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Campbell, Laurence R.; Heath, Harry E. Jr.; and Johnson, Ray V. A Guide to Radio-TV Writing. Ames, Ia., Iowa State College Press, 1950.

A workbook-syllabus for teachers, students, and professional workers interested in news, specialized information, continuity writing, and

surveys.

and Wolseley, Roland E. Newsmen At Work. Cambridge, Mass., The Riverside Press, 1949.

A textbook for those wishing to gather and write news for any medium of mass communication.

Cantril, Hadley. The Invasion From Mars. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1940.

Based on the Orson Welles' broadcast of the same name. A study on the psychology of panic.

Carlisle, John S. Production and DiNew rection of Radio Programs. York, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1939. The book is comprehensive and authoritative. Parts of it are a little advanced for beginners. Charnley, Mitchell V. News By Radio. New York, The MacMillan Co., 1948. A text in which are described the special practices, principles, and characteristics of radio news and an evaluation of them in the light of their effectiveness or their failure. Chase, Gilbert. Music in Radio Broadcasting. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1946.

A collection of articles on the planning, production, and broadcasting of musical pro

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A handbook for actors, as well as a workbook for students. Includes detailed explanations of audition procedure, language of radio, and actual scripts.

Cowgill, Rome. Fundamentals of Writing for Radio. New York, Rinehart & Co., Inc., 1949.

An intensive text stressing the importance of a sound understanding of the broadcasting medium in learning to write for radio. Contains abundance of illustrative material for guidance in writing, program planning, production, and marketing.

Cowgill, Rome. See Kingson-Radio Drama Acting and Production. Creamer, Joseph, and Hoffman, William B. Radio Sound Effects. New York, Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 1945.

General nature of sound effects, control room signals, and a glossary of radio terms. Radio Production Directing. New York, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1944.

Crews, Albert.

The first textbook in a series resulting from the Summer Radio Institutes launched cooperatively in 1941 by Northwestern University and the National Broadcasting Company. Written as a guide for professional training for careers in radio broadcasting.

Professional Radio Writing. New York, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1946.

An analysis of radio writing for all types of markets and listeners. A glossary of terms and assignments for student practice are included.

Dimond, S. A. See Gould-Training the Local Announcer.

Duerr, Edwin. Radio and Television Acting. New York, Rinehart & Co., Inc., 1950.

A general critique on acting as a profession with procedures for the studio mechanics of acting before a microphone or performing before cameras.

Ewbank, H. L. and Lawton, Sherman. Projects for Radio Speech. New York, Harper & Bros., 1940.

A manual for use of students in putting on and judging radio programs of all types.

Broadcasting: Radio and Television. New York, Harper & Bros., 1952.

A basic text well adapted for teaching about radio and television, from background and history through specifics for preparing and producing programs.

Faulkner, Nancy.

Reckoning With Radio. New York Assoc. of Jr. Leagues of America, 1949.

A guide for the production and promotion of radio programs by local organizations. Intended primarily as guide for League members, but offers practical suggestions for others. Floherty, John J. Behind the Microphone. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1944.

Deals with such items as radio broadcasting history, sound effects, network operation, and contains several biographies of radio personalities.

French, Florence F., Levenson, William B., and Rockwell, Vera C. Radio English. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1952.

A high-school and junior college text for radio English and radio workshop groups. Deals with various aspects of programing and includes a play for radio production. Part V deals with television programing.

Garrison, Garnet R. See Chester-Ra

dio and Television-An Introduction. Gould, S. B. and Dimond, S. A. Training the Local Announcer. New York, Longmans, Green & Co., Inc., 1950.

A practical text pointing up the every day problems of the local announcer and his place in the daily operation of a station. Exercise material covering wide range of announcer's duties also included.

Greet, W. Cabell. World Words: Recommended Pronunciations. New York, Columbia University Press, 1944.

Gives pronunciations for about 10,000 names and words in various languages.

Heath, Harry E., Jr. See CampbellA Guide to Radio-TV Writing. Henneke, Ben G. The Radio Announcer's Handbook. New York, Rinehart & Co., Inc., 1948.

Designed to teach speech students the rudiments of radio announcing. Exercises are included along with drill material.

Herendeen, Jane Effie. Speech Quality and Interpretation. New York, Harper and Bros., 1946.

A study of the three essentials of speech education-theory, method, and material.

