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Author VanCour, Shawn

Title Making Radio : Early Radio Production and the Rise of Modern Sound Culture
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (257 pages)
Contents Cover; Half title; Making Radio; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Making Radio: â#x80;#x8B;A Production-â#x80;#x8B;Oriented Approach to Early Broadcasting; 1. Making Radio Time: Managing Broadcastingâ#x80;#x99;s Sonic Flows; 2. Making Radio Genres: Radiogénie as a Force in Early Program Development; 3. Making Radio Music: Creating the Radio Sound; 4. Making Radio Drama: Creating Sound Fictions; 5. Making Radio Talk: Taming Electric Speech; Conclusion: Mediamaking and the Making of Media Labor; Appendix: A Note on Sources; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Long before the network era, radio writers and programmers developed methods and performance styles that were grounded in emerging audio technologies. Making Radio reveals radio as the missing link in the history of modern sound culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Radio broadcasting -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Radio broadcasting -- Aesthetics.
Radio broadcasting -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Mass media -- Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Mass media -- Technological innovations
Popular culture
Radio broadcasting
Radio broadcasting -- Aesthetics
Radio broadcasting -- Social aspects
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780190497125
0190497122
9780190497149
0190497149