This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Deaths, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (661 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786438487 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 259 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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What Happened "When" During The Golden Age of Radio Noted Radio historian Jim Cox has produced a very different type of book:an impressive compilation of information on significant events, programs, and personalities during the Golden Age of Radio. A daily calendar format is used to organize this information into a logical sequence. By the author's count, This Day in Network Radio includes 2,627 entries dealing with watershed moments (Sound Bites), program Debuts and Cancellation. Larry said One of his best. I have read many of jim cox's books and this is one of his best. Extremely well researched, and a bible for otr fans and others who may just be nostalgic.
Entries recount occasions, practices, or decisions which left indelible marks on broadcasting (listed by date of occurrence); the debuts and cancellations of programs; and births and deaths of important people in radio history-not only headliners but also less recognized individuals, from radio executives and producers to writers, sound techs, engineers, consultants, hawkers and impersonators.. For each day of the calendar, this unique work details events that have significantly affected American network radio since the mid-1920s
A dozen other spot-checks, however, produced multiple follow-up results, suggesting that the absence of further Carney citations was anomalous. The book will be appealing to both the research-minded and the nostalgic. Events that are covered include births and deaths of personalities and debuts and cancellations of programs, and a brief annotation is provided for each. The book will frustrate those readers who might prefer to read only entries from childhood years in which they listened to the radio. Although it’s not possible to find information for particular years, there is a subject index, about which two points: first, a browser of the text will find this nugget—that Art Carney portrayed President Franklin Roosevelt in the radio version of The March of Time (broadcast 1931–45 on radio and 1951–52 on television)—though this entry doesn&r
He is a retired college professor living in Louisville, Kentucky. . Jim Cox is the award-winning author of numerous books on broadcasting history, including Sold on Radio (2008), Radio Speakers (2006), The Daytime Serials of Television, 1946-1960 (2006), Music Radio (2005), Frank and Anne Hummert's Radio Factory (2003), Radio Crime Fighters (2002), and The Great Radio Audience Participation Shows (2001), all from McFarland