 A History of Broadcasting in the United States
ISBN: 978-1-4051-2281-8
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376 pages
April 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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Preface: Why a History of Broadcasting in the USA?.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Broadcasting’s Beginning: The Big Bang.
Part I: The Network Radio Era, 1921–1950.
1. Industrial Innovation and Diffusion: The Radio Networks.
2. Radio’s Social, Cultural, and Political Impact: The First Mass Medium.
3. The Development of a New Aesthetic: Sounds.
Part II: Transition, 1945–1957.
4. TV Replaces Radio in the Living Room.
5. Radio Reinvents Itself: Top 40 and Beyond.
Part III: Network Television Dominates, 1958–1982.
6. CBS, NBC, and ABC Covering the USA.
7. Network TV’s Social, Cultural, and Political Impact.
8. The Genre Machine: From Maverick to M*A*S*H.
Part IV: Contemporary History, 1982–1996.
9. Radio: The FM Era.
10. Television: Remote Control Paradise.
Epilogue: Still a Broadcasting Nation: 1996 and into the Future.
Appendix: Sorry, Wrong Number.
Index
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