Radio journalism in America : telling the news in the golden age and beyond / Jim Cox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox, Jim, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio journalism--United States--History--20th century.

Radio journalism.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 260 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]

Summary:

"This is a volume of history validating the contributions of radio toward keeping America informed, and surveying radio's diminished effects in the wake of television in the 1950s. The U.S. was dependent on radio as a source of entertainment during the Great Depression and information gained from it during the Second World War had no parallel"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Hard Copies: The Origins of American Newspapers 5

2 The Origins of Electronic Journalism 12

3 "Millions Are Out Here Listening Every Day!" 30

4 Who Owns the Ether? It Belongs to Us All 40

5 Censorship: Pressures from Without, Within 50

6 The Art of Persuasion: Everybody Has a Bias 65

7 Nights of the Roundtable: Clashes, Conflicts Courted 72

8 At All Hours: News Achieves Parity, Perceptibly Prospers 83

9 Journalism's Inducement in a Rise of Local Stations 95

10 Consequences of Radio's Reliance on Print 104

11 The Fanzines: Trade Issues to Perpetuate the Industry 113

12 Optical Illusions? News Fix? Boosting Aural Text with Pix 122

13 Magazine of the Airwaves: News in a Novel Format 139

14 When It's Time for News, the Big Hand Is on the 24 153

15 Baubles, Bangles, Gadgetry: New Marvels Dispatch News 165.

Notes:

"Introduction: Cool stuff and history light -- Hard copies: the origins of American newspapers -- The origins of electronic journalism -- "Millions are out here listening every day!" -- Who owns the ether? It belongs to us all -- Censorship: pressures from without, within -- The art of persuasion: everybody has a bias -- Nights of the roundtable: clashes, conflicts courted -- At all hours: news achieves parity, perceptibly prospers -- Journalism's inducement in a rise of local stations -- Intrinsic outcomes a result of radio's reliance on print -- The fanzines: trade issues to perpetuate the industry -- Optical illusions? News fix? boosting aural text with pix -- Magazine of the airwaves: news in a novel format -- When it's time for news, the big hand is on the 24 -- Baubles, bangles, gadgetry: New marvels dispatch news -- Biographical dictionary of radio journalists."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786469635

0786469633

OCLC:

810120032