Points on the dial : golden age radio beyond the networks / Alexander Russo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russo, Alexander, 1974-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio broadcasting--United States--History.

Radio broadcasting.

Radio programs--Social aspects--United States.

Radio programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A revisionist history of the golden age of radio reveals the diversity of production, distribution, and reception practices from the mid-1920s until the early 1950s.

Contents:

The value of a name : defining and redefining national network radio

"The Lord is my Shepard, I shall not want" : regional networks as sites of community and conflict

Brought to you via electrical transcription : sound-on-disc recording and the perceptual aesthetics of radio distribution technologies

On the spot : the spatial and temporal flow of spot broadcasting

People with money and go : locating attention in the human geography of radio reception.

Notes:

"An earlier version of chapter 3 first appeared as "Defensive transcriptions : radio networks, sound-on-disc recording, and the meaning of live broadcasting," Velvet Light Trap 54 (Fall 2004): 4/17."

Description based on print version record

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613035943

9781283035941

1283035944

9780822391128

0822391120

OCLC:

631212136