The Broadcast Century

by Hilliard, Robert L.; Keith, Michael C.

• ISBN13: 9780240802626
• ISBN10: 0240802624
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-02-01
• Publisher: Focal Pr

Summary

Now in paperback, The Broadcast Century, Second Edition is a popular history of the most influential and innovative industry of this century. The story of broadcasting is told in a direct and informal style, blending personal insight and authoritative scholarship to fully capture the many facets of this dynamic industry. The book vividly depicts the events, people, programs, and companies that made television and radio dominant forms of communication. Numerous personal retrospectives from leading figures in broadcasting, including Garrison Keillor, Julia Child, Norman Corwin, and Steve Allen add an intimate dimension to this eminently readable narrative, while a book-length, running time-line of world and media events and two hundred illustrations continually orient readers to periods and places. This second edition adds new information about the rapidly changing aspects of broadcasting in the 90s, making this the most up-to-date perspective on the media. New edition of an important text; now in paperback. 'Retroboxes'- personal retrospectives by dozens of renowned people in the history of broadcasting. Timeline running across every page compares, at a glance, broadcasting and broader historical events.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
In the Beginning Genesis to 1920	1	(20)
The Roaring 20s Promise, Chaos, and Controls	21	(40)
The Terrible 30s Profit Amid Depression	61	(30)
The Furious 40s War and Recovery-Full of Sound and Fury Signifying...Transition to TV	91	(34)
The Fearful 50s Broadcasting and Blacklisting-A Decade of Shame	125	(38)
The Soaring 60s Awakening, Rebellion, and the Moon	163	(34)
The Shifting 70s Q and A and Jiggle	197	(32)
The Techno-edged 80s Teflon, Tinsel, and Me	229	(30)
The 90s Toward a New Century	259	(40)
Further Reading	299	(4)
Index	303