1 option
The voice of Newfoundland : a social history of the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland, 1939-1949 / Jeff A. Webb.
LIBRA HE8689.9.C2 W43 2008
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webb, Jeff A. (Jeffrey Allison), 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland--History.
- Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland.
- Radio broadcasting--Newfoundland and Labrador--History.
- Radio broadcasting.
- Radio broadcasting--Social aspects--Newfoundland and Labrador--History.
- Radio broadcasting--Social aspects.
- Social conditions.
- History.
- Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Newfoundland and Labrador--Social conditions--20th century.
- Local Subjects:
- Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland--History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 272 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- 1 Career of Service: The Emergence of Public Broadcasting 16
- 2 Addressing the Population at Large: The Government's Use of Broadcasting 43
- 3 Entertainment and Enlightenment: Music and News on Newfoundland Radio 70
- 4 Gibraltar of North America: Wartime Radio 112
- 5 Most Important Work: Broadcasting the Confederation Debates 142
- 6 Personal and Intimate Character: The Transitions of Post-war Radio, 1945-1949 170.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references: pages [255]-262.
- ISBN:
- 9780802098207
- 0802098207
- 9780802095534
- 0802095534
- OCLC:
- 231880001
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.