Herman, Lewis and Shallet, Marguerite. Manual of Foreign Dialects. New York, Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 1943. This manual contains 30 of the principal foreign dialects of the various national groups, with characteristic studies, speech peculiarities, and examples of the dialects in easily rendered phonetic monologs.

Manual of American Dialects for Radio, Stage, Screen, and Television. Chicago, Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 1947.

An authentic source for the dialect enthusiast. Contains 30 foreign dialects with character studies, speech peculiarities, and examples of phonetic monologs.

Hill, Frank Ernest. Student Groups at the Microphone. New York, Columbia Broadcasting System, 1943.

Contains helpful suggestions on how to form and train discussion groups, organize the discussion, and perform before the microphone. Hoffman, William B. See CreamerRadio Sound Effects.

Hoffman, William G., and Rogers, Ralph L. Effective Radio Speaking. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1944. Under the headings psychology, strategy, or ganization, language, writing, and reading of a radio speech, practical pointers are given to help overcome mike fright and add color and interest in the delivery of an effective radio speech.

Hotaling, Burton L. A Manual of Radio News Writing. Milwaukee, Wis., The Milwaukee Journal, 1947.

Discusses various types of radio news from writing to editing.

Inman, Elinor. See Parker-Religious Radio.

Is Your Hat In The Ring?

Washing

ton, D. C., The National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters, 1952.

A pamphlet written for the public speaker.

Jennings, George, ed. The Radio Workshop in the High School. Chicago, 1941 edition.

A teacher's guide for developing a radio workshop, with emphasis on radio speech and writing.

Johnson, Gertrude E. See Lowrey Lewis, Dorothy, and McFadden, DorInterpretive Reading.

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Kilmer, Bill.

Announcing for Radio. Des Moines, Iowa, Sarcone Publishing Co., 1947.

A basic guide for student announcers. Krulevitch, Walter, and Cowgill, Rome. Radio Drama Production. New York, Rinehart & Co., 1946.

A handbook for the average classroom workshop giving background of production theory. Contains scripts with exercises for developing skill in elements of radio drama production.

Kingson, Walter Krulevitch and Cowgill, Rome. Radio Drama Acting and Production. New York, 1950. A new edition of the handbook described above, with an added text on the fundamentals of radio acting as well as exercise material. La Prade, Ernest. Broadcasting Music. New York, Rinehart & Co., 1947.

An explanation of the entire process of broadcasting music, from the planning of the program to its production in the studio.

Lawrence, Jerome. ed. Off Mike. New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, Inc., 1944.

A book on radio writing by some of the Nation's top radio writers.

Lawton, Sherman P. See Ewbank
Projects for Radio Speech.

See Ewbank. Broadcasting:
Radio and Television.

Levenson, William B. See French Radio English.

othy L. Program Patterns for Young
Radio Listeners. Washington, D. C.,
National Association of Radio and
Television Broadcasters, 1945.

Children's programs currently on the air are described in order to give a Nation-wide picture, as well as to serve as patterns for program ideas.

Lowrey, Sara and Johnson, Gertrude E. Interpretive Reading. New York, D. Appleton-Century Co., Inc., 1942.

Techniques of oral reading are explored by two speech teachers. Includes helpful and practical advice on the use of oral reading as a radio device. At least half of the volume is devoted to practice material.

Mackey, David R. Drama on the Air. New York, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1951. A text which integrates the three main facets of radio dramatic presentation-script, production, and acting, with emphasis on acting. Includes 4 complete scripts and 25 complete scenes for exercise material.

Martin, John T. W.,
Katherine.

and Seymour, Practical Radio Writing. New York, Longmans, Green & Co., 1938.

The technique of writing for the listening audience is explained simply and concisely with examples to illustrate important points. Every type of radio program is discussed and its component parts analyzed. Ten successful scripts are reproduced.

McFadden, Dorothy L. See LewisProgram Patterns for Young Radio Listeners.

McGill, Earl. Radio Directing. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1940.

A comprehensive text on radio production. Contains maps, floor plans of studios, and photos of actual broadcasts.

Mosse, Baskett. Radio News Handbook. Evanston, Ill., Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, 1947.

A concise handbook intended as a guide in the preparation and production of news programs with added information on radio sign language, glossary of radio terms, and a sample script.

Nagler, Frank. Writing for Radio. New York, Ronald Press Co., 1938.

Contains specimen scripts of nationally advertised programs.

