Talking Radio: An Oral History of American Radio in the Television Age: An Oral History of American Radio in the Television AgeIncludes interviews with such well known personalities as Walter Cronkite, Dick Clark, Steve Allen, Art Linkletter, Paul Harvey, Howard K. Smith, Ed McMahon, Bruce Morrow, as well as more than fifty other individuals who were or continue to be actively involved in radio. |
Contents
When the Two Worked as | |
The Substance of Sound | |
The Way It Was Radio | |
A Medium for Everyone | |
Behind Every | |
A White Mans Medium | |
AMs Fall from Grace | |
FMs Rise to Power | |
Polluting the | |
Into the New Millennium | |
Impressions Count | |
A Winning Formula Is Found | |
The Second Coming of Radio | |
Going to the Top 40 | |
New Legends of the Ol Airwaves | |
And Now the News | |
Words Without Music | |
As a Public Trustee | |
Those Tuneout Factors | |
The Times and Bands Are AChangin | |
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