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100 1  Cox, Jim,|d1939-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n99028522 
245 10 American radio networks :|ba history /|cJim Cox. 
264  1 Jefferson, N.C. :|bMcFarland & Co.,|c[2009] 
264  4 |c©2009 
300    vii, 228 pages :|billustrations ;|c26 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and 
       index. 
505 0  The net rewards of radioland: with the twist of a wrist --
       The proceeds of experimentation: getting ready to play for
       real -- National Broadcasting Company: the house that 
       Sarnoff built -- Columbia Broadcasting System: the house 
       that Paley built -- Mutual Broadcasting System: the 
       network for all America -- American Broadcasting Company: 
       a nobleman's dream -- The regional hookups: local radio 
       gone wide -- Washington watchdogs: safeguarding the 
       airwaves -- Remuneration: the hardest nut to crack -- Czar
       wars: the empire-builders fight back -- Halcyon days: a 
       showtime sampler -- Sight radio: no renaissance for 
       imagination -- The spinmeisters: rancor among the ranks --
       Raconteurial resurgence: the spielers have their say -- 
       Epilogue: when you wish upon a star. 
520    "This history encompasses the four transcontinental webs 
       that operated during the pre-television Golden Age, plus 
       local and regional hookups, developments that have 
       occurred in the decades since including the impact of 
       television, rise of the disc jockey, rise of talk radio 
       and other specialized formatting, implications of 
       satellite technology and consolidation of networks and 
       local stations."--Provided by publisher. 
650  0 Radio broadcasting|zUnited States|xHistory.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008110393 
650  7 Radio broadcasting.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       1087224 
650  7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155
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