Gordon Mclendon

Author : Ronald Garay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1992-03-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780313066511

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Gordon McLendon by Ronald Garay Pdf

Students and others interested in radio history will be intrigued by this fast-paced biography of Gordon McLendon's career in the radio industry, touching also on his work in motion pictures and involvement in Texas politics. Following a glimpse into his childhood, education, and military career, Ronald Garay describes McLendon's station ownership and management in Palestine, Texas; the development of a major network, the Liberty Broadcasting System; his live and recreated baseball and football programs; and his skirmishes with the major league baseball establishment. Much attention is given to how McLendon re-invented radio and competed with television and print media through his Top 40 music hits, disc jockey programming, and the use of local news. Important concerns regarding station trafficking, editorializing, and public interests are considered as well in this extraordinary book.

Author : James R. Walker
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780803277434

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Crack of the Bat by James R. Walker Pdf

The crack of the bat on the radio is ingrained in the American mind as baseball takes center stage each summer. Radio has brought the sounds of baseball into homes for almost one hundred years, helping baseball emerge from the 1919 Black Sox scandal into the glorious World Series of the 1920s. The medium gave fans around the country aural access to the first All-Star Game, Lou Gehrig’s farewell speech, and Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ’Round the World.” Red Barber, Vin Scully, Harry Caray, Ernie Harwell, Bob Uecker, and dozens of other beloved announcers helped cement the love affair between radio and the national pastime. Crack of the Bat takes readers from the 1920s to the present, examining the role of baseball in the development of the radio industry and the complex coevolution of their relationship. James R. Walker provides a balanced, nuanced, and carefully documented look at radio and baseball over the past century, focusing on the interaction between team owners, local and national media, and government and business interests, with extensive coverage of the television and Internet ages, when baseball on the radio had to make critical adjustments to stay viable. Despite cable television’s ubiquity, live video streaming, and social media, radio remains an important medium through which fans engage with their teams. The evolving relationship between baseball and radio intersects with topics as varied as the twenty-year battle among owners to control radio, the development of sports as a valuable media product, and the impact of competing technologies on the broadcast medium. Amid these changes, the familiar sounds of the ball hitting the glove and the satisfying crack of the bat stay the same.

Author : Christopher H. Sterling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2848 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135456498

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Encyclopedia of Radio 3-Volume Set by Christopher H. Sterling Pdf

Produced in association with the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, the Encyclopedia of Radio includes more than 600 entries covering major countries and regions of the world as well as specific programs and people, networks and organizations, regulation and policies, audience research, and radio's technology. This encyclopedic work will be the first broadly conceived reference source on a medium that is now nearly eighty years old, with essays that provide essential information on the subject as well as comment on the significance of the particular person, organization, or topic being examined.

Author : Tony Silvia
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786430666

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Baseball Over the Air by Tony Silvia Pdf

This narrative contains the documentation and interpretation of two imaginative pastimes (radio and baseball) and illuminates each in a unique manner. It integrates radio and baseball historically, sociologically, and culturally using the common themes of imaginative expression. This book is a unique approach into the magic of radio's imaginative power. Broadcasting baseball on the radio has brought many millions of Americans an imaginative link to a game that is built upon recollections of athletic achievement that ring far truer in our "sweet imaginations." Through the use of our imaginations, we can see the game itself as more than just a game, but a gateway to an imaginative realm beyond the reality of everyday life.

Author : Christopher H. Sterling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136993756

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Biographical Encyclopedia of American Radio by Christopher H. Sterling Pdf

The Biographical Encyclopedia of American Radio presents the very best biographies of the internationally acclaimed three-volume Encyclopedia of Radio in a single volume. It includes more than 200 biographical entries on the most important and influential American radio personalities, writers, producers, directors, newscasters, and network executives. With 23 new biographies and updated entries throughout, this volume covers key figures from radio’s past and present including Glenn Beck, Jessie Blayton, Fred Friendly, Arthur Godfrey, Bob Hope, Don Imus, Rush Limbaugh, Ryan Seacrest, Laura Schlesinger, Red Skelton, Nina Totenberg, Walter Winchell, and many more. Scholarly but accessible, this encyclopedia provides an unrivaled guide to the voices behind radio for students and general readers alike.

