Overview

This revised, expanded and corrected edition offers even more coverage of the performers and programming on American radio from its inception to its golden age. This work is the definitive source for scholars of communication, social and cultural history and the popular arts, as well as devoted fans of radio history.New entries include information on such fascinating topics as gender discrimination in radio; holidays on the airwaves; husband and wife teams; minstrel shows, vaudeville, and burlesque; Scopes """"monkey"""" trial broadcasts; and super heroes.

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Reviews

""recommended""--Library Journal; ""definitive reference source...recommended""--Booklist; ""a huge labor of love for old time radio fans""--Communication Booknotes Quarterly; ""belongs on just about every shelf in every library""--ARBA; ""covers radio like no other books have...I learned more about radio's early days than I ever dreamed was possible to know...the most exhaustive book of American radio ever published""--Fielding's Review; ""full of evocative summaries...impressive""--Reference & Research Book News.

"""comprehensively covers the performers and the programming on American radio from its inception to its golden age. Exten"

comprehensively covers the performers and the programming on American radio from its inception to its golden age. Exten

Author Information

The late Luther F. Sies was a retired college professor who coordinated programs in speech, hearing and language at both educational and medical institutions. He lived in Sun City West, Arizona.

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