| Description |
ix, 535 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [506]-509) and index. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
Radio-free America -- Vaudio -- The Anticomedian -- Nesting instincts -- Treadmill to posterity -- Wise guys finish first -- Jokes, inc. -- For your listening and dancing pleasure -- The Children's hour -- Saddle sore -- Valued families -- No WASPs need apply -- We'll be back right after these words -- A voice of another color -- Radio noir -- cops and grave robbers -- Minds over matter -- Just folks -- The soap factory -- The royal family -- Meet the press -- Best seats in the house -- Crunch, creak, crash, whoosh, wham, and whoo-oooo -- The unseen audience -- We're a little late, folks, so good night. |
| Subject |
Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History.
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| ISBN |
037540287X |
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9780375402876 |
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