ABSTRACT

Includes interviews with such well known personalities as Walter Cronkite, Dick Clark, Steve Allen, Art Linkletter, Paul Harvey, Howard K. Smith, Ed McMahon, Bruce Morrow, as well as more than fifty other individuals who were or continue to be actively involved in radio.

part I|52 pages

The War Ends and the Picture Begins

chapter 1|7 pages

The Quiet After and Before

Radio's Victory and Short Peace

chapter 2|7 pages

Assault of the Infant

Television Takes Over the Living Room

chapter 3|6 pages

Together... but Separate

When the Two Worked as One

chapter 4|9 pages

The Word Is the Thing

The Substance of Sound

chapter 5|6 pages

In Mourning and Evening

"The Way It Was" Radio

chapter 6|15 pages

Reinventing Itself

A Winning Formula Is Found

part II|48 pages

The Second Coming of Radio

chapter 7|9 pages

Home of the Hits

Going to the Top 40

chapter 8|6 pages

Airy Personas

New Legends of the Ol' Airwaves

chapter 9|7 pages

At the Top of the Hour

And Now the News

chapter 10|10 pages

Chatter That Matters

Words Without Music

chapter 11|7 pages

The Good Air

As a Public Trustee

chapter 12|7 pages

The Bad Air

Those Tuneout Factors

part III|49 pages

The Times and Bands Are A-Changin'

chapter 13|6 pages

People's Radio

A Medium for Everyone

chapter 14|6 pages

Under Suspicion

Behind Every Set

chapter 15|14 pages

Equality for Some

A White Man's Medium

chapter 16|6 pages

Descent from Dominance

AM's Fall from Grace

chapter 17|9 pages

Ascent of Fidelity

FM's Rise to Power

chapter 18|6 pages

Shock Waves

Polluting the Air

part IV|58 pages

Into the New Millennium

chapter 19|8 pages

Business by the Book

Impressions Count

chapter 20|9 pages

Going Public

Noncommercial Radio

chapter 21|8 pages

Turn of the Screw

Tubes and Wires in a Box

chapter 22|8 pages

Hoarding the Air

Stations in the Fold

chapter 23|9 pages

In the Air Ahead

The Future of Radio

chapter 24|14 pages

Seems Radio Is Here to Stay by Norman Corwin

A Play for Broadcast