Historical Dictionary of American Radio

by Donald G. Godfrey, Frederic Leigh

Overview

A comprehensive resource of American radio history including over 100 authors and covering over 600 different topics, fully cross-referenced and indexed. Entries are arranged alphabetically and written by some of the leading scholars including Erik Barnouw, Louisa Benjamin, Ronald Caray, Kenneth Harwood, Michael Kitross, Larry Lichty, Christopher Sterling, Kyu Ho Youm, Robert Avery, Marvin Bensman, Michael D. Murray, and others of the discipline. Each entry also contains references for further study as well as internet source materials. An Introduction and Radio Chronology provide the historical framework for the topics.

This dictionary will be of interest to students and scholars interested in radio, television, communications, communications history, and electronic media. It will also be of interest to professionals in the field. As a library source it will be a welcome addition to academic, professional, as well as public library collections.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313296369
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/21/1998
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.12(d)

About the Author

DONALD G. GODFREY is a Professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Jourbanalism and Telecommunication at Arizona State University. His publications encompass numerous jourbanal articles and four books including, Reruns on File: A Guide to Electronic Media Archives (1992) and Television in America: Local Station History from Across the Nation with Michael D. Murray (1997).

FREDERIC A. LEIGH is the Associate Director of the Walter Cronkite School of Jourbanalism and Telecommunication at Arizona State University. He is a former public radio manager. Included in his publications is the chapter Cultural and Educational Programming in TV Genres: A Handbook and Reference Guide, edited by Brian G. Rose (Greenwood Press, 1985).

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Radio Chronology
List of Alphabetical Entries
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A dictionary of the various branches of knowledge relating to American radio history, excluding for the most part the technical and personality aspects of the medium. Many radio personalities are covered in brief, but the emphasis is on the overall history of radio, with information about laws governing its use, government reports, formats, major broadcasting corporations, and cultural impacts such as radio in the courts and war coverage. Includes a selected bibliography and a chronology. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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