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Newsom, Phil. United Press Radio News Style Book. New York, United Press Association, 1943.

Intended especially for the newspaper writer who wants to adapt his style to radio. Parker, Everett C.; Inman, Elinor; and Snyder, Ross. Religious Radio: What to Do and How, New York, Harper & Bros., 1948.

A guide to religious radio broadcasting in which every phase, including method, technique, and philosophy are treated.

The Radio Amateur's Handbook. West Hartford, Conn., American Radio Relay League, 1948 to present.

A comprehensive treatment of the amateur short-wave field and of workshop practice. Each volume contains illustrations, charts and tables, as well as practical equations and formulas. Published annually.

Radio Program Production Aids. Washington, D. C. U. S. Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1948. Includes suggestions to school and professional groups for the production of educational radio programs, a glossary of terms used in the production of radio programs, and a handbook of sound effects.

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A brief history of the University of Chicago Round Table, with hints for round table broadcasters of some "do's" and "don't's" to remember when facing the microphone. Schroeder, Mary Agnes. Catholics, Meet the Mike. St. Louis, Mo., Queen's Work, 1944.

A radio workbook giving professional guidance to the amateur.

Seymour, Katherine. See Martin-Practical Radio Writing.

Shallet, Marguerite. See Herman
Manual of Foreign Dialects.
Sheats, Paul M. Forums on the Air.
Washington, D. C. Federal Radio
Education Committee, U. S. Office of
Education, 1939.

A survey of radio forums throughout the Nation, giving many combinations of techniques for forum operation.

Snyder, Ross. See Parker-Religious Radio.

Tobin, Richard L. News Style Book. New York, American Broadcasting Co., Inc., 1946.

A few do's and don't's on radio news writing and some specific word styles. Tooley, Howard. The Radio Handbook: Suggestions for the Radio Director and Technician. Minneapolis, Minn., Northwestern Press, 1943. Intended as a guide for directors of radio amateur clubs. Contains valuable hints for the technician and an illustrated glossary and suggestions for building a sound effects library. Turnbull, Robert B. Radio and Television Sound Effects. New York,

Rinehart & Co., Inc., 1951.

A comprehensive analysis of the part that sound plays in the radio and television drama, how it is affected by writing and production and some of the problems of the sound technician.

Wagner, P. H. Radio Journalism. Minneapolis, Minn., Burgess Publishing Co., 1940.

Technique of news broadcasting, written for the student.

Walker, E. Jerry. Religious Broadcasting: A Manual of Techniques. Washington, D. C. National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters, 1945.

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Harper & Bros., 1947.

An elementary text with diagrammatic illusLations to cover the vairous phases of radio news work.

Weaver, Luther. The Technique of Radio Writing. New York, PrenticeHall, Inc., 1948.

Textbook based on author's combined experiences in college teaching and in a large advertising agency. Scripts and excerpts of scripts are used as examples. Various types of programs are discussed in all phases, including music and sound effects and their place in a script.

Whipple, James. How to Write for Radio. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1938.

A discussion of the practical fundamentals of effective radio writing, with emphasis on the distinctive requirements of radio writing as opposed to other forms of writing. Covers the writing of dramatic scripts, interviews, commentaries, and children's programs, giving principles and techniques; presents and analyzes all or parts of 33 illustrative scripts from actual radio production.

White, Melvin R.

Beginning Radio Production. Minneapolis, Minn., The Northwestern Press, 1950.

A textbook for advanced high-school and beginning college students intended primarily

to develop basic knowledge and skills essential to the radio worker.

Microphone Technique for Radio Actors. Minneapolis, Minn., The Northwestern Press, 1950.

A brief and elementary handbook for the beginning radio actor.

White, Paul W. News on the Air. New York, Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1947.

An analysis of news gathering and preparation for broadcasting by one of radio's bestknown news writers.

Wiley, Max. Radio Writing. New York, Rinehart & Co., Inc., 1941.

Written by the one-time director of scripts and continuity of CBS, this volume deals with various types of scripts, and includes writing exercises and several chapters and analyses of students' work which should be valuable for the embryo radio writer.

Radio and Television Writing. New York, Rinehart & Co., Inc., 1950.

A greatly expanded revision of Mr. Wiley's first edition written in terms of developments of the past decade, not only in audience preferences but also in techniques.

Wise, Claude M. See Borchers-Modern Speech.

Zipf, W. H. See Bond-Radio Handbook for Extension Workers.

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