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Biography & Careers
The stories of the people who created and built the broadcast industry

History of Television
Books about TV's history from the 30's to the new Millennium

History of Radio
Books about the history of programming, operations and engineering

Radio Programming
(And Operations)
Books about station programming and operations.

Business
The business side of broadcasting:: management, sales and programming

Commentary
Opinions, critiques, forecasts and
theories about broadcasting

Ratings and research
Books and publications about radio and TV research and ratings

The Enjoyment of Radio And Television
Books about understanding and enjoying electronic media

The Listener Experience
How to listen, understanding technology, stars of radio and programs

Books: Textbooks for Broadcasting Courses

Education & Training
Books for students of radio & TV as a career.

Regulation & Legal
Government regulation, FCC rules and general outside factors affecting broadcasting.

Radio Research
and Ratings
Books about radio and media research.

News & Editorializing
Books about news gathering and reporting in the electronic media.

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Radio & TV Stations
Books about the history of stations and broadcasting groups.

Short Wave Radio
Books and booklets about shortwave and listener hobbies about this service.

Directory Collection
Directories from the 1930's to today
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Newest Additions

Empire William Paley & Making of CBS Pawper 1987	Fridays With Red Edwards 1993	Microphone Memoires Harris 1947	My Night People Gray 1975	Rambling with Gambling John Gambling 1972

			The Kansas Doctor Bonner 1976	The Roguish World of Doctor Brinkley Carson 1960

Father Charles E Coughlin Ward 1933	Out of Thin Air Frank 1991	David Brinkley A Memoir 1995	Banned from Public Radio Graham 1995	A Reporter's Life Cronkite 1996

A Life on the Road Kuralt 1990	Marconi 1974 Centenary Issue	Much Ado About Me Fred Allen 1956 Allen	Out of the Air Mary Margaret McBride 1960	Let's be Frank About It by Frank Blair 1979

Herbert W Armstrong Radio Church of God Martin 1968	John Logie Baird A Life Kamm Baird 2002	Sermons Soap and_Television John Logie Baird 1988	Oliver Lodge and the Invention of Radio Rowlahds 1994	Georgie Woods I'm Only a Man Spady 1992
A

Americans Hail Rush Limbaugh King Morris 1994	A Measure of the Man Henry Howell 1992	All The Sincerity in Hollywood Fred Allen 2001

All My Best Friends George Burns 1989	Armstrong's Fight for FM Broadcasting Erickson 1973	As it Happened William Paley 1979	The Art of Talk: Art Bell Bell 1998	As It Happened William Paley 1979
B

Back in A Moment Harley & June Fathers 2000	The Bob and Rady Show Elliott & Goulding 1983	The Boy with the U.S. Radio (A Novel) Rold Wheeler 1924	Big Beat Heat Alan Freed Jackson 1991	The Broadcasters Red Barber 1970

But That's Not What I Called About Hilly Rose 1978	Broadcasting Guest 1935	The Boy Who Invented Television Schatzkin 2007	Bix the Leon Biederbecke Story Evans 1998	Before the Colors Fade Reasoner 1981
C

Clark Weber's Rock and Roll Radio 1955 1975	The Camera Never Blinks Twice Rather 1994	Cincinnati's Powel Crosley Jr Rice 1976	Crosley McClure	Come Up to This Mountain Clarence Jones of HCJB Neely 1966

Cousin Brucie Bruce Morrow 1987	Clearing the Air Tom Joyner 1995
DEF

Doo Wop Cousin Brucie Morrow 2007	Did You Whittinghill This Morning Dick Whittinghill 1976	Don C Wallace W6AM Perkins 1991	The Education of a Broadcaster Bannister 1964	Did You Whittinghill This Morning 1976

Edward R. Morrow Vonier 1989	Don't Let Them Scare You Elmer Davis Burlingame 1961	Deadlines & Datelines Rather 1999	Did You Whittinghill This Moring Dick Whittinghill 1976	Donahue My Own Story Donahue 1979

Dorothy Stimson Bullitt Haley 1995
EF

(The) Funny Men Steve Allen 1956	Fred Allen His Life and Wit Taylor 1989	Fifty Years Behind the Microphone Les Keiter 1991	The Early Days of Wheeler and Hazeltine Corp Wheeler 1982	Fessenden Builder of Tomorrow Fessenden 1940

Feedback Charles Payne	Edwin Armstrong: Man of High Fidelity Lessing 1956	Fifty Fabulous Years H.V. Kaltenborn 1950	Edward R Murrow and the birth of broadcast Journalism Edwards	El Tigre Emilio Azcárraga Fernández Paxman 2000

Fessenden; Builder of Tomorrow 1940	Edward R Morrow Edwards 2004	Father Coughlin of the Shrine of the Little Flower Mugglebee 1933	Fridays With Red (Red Barber) Edwards 1993	Empire William Paley and the Making of CBS Paaper
Lee De Forest Biographies

Conqueror of Space: Lee DeForest Corneal 1930	Father of Radio Lee de Forest 1950	Electronics Pioneer: Lee DeForest Levine 1964	Father of Radio Autobiography of Lee de Forest - 1959	Lee de Forest Wollheim 1962
GHI

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Simon 1974	Great Radio Personalities Slide 1982	Great Radio Personalities Slide 1982 (1)	The Inventor of Stereo Blumlein Alexander 1999

Good Evening Everybody Lowell Thomas 1976	His Typewrite Grew Spurs Striker 1983	His Master's Voice Was Eldridge R Johnson Johnson 1974	George Burns the First 100 Years	Imus America's Cowboy Tracy 1999

Hi-Ho Steverino Steve Allen 1992	Hey Kemosabe! Dan Ingram By Chris Ingram	Gordon McLendon The Maverick of Radio Garay	Hoop of Hooperatings The story of C.E. Hooper Frank Nye 1957	Head Heart & Heel (Uncle Don) Treadwell-1958

I Looked and Listened Gross First Edition - 1954	I Looked And I listened 2nd Edition	Genius at Riverhead Harold Beverage Wallen 1988	Good Evening, Everybody Lowell Thomas 1976	Good Evening Raymond Swