Author: Tom KneitelPublisher: C R B Research Books, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Radio Station Treasury, 1900-1946
Author: Tom KneitelPublisher: C R B Research Books, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Radio 3-Volume Set
Author: Christopher H. SterlingPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135456496
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 2848
Book Description
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.
Routledge Revivals: Radio Broadcasting from 1920 to 1990 (1991)
Author: Diane Foxhill CarothersPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351983881
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
First published in 1991, this book presents a comprehensive annotated bibliography of radio broadcasting. Its eleven chapter-categories cover almost the entire range of radio broadcasting — with the exception of radio engineering due to its technical complexity although some of the historical volumes do encompass aspects, thus providing background material. Entries are primarily restricted to published books although a number of trade journals and periodicals are also included. Each entry includes full bibliographic information, including the ISBN or ISSN where available, and an annotation written by the author with the original text in hand.
The Early Shortwave Stations
Author: Jerome S. BergPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786474114
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
In July 1923, less than three years after Westinghouse station KDKA signed on, company engineer Frank Conrad began regular simulcasting of its programs on a frequency in the newly-discovered shortwave range. It was an important event in a technological revolution that would make dependable worldwide radio communication possible for the first time. In subsequent years, countless stations in practically all countries followed suit, taking to shortwave to extend reception domestically or reach audiences thousands of miles away. Shortwave broadcasting would also have an important role in World War II and in the Cold War. In this, his fourth book on shortwave broadcast history, the author revisits the period of his earlier work, On the Short Waves, 1923-1945, and focuses on the stations that were on the air in those early days. The year-by-year account chronicles the birth and operation of the large international broadcasters, as well as the numerous smaller stations that were a great attraction to the DXers, or long-distance radio enthusiasts, of the time. With more than 100 illustrations and extensive notes, bibliography and index, the book is also a valuable starting point for further study and research.
Power, Speed, and Form
Author: David P. BillingtonPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691242402
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Power, Speed, and Form is the first accessible account of the engineering behind eight breakthrough innovations that transformed American life from 1876 to 1939—the telephone, electric power, oil refining, the automobile, the airplane, radio, the long-span steel bridge, and building with reinforced concrete. Beginning with Thomas Edison's system to generate and distribute electric power, the authors explain the Bell telephone, the oil refining processes of William Burton and Eugene Houdry, Henry Ford's Model T car and the response by General Motors, the Wright brothers' airplane, radio innovations from Marconi to Armstrong, Othmar Ammann's George Washington Bridge, the reinforced concrete structures of John Eastwood and Anton Tedesko, and in the 1930s, the Chrysler Airflow car and the Douglas DC-3 airplane. These innovations used simple numerical ideas, which the Billingtons integrate with short narrative accounts of each breakthrough—a unique and effective way to introduce engineering and how engineers think. The book shows how the best engineering exemplifies efficiency, economy and, where possible, elegance. With Power, Speed, and Form, educators, first-year engineering students, liberal arts students, and general readers now have, for the first time in one volume, an accessible and readable history of engineering achievements that were vital to America's development and that are still the foundations of modern life.
Preliminary Inventory of the General Records of the Treasury Department, Record Group 56
Author: United States. National Archives and Records ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Radio
Author: Museum of Broadcast CommunicationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
"A premise of this unique encyclopedia is that radio broadcasting is so pervasive that its importance can be easily overlooked. More than 600 articles provide ample illustration of the role this medium plays throughout the world. From radio's invention to radio on the Internet, the cross-referenced and thoroughly indexed articles analyze over 100 years of topics, programs, issues, people, and places, and provide leads to further reading. Some 250 photographs "give visual context to an often unseen world." Scholars, old-time-radio admirers, and curious readers will appreciate the unparalleled comprehensiveness of this source."--"The Top 20 Reference Titles of the Year," American Libraries, May 2004.
Fred Terman at Stanford
Author: C. Stewart GillmorPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804749145
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Terman was widely hailed as the magnet that drew talent together into what became known as Silicon Valley."--BOOK JACKET.
The Rise of American Radio
Author: Christopher H. SterlingPublisher:
ISBN: 9780415422956
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
On the Short Waves, 1923-1945
Author: Jerome S. BergPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786405060
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
As radio developed in the early 1920s, the focus for most people was the AM band and stations such as KDKA, the first broadcast station. There was, however, another broadcast method that was popular among many early enthusiasts--shortwave radio. As is true today, the transmission of news and entertainment programs over shortwave frequencies permitted reception over great distances. For many in America and beyond, shortwave was an exciting aspect of the new medium. Some still tune the shortwave bands to enjoy the programming. Others pursue broadcasts for the thrill of the hunt. This book fully covers shortwave broadcasting from its beginning through World War II. A technical history examining the medium's development and use tells the story of a listener community that spanned the globe. Included are overviews of the primary shortwave stations operating worldwide in the 1930s, along with clubs and competitions, publications and prizes. A rich collection of illustrations includes many QSLs, the cards that stations sent to acknowledge receipt of their transmissions and that are much prized by long-distance collectors.