Author : Christopher H. Sterling,Cary O'Dell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2383 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781135176839

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The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio by Christopher H. Sterling,Cary O'Dell Pdf

The average American listens to the radio three hours a day. In light of recent technological developments such as internet radio, some argue that the medium is facing a crisis, while others claim we are at the dawn of a new radio revolution. The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio is an essential single-volume reference guide to this vital and evolving medium. It brings together the best and most important entries from the three-volume Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio, edited by Christopher Sterling. Comprised of more than 300 entries spanning the invention of radio to the Internet, The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio addresses personalities, music genres, regulations, technology, programming and stations, the "golden age" of radio and other topics relating to radio broadcasting throughout its history. The entries are updated throughout and the volume includes nine new entries on topics ranging from podcasting to the decline of radio. The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio include suggestions for further reading as complements to most of the articles, biographical details for all person-entries, production credits for programs, and a comprehensive index.

Author : Bob Shannon
Publisher : Austrianmonk Publishing
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781615845453

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Turn It Up! American Radio Tales 1946-1996 by Bob Shannon Pdf

In Turn it Up!: American Radio Tales, 1946-1996, Bob Shannon ushers the reader behind the scenes of the lives of special radio people, most of whom are considered legends in an industry which has changed so dramatically in the past decade it's possible we will never see the likes of such individuals again in radio.

Author : Edward J. Gibbons
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781450205498

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by Edward J. Gibbons Pdf

The John F. Kennedy assassination has been described as the ultimate Cold War crime. And it is no wonder that more than eighty percent of the American public believe his death was the result of a complicated, sinister conspiracy. However, Seven Days in November 1963 is not a conspiracy book. It is based on historical facts and offers a fresh, in-depth interpretation of what really happened during seven crucial days in late November of 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald, President John F. Kennedy's cold-blooded assassin, and Jack Ruby, the man who shot and killed Oswald two days later, both had their own personal reasons for committing their crimes. In Seven Days in November 1963, author Edward J. Gibbons shows how blinding passion-mixed with misinformation and disinformation-led to the assassination and murder. Told from three perspectives-President Kennedy's, Oswald's, and Ruby's-Seven Days in November 1963 details each man's actions during those seven days and provides crucial historical background information to better understand the tensions of the Cold War and the attitudes and hatreds that led to each man's tragic death.

Author : Estados Unidos. President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCM:5317650915

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Hearings Before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy by Estados Unidos. President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy Pdf

Author : United States. Warren Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105060855892

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Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by United States. Warren Commission Pdf

Author : Susan Stafford
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781456874384

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Stop the Wheel, I Want to Get Off! by Susan Stafford Pdf

Author : U.S. Government,President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 11350 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : EAN:8596547720270

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The Warren Commission Report by U.S. Government,President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy Pdf

Warren Commission Report is the result of the investigation regarding the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. The U.S. Congress passed Senate Joint Resolution 137 authorizing the Presidential appointed Commission to report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, mandating the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence. After eleven months of the investigation the Commission presented its findings in 888-page final report. The key findings presented in this report were that President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, that Oswald acted entirely alone and that Jack Ruby also acted alone when he killed Oswald two days later. The Commission's findings have proven controversial and have been both challenged and supported by later studies.

Author : President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy - U.S. Government
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 11351 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : EAN:8596547718574

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The Warren Commission (Complete Edition) by President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy - U.S. Government Pdf

This book includes the Commission's report, which was based on the investigation, as well as all the supporting documents collected during the investigation, and the testimony or depositions of 552 witnesses. The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission, was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson through Executive Order 11130 on November 29, 1963 to investigate the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy that had taken place on November 22, 1963.

Author : President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy - U.S. Government
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 11348 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : EAN:8596547793755

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The Warren Commission: Investigation and Final Report by President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy - U.S. Government Pdf

The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission, was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson through Executive Order 11130 on November 29, 1963 to investigate the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy that had taken place on November 22, 1963. This book includes the Commission's report, which was based on the investigation, as well as all the supporting documents collected during the investigation, and the testimony or depositions of 552 witnesses.

Author : U.S. Government,President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 11350 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : EAN:8596547723004

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The Warren Commission Report: The Official Report on the Assassination of President Kennedy by U.S. Government,President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy Pdf

Warren Commission Report is the result of the investigation regarding the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. The U.S. Congress passed Senate Joint Resolution 137 authorizing the Presidential appointed Commission to report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, mandating the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence. After eleven months of the investigation the Commission presented its findings in 888-page final report. The key findings presented in this report were that President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, that Oswald acted entirely alone and that Jack Ruby also acted alone when he killed Oswald two days later. The Commission's findings have proven controversial and have been both challenged and supported by later studies.