This encyclopaedic work covers the performers and programming on American radio from its inception to its golden age. It includes entries for programmes, announcers, orchestras, musicians, vocalists, comedians, vocal groups, readers, whistlers, musical saw soloists, ministers, sports commentators, reviewers (of books, plays and movies), celebrities, and other personnel broadcasting over American radio from the 1920s to the 1960s. Additional entries cover commercial radio, educational broadcasting, firsts in radio history, opera on radio, religious broadcasting, sports broadcasting, women in radio, border radio, children's programmes, comedy on radio, crime shows and mysteries, daytime dramatic serials, and disc jockeys, among other topics.
- ISBN10 0786404523
- ISBN13 9780786404520
- Publish Date 1 March 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 November 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 768
- Language English