Public Issue Radio [electronic resource] : Talks, News and Current Affairs in the Twentieth Century /
Chignell, H.author.
Based on original and previously unseen written and sound archives and interviews with former and current radio producers and presenters, Public Issue Radio addresses the controversial question of the political leanings of current affairs programmes, and asks if Analysis became an early platform for both Thatcherite and Blairite ideas.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Unintended Consequences - Radio News and Talks in the 1920s and 1930s; 2 News, Talks and the War; 3 Radio in Decline - 1945-1960; 4 The Reinvention of Radio - The 1960s; 5 The Serious Decade - Radio in the 1970s; 6 The Sound of Breaking Glass - Commercial Radio; 7 The Critical Decade - Radio in the 1980s; 8 The Age of Uncertainty - Radio in the 1990s; Conclusion; Glossary of Names; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on original and previously unseen written and sound archives and interviews with former and current radio producers and presenters, Public Issue Radio addresses the controversial question of the political leanings of current affairs programmes, and asks if Analysis became an early platform for both Thatcherite and Blairite ideas.
Journalism.
Communication.
Music.
Intellectual life-History.
Performing arts.
Journalism.
Media Studies.
Music.
Intellectual Studies.
Communication Studies.
Performing Arts.