Television in America
Subtitle: local station history from across the nation
By: edited by Michael D. Murray and Donald G. Godfrey.
Contributors: Murray, Michael D.; Godfrey, Donald G.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Iowa State University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Ames
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Television broadcasting -- United States -- History; Television stations -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-406) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1: The Eastern establishment; title: Tackling the TV titans in their own backyard: WABC-TV, New York City / Craig Allen; title: The Hustler: WTNH-TV, New Haven / Margot Hardenbergh; title: Forgotten pioneer: Philco's WPTZ, Philadelphia / Michael Woal and Linda Kowall Woal; title: Capitalizing on the Capital: WMAL-TV / David Weinstein; title: pt. 2: Southern states; title: WSB-TV, Atlanta: the "Eyes of the South" / Ginger Rudseal Carter; title: "Foremost in service, best in entertainment": WHAS-TV, Louisville / John P. Ferré; title: WTVJ, Miami: Wolfson, Renick, and "May the good news be yours" / Fran Matera; title: A TV pioneer's crusade for civil rights in the segregated South: WFTV, Orlando, Florida / Linda M. Perry; title: The Nation's station: WLWT-TV, Cincinnati / Russell A. Jenisch and Yasue Kuwahara; title: A West Texan fulfills his dream: KDUB-TV, Lubbock / Jay A.R. Warren; title: pt. 3: The central heartland; title: First in education: WOI-TV, Ames, Iowa / Don Caristi; title: Pulitzer's prize: KSD-TV, St. Louis / Michael D. Murray; title: News in the heartland: WBBM-TV, Chicago / Marjorie Fox; title: News leader: WCCO-TV, Minneapolis / Mark Neuzil and David Nimmer; title: In the public interest: WEWS-TV, Cleveland / Mary E. Beadle; title: "In the heartland": WDAF-TV, Kansas City / William James Ryan; title: pt. 4: The Western frontier; title: The West coast's first television station: KCBS, Los Angeles / Steven C. Runyon; title: Paramount's KTLA: the leading station in early Los Angeles television / Mark Williams; title: KSL, Salt Lake City: "At the crossroads of the West" / Donald G. Godfrey, Val E. Limburg, and Herber G. Wolsey; title: San Francisco's first television station: KPIX / Steven C. Runyon; title: KING-TV, Seattle: King of the Northwest / Val E. Limburg; title: Alaska's television frontier: Northern Television, Inc., and the Augie Hiebert story / B. William Silcock