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1 online resource |
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Includes index. |
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""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""I: The Early Years""; ""1 “She Wanted Pictures with Her Radio�""; ""2 “We Were Doing It the Hard Way�""; ""II: Building for the Future""; ""3 “Our Localness and Service Will Set Us Apart�""; ""4 “He Who Owns Production Owns the Client Relationship�""; ""5 “You Couldn�t Get a Dial Tone in Sandusky When That Call-in Show Was On�""; ""6 “We Spent the Money to Continue the Business�""; ""7 “We�ll Do Whatever We Can to Help Toledo Reach Its Full Potential�"" |
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""8 “They�re Leaders in Technology and Communications�""""III: What to Provide the Viewers, and at What Cost?""; ""9 “We Experimented with Everything. We Even Had a Fish Tank on Camera�""; ""10 “We Can Give Viewers Something They Won�t See Elsewhere�""; ""11 “Everybody Wanted to Be Part of the Excitement�""; ""12 “Their Demands Are Outrageous on Their Face�""; ""IV: The Future""; ""13 “Broadband Is the Business�""; ""Appendix""; ""Index"" |
| Summary |
Building Blocks is the history of Buckeye CableSystem. Buckeye is part of a family empire started in 1900 by the son of an immigrant in upstate New York. This book is a fascinating tale of the family's progression into the fourth generation and through the myriad of daily newspapers, radio and television stations, cablevision firms, a telephone company, a fiber-optic construction company, and other related communications and advertising firms which the family owns or has owned. This book shows some of the trials and tribulations faced by family members as they employ a nimble strategy to compe. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Buckeye CableSystem.
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Block Communications.
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Cable television -- Ohio -- History.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Media & Communications. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Telecommunications. |
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Cable television |
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Ohio https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJm4WtgDXCCr4dpk8PgYfq |
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History
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| ISBN |
9780761866251 (electronic bk.) |
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0761866256 (electronic bk.) |
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9780761866244 |
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