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The BBC in Scotland : the first 50 years : a personal memoir / by David Pat Walker.
Van Pelt Library PN1992.3.G7 W25 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walker, David Pat.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- BBC Scotland--History.
- BBC Scotland.
- History.
- Television broadcasting--Scotland--History.
- Television broadcasting.
- Radio broadcasting--Scotland--History.
- Radio broadcasting.
- Television broadcasting--Social aspects--Scotland.
- Radio broadcasting--Social aspects--Scotland.
- Radio broadcasting--Social aspects.
- Television broadcasting--Social aspects.
- Scotland.
- Physical Description:
- 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Luath, [2011]
- Summary:
- Written as a memoir, David Pat Walker, a retired radio-producer with decades of experience with the Scottish BBC, offers a chronological and broadly thematic account of the first 50 years of the BCC in Scotland. He considers the earliest radio-stations in Glasgow from the 1920s, radio's growing popularity in Edinburgh, the creation of multiple BBC channels in the 1930s, radio during the war, BBC policy, the impact of television on radio, Scottish drama, and the 50 year anniversary of BBC Scotland. Chapters include black and white photos, usually in a production setting. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1908373008
- 9781908373007
- OCLC:
- 751833728
- Publisher Number:
- 99949477392
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