Russo Points on the Dial

Golden Age Radio beyond the Networks
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9112-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 291 Seiten

A revisionist history of the golden age of radio reveals the diversity of production, distribution, and reception practices from the mid-1920s until the early 1950s.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Russo, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Radio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Narratives of Radio's Geographies 1

1. The Value of a Name: Defining and Redefining National Network Radio 17

2. "The Lord is my Shepard, I shall not want": Regional Networks as Sites of Community and Conflict 47

3. Brought to You via Electrical Transcription: Sound-in-Disc Recording and the Perceptual Aesthetics of Radio Distribution Technologies 77

4. On the Spot: The Spatial and Temporal Flow of Spot Broadcasting 115

5. People with Money and Go: Locating Attention in the Human Geography of Radio Reception 151

Conclusion: Open-End Game: The Legacy of Spots, Representatives, and Transcriptions 184

Notes 191

Bibliography 241

Index 257

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander Russo is Assistant Professor of Media Studies at The Catholic University of America.