Radio and Television

Radio and Television
Author: William E. McCavitt
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1982
Genre: History
ISBN:

A cumulative media studies resource for students and scholars, from a publisher at the forefront of reference publishing.

Radio Bibliography

Radio Bibliography
Author: United States. Office of Education. Educational Radio Script Exchange
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 1941
Genre: Radio
ISBN:

The Television History Book

The Television History Book
Author: Michele Hilmes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2021-03-11
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1839024674

Traces the history of broadcasting and the infludence developments in broadcasting have had over our social, cultural and economic practices. Examining the broadcasting traditions of the UK and USA, 'The Television History Book' make connections between events and tendencies that both unite and differentiate these national broadcasting traditions.

Audience Ratings

Audience Ratings
Author: Hugh Malcolm Beville
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 430
Release: 1988
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780805801743

First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Charles Herrold, Inventor of Radio Broadcasting

Charles Herrold, Inventor of Radio Broadcasting
Author: Gordon Greb
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2015-09-11
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786483598

Still broadcasting today, the world's first radio station was invented by Charles Herrold in 1909 in San Jose, California. His accomplishment was first documented in a notarized statement written by him and published in the Electro-Importing Company's 1910 catalog: "We have given wireless phone concerts to amateur wireless men throughout the Santa Clara Valley." Being the first to "broadcast" radio entertainment and information to a mass audience puts him at the forefront of modern day mass communication. This biography of Charles Herrold focuses on how he used primitive technology to get on the air. Today it is a 50,000-watt station (KCBS, in San Francisco). The authors describe Herrold's story as one of early triumph and final failure, the story of an "everyman," an individual who was an innovator but never received recognition for his work and, as a result, died penniless. His most important work was done between 1912 and 1917, and following World War I, he received a license and operated station KQW for several years before running out of money. Herrold then worked as a radio time salesman, an audiovisual technician for a high school, and a janitor at a local naval facility, still telling anyone who would listen to him that he was the father of radio. The authors also consider some other early inventors, and the directions that their work took.

NBC

NBC
Author: Michele Hilmes
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2007-08-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0520940601

Spanning eight decades from the beginnings of commercial radio to the current era of international consolidation and emerging digital platforms, this pioneering volume illuminates the entire course of American broadcasting by offering the first comprehensive history of a major network. Bringing together wide-ranging original articles by leading scholars and industry insiders, it offers a comprehensive view of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) that brings into focus the development of this key American institution and the ways that it has intersected with, and influenced, the central events of our times. Programs, policy, industry practices and personnel, politics, audiences, marketing, and global influence all come into play. The story the book tells is not just about broadcasting but about a nation's attempt to construct itself as a culture—with all the underlying concerns, divisions, opportunities, and pleasures. Based on unprecedented research in the extensive NBC archives, NBC: America's Network includes a timeline of NBC's and broadcasting's development, making it a valuable resource for students and scholars as well as for anyone interested the history of media in the United States.

Television Broadcasting in Contemporary France and Britain

Television Broadcasting in Contemporary France and Britain
Author: Michael Scriven
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1999
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781571819468

This is the first study devoted to the highly significant roles played by France and Britain in the formulation of European audiovisual policy, providing a truly comparative analysis of the contemporary audiovisual scene in the two countries.