with the twist of a wrist
The proceeds of experimentation: getting ready to play for real
National Broadcasting Company: the house that Sarnoff built
Columbia Broadcasting System: the house that Paley built
Mutual Broadcasting System: the network for all America
American Broadcasting Company: noble aims, enduring effects
The regional hookups: local radio gone wide
Washington watchdogs: safeguarding the airwaves
Remuneration: the hardest nut to crack
Czar wars: the empire-builders fight back
Halcyon days: a showtime sampler
Sight radio: no renaissance for imagination
The spinmeisters: rancor among the ranks
Raconteurial resurgence: the spielers have their say
Epilogue: when you wish upon a star.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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