Radio category: 327 books
Anatomy of Sound
Norman Corwin and Media Authorship
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
This collection examines the work of Norman Corwin—one of the most important, yet understudied, media authors of all time—as a critical lens to view the history of multimedia authorship and sound production. Known as the “poet laureate” of radio, Corwin is most famous for his radio dramas,...
Contact Sport
A Story of Champions, Airwaves, and a One-Day Race around the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
In the woods of Massachusetts, pairs of contestants huddle in tents filled with communications equipment. Their voices soar through the air, riding waves into the atmosphere, as they comb through static and noise for a response from the other side of the world. They’re searching for loot—in the...
Audio Production Worktext
Concepts, Techniques, and Equipment
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
Audio Production Worktext, 9th Edition provides readers the best introduction to audio and radio production. It shows how to navigate modern radio production studios and utilize the latest equipment and software. The 9th edition is updated to cover new mobile technologies, digital consoles,...
by Roland Proesch
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2018
This book is aimed to the shortwave listener, who is interested in digital signals. On more than 400 pages with many figures and tables the reader is introduced to the world of signal analysis. The book shall help a shortwave listener to identify digital radio signals. The different waveforms are...
Sex and Broadcasting
A Handbook on Starting a Radio Station for the Community
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
"A goldmine ... wiser and funnier than almost any book in the field … the richest account yet published of the ways in which broadcasting is experienced, by both listener and broadcaster ... this is a wonderful book." — The Times (London) Literary Supplement
Nominally a guide to starting...
by Lawrence Harte, Ben Levitan
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
This book covers satellite position location technology and how the GPS system has evolved. You will learn the functional parts of GPS systems, how they work together to provide position measurements that are accurate to within centimeters.
The operation of GPS is described including satellite...
Vic and Sade on the Radio
A Cultural History of Paul Rhymer's Daytime Series, 1932-1944
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Vic and Sade, an often absurd situation comedy written by the prolific Paul Rhymer, aired on America’s radios from 1932 to 1944 (with short-lived revivals afterward). The title characters, known as “radio’s home folks,” were a married couple exploring the comedic side of ordinary life along...
Underwriting 101
Selling College Radio
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
This media sales primer serves as a step-by-step manual to assist students in attaining sales proficiency and confidence. The author employs a practical, hands-on approach, enabling readers to develop valuable professional and interpersonal skills and to improve their options for obtaining sales positions....
by Michael J. Hayde
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2018
"A treasure trove for any fan of Dean and Jerry, packed with valuable information, behind-the-scenes stories, and a dizzying array of rare photos. I couldn't put this book down!"
– Leonard Maltin
Michael J. Hayde is the author of My Name's Friday: The Unauthorized But True...
King Arthur and Robin Hood on the Radio
Adaptations for American Listeners
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
Before stories of King Arthur and Robin Hood were adapted and readapted for film, television and theater, radio scriptwriters looking for material turned to Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur (1485) and Howard Pyle’s The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (1883). Throughout the 1930s to the mid–1950s,...
by Howard Stern
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
Rock stars and rap gods. Comedy legends and A-list actors. Supermodels and centerfolds. Moguls and mobsters. A president.
Over his unrivaled four-decade career in radio, Howard Stern has interviewed thousands of personalities—discussing sex, relationships, money, fame, spirituality, and success...
Permanently Suspended
The Rise and Fall... and Rise Again of Radio's Most Notorious Shock Jock
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
Today, Anthony Cumia is the co-host of the wildly popular “Anthony Cumia Show,” which live-streams to a huge following of paid subscribers; however, Anthony is most well-known from the legendary, nationally syndicated “Opie and Anthony Show.” Permanently Suspended is an all-access pass to...
All I Did Was Ask
Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
"I'm Terry Gross and this is Fresh Air . . ."
Now available in paperback--a selection of revealing interviews from the award-winning National Public Radio show
Originating from WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and heard on more than 450 NPR stations, Fresh Air with Terry Gross has become...
by Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Doc Savage is the prototype of the modern fictional superhero. The character exploded onto the scene in 1933, with the Great Depression and the gathering clouds of war as a cultural backdrop. The adventure series is examined in relation to historical events and the changing tastes of readers, with...