A History of Broadcasting in the United States: Volume 1: A Tower of Babel: To 1933Tells how radio and television became an integral part of American life, of how a toy became an industry and a force in politics, business, education, religion, and international affairs. |
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DEAR DEAR FRIENDS | 162 |
CRISIS IN THE AIR | 172 |
4 WEB | 189 |
UPSTART | 193 |
A LAW IS MADE | 195 |
THE COOLIDGE HOUR | 202 |
BIRTH OF THE FRC | 211 |
PLUCK AND LUCK | 219 |
| 41 | |
CLOAK AND DAGGER WIRELESS | 50 |
GOLDEN SUNSET | 52 |
WATCHING THE RAMPARTS | 57 |
COVENANTS QUIETLY ARRIVED AT | 58 |
FERMENT | 61 |
DECISION IN PITTSBURGH | 64 |
3 TOWERS | 75 |
UP A LADDER IN NEWARK | 83 |
CHICAGO CITY OF OPERA | 88 |
THE EUPHORIA OF 1922 | 91 |
PHONE BOOTH OF THE AIR | 105 |
DISCORD | 114 |
SHADE OF THE POTTED PALM | 125 |
192324 | 135 |
WASHINGTON GIFTS | 160 |
AINT DAT SUMPIN? | 224 |
UPWARD | 231 |
5 PANIC | 235 |
BUT FIRST | 237 |
COME IN WORLD | 245 |
GHOSTS | 253 |
ARENA | 257 |
NOVEMBER DEADLINE | 266 |
GOD AND MAMMON | 269 |
CHAT | 283 |
APPENDIX A CHRONOLOGY | 287 |
APPENDIX B LAWS | 291 |
The Radio Act of 1927 | 300 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 317 |
INDEX | 329 |
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A History of Broadcasting in the United States: 1. A Tower of Babel: to 1933 Erik Barnouw Vista previa limitada - 1966 |
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Página 167 - Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Página 309 - If any licensee shall permit any person who is a legally qualified candidate for any public office to use a broadcasting station, he shall afford equal opportunities to all other such candidates for that office in the use of such broadcasting station...
Página 78 - a plan of development which would make radio a 'household utility' in the same sense as the piano or phonograph. . . . The idea is to bring music into the house by wireless. . . . "The receiver can be designed in the form of a simple 'Radio Music Box...
Página 309 - ... agent, or otherwise, in the business of transmitting and/or receiving for hire messages by any cable, wire, telegraph, or telephone line or system (a) between any place in any State, Territory, or possession of the United States or in the District of Columbia, and any place in any other State, Territory, or possession of the United States; or (b) between any place in any State...
Página 3 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Página 9 - I have spoken will easily pierce such mediums, which to them will be transparent. Here, then, is revealed the bewildering possibility of telegraphy without wires, posts, cables, or any of our present costly appliances.
Página 303 - If upon examination of any application for a station license or for the renewal or modification of a station license the Commission shall determine that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by the granting thereof, it shall authorize the issuance, renewal, or modification thereof in accordance with said finding. In the event the Commission...
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| Título | A History of Broadcasting in the United States: Volume 1: A Tower of Babel: To 1933 |
| Autor | Erik Barnouw |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | Oxford University Press, 1966 |
| ISBN | 0198020031, 9780198020035 |
| Largo | 352 páginas |
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