New York City's extraordinary radio history, much like the story of the city itself, is a tale of strivers, dreamers, and ingenious risk takers. New York City Radio presents an unprecedented visual history featuring many of these timeless characters, including radio inventors Lee De Forest and Maj. Edwin Armstrong; entrepreneurs and trailblazers David Sarnoff, William Paley, Bernice Judis, and Hal Jackson; beloved heroes Dan Ingram, Frankie Crocker, and Alison Steele; controversial antiheroes Don Imus, Bob Grant, and Howard Stern; and many others. New York City Radio tells the story of the inv... Read More
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New York City's extraordinary radio history, much like the story of the city itself, is a tale of strivers, dreamers, and ingenious risk takers. New York City Radio presents an unprecedented visual history featuring many of these timeless characters, including radio inventors Lee De Forest and Maj. Edwin Armstrong; entrepreneurs and trailblazers David Sarnoff, William Paley, Bernice Judis, and Hal Jackson; beloved heroes Dan Ingram, Frankie Crocker, and Alison Steele; controversial antiheroes Don Imus, Bob Grant, and Howard Stern; and many others. New York City Radio tells the story of the inv... Read More
New York City's extraordinary radio history, much like the story of the city itself, is a tale of strivers, dreamers, and ingenious risk takers. New York City Radio presents an unprecedented visual history featuring many of these timeless characters, including radio inventors Lee De Forest and Maj. Edwin Armstrong; entrepreneurs and trailblazers David Sarnoff, William Paley, Bernice Judis, and Hal Jackson; beloved heroes Dan Ingram, Frankie Crocker, and Alison Steele; controversial antiheroes Don Imus, Bob Grant, and Howard Stern; and many others. New York City Radio tells the story of the invention and perfection of the art of big-time, big-city radio broadcasting and the life and times of the most competitive, important, and exciting radio market in the country.
Details
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 15th April 2013
State: New York
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738598093
Format: Paperback
BISACs: PERFORMING ARTS / Radio / History & Criticism PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical PERFORMING ARTS / Radio / General HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Author Bio
Alec Cumming is a television producer at USA Network and serves as a history consultant for NBCUniversal. Peter Kanze is a broadcast historian and producer of WABC Rewound, a series of programs celebrating this radio station's legendary rock and roll past, and has worked at WHN, WARY, and the ABC Radio Network. A lifelong collector of broadcast memorabilia, Kanze culled many of the images in this book from his personal collection.
New York City's extraordinary radio history, much like the story of the city itself, is a tale of strivers, dreamers, and ingenious risk takers. New York City Radio presents an unprecedented visual history featuring many of these timeless characters, including radio inventors Lee De Forest and Maj. Edwin Armstrong; entrepreneurs and trailblazers David Sarnoff, William Paley, Bernice Judis, and Hal Jackson; beloved heroes Dan Ingram, Frankie Crocker, and Alison Steele; controversial antiheroes Don Imus, Bob Grant, and Howard Stern; and many others. New York City Radio tells the story of the invention and perfection of the art of big-time, big-city radio broadcasting and the life and times of the most competitive, important, and exciting radio market in the country.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of America
Publication Date: 15th April 2013
State: New York
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9780738598093
Format: Paperback
BISACs: PERFORMING ARTS / Radio / History & Criticism PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical PERFORMING ARTS / Radio / General HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Alec Cumming is a television producer at USA Network and serves as a history consultant for NBCUniversal. Peter Kanze is a broadcast historian and producer of WABC Rewound, a series of programs celebrating this radio station's legendary rock and roll past, and has worked at WHN, WARY, and the ABC Radio Network. A lifelong collector of broadcast memorabilia, Kanze culled many of the images in this book from his personal collection.
