Transmitting the past : historical and cultural perspectives on broadcasting
Title:
Transmitting the past : historical and cultural perspectives on broadcasting
JLCTITLE245:
edited by J. Emmett Winn and Susan L. Brinson.
Publication Information:
Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, ©2005.
Physical Description:
viii, 252 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780817314538
9780817351755
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-243) and index.
Contents:
From Marconi to Cop Rock : an introduction to broadcasting history / Susan L. Brinson -- Radio Mars : the transformation of Marconi's popular image, 1919-1922 / Michael Brown -- Davis Amendment and the federal Radio Act of 1927 : evaluating external pressures in policy making / Fritz Messere -- Wrestling with corporate identity : defining television programming strategy at NBC, 1945-1950 / Chad Dell -- Importance of colorization of motion pictures and syndicated television programs to broadcasting, 1985-1990 / Douglas Ferguson -- WAPI : entertainment and sports broadcasting at an educational radio station in the 1920s / Samuel J. Brumbeloe and J. Emmett Winn -- Femmes boff program toppers : women break into prime time, 1943-1948 / Michele Hilmes -- Space and the speed of sound : mobile media, 1950s broadcasting, and suburbia / Matthew A. Killmeier -- Cop Rock reconsidered : formula, fragments, failure, and foreshadowing in genre evolution / George Plasketes -- Sex, society, and double standards in Cheers / Heather Hundley.