Hello, Everybody! The Dawn of American Radio

Name: Hello, Everybody! The Dawn of American Radio
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ISBN: 9780151012756

ISBN-10: 015101275X

ISBN-13: 9780151012756

Edition: 2008

Authors: Anthony J. Rudel

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Long before the internet, another young technology was transformed--with help from a colorful collection of eccentrics and visionaries--into a mass medium with the power to connect millions. When amateur enthusiasts began sending fuzzy signals from their garages and rooftops, radio broadcasting was born. Sensing the medium's potential, snake-oil salesmen and preachers took to the air to market their wares to credulous audiences, at once setting early standards for radio programming and making bedlam of the airwaves. Into the chaos stepped a young secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover, whose passion for organization guided the technology's growth. When a charismatic bandleader named Rudy…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 10/6/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English