American radio networks
Subtitle: a history
By: Jim Cox.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786441921
Subjects: Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History
Description: "This history encompasses the four transcontinental webs that operated during the pre-television Golden Age, plus local and regional hookups, developments that have occurred in the decades since including the impact of television, rise of the disc jockey, rise of talk radio and other specialized formatting, implications of satellite technology and consolidation of networks and local stations."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The net rewards of radioland: with the twist of a wrist; title: The proceeds of experimentation: getting ready to play for real; title: National Broadcasting Company: the house that Sarnoff built; title: Columbia Broadcasting System: the house that Paley built; title: Mutual Broadcasting System: the network for all America; title: American Broadcasting Company: noble aims, enduring effects; title: The regional hookups: local radio gone wide; title: Washington watchdogs: safeguarding the airwaves; title: Remuneration: the hardest nut to crack; title: Czar wars: the empire-builders fight back; title: Halcyon days: a showtime sampler; title: Sight radio: no renaissance for imagination; title: The spinmeisters: rancor among the ranks; title: Raconteurial resurgence: the spielers have their say; title: Epilogue: when you wish upon a star.