More than 75 essays—many freshly composed by Mumia with the cartridge of a ball-point pen, the only implement he is allowed in his death-row cell—embody the calm and powerful words of humanity spoken by a man on Death Row. Abu-Jamal writes on many different topics, including the ironies that abound within the U.S. prison system and the consequences of those ironies, and his own case. Mumia's composure, humor, and connection to the living world around him represents an irrefutable victory over th...
Roosevelt was the first politician to recognize the power of radio, his speeches and fireside chats were broadcast over networks only recently equipped with newsrooms, allowing listeners to learn of events immediately. The full power of the medium was demonstrated by the young Orson Welles' War of the Worlds, which caused widespread panic.
'London Calling Italy offers an expertly researched, thought-provoking analysis of BBC propaganda for Italy during the Second World War, exploring how programmes were put together and what listeners made of them. It will surely become the key work on this topic.' Simon Potter, Professor of Modern History at the University of BristolLondon calling Italy is a book about Radio Londra, as the BBC Italian Service was known in Italy, and the company’s development as a global leader in the broadcas...
Radio Canada International probes the policies of Canadian shortwave broadcasting -- the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's International Service and Radio Canada International -- from 1945 to 1985 to determine mine why and how this voice of a middle power, broadcast to a world radio audience. Hall explains why Radio Canada International's shortwave service persisted despite the absence of documentable impact and despite challenges its legitimacy as the voice of Canada.
From Neville Chamberlain's historic declaration of war on Germany in 1939 to the sounds of rejoicing crowds on VJ Day in August 1945, the BBC - regarded at home and abroad as the very voice of Britain and the world's most trusted broadcaster - brought the full picture to an attentive nation. This unique chronicle of war has the same rawness and immediacy as when the recordings were first broadcast over 60 years ago. It is both a testament to the BBC War Correspondents and a rare document in hist...
During the anxiety-laden period from the Great Depression through World War II to the Cold War, Americans found a welcome escape in the new medium of radio. Throughout radio's "Golden Age," religious broadcasting in particular contributed significantly to American culture. Yet its historic role often has been overlooked. In Ministers of a New Medium, Kirk D. Farney explores the work of two groundbreaking leaders in religious broadcasting: Fulton J. Sheen and Walter A. Maier. These clergymen and...
This volume, organized according to the Gregorian calendar, offers an overview of the developments that have significantly affected American network radio since its inception in the mid - 1920s. For each day of the 366-day calendar, there are three major categories of information that may be included: the occasions, practices, or decisions which left indelible marks on broadcasting (listed by date of occurrence); the programming that filled the airwaves (listed by date of debut and/or cancellati...
Economics of the Radio Industry (History of Broadcasting: Radio to Television)
by Hiram L Jome
Sky Train collects 35 of McBurney's creative non-fiction pieces, in which Isaac Brock, steam trains, ghost soldiers, and lost loves all find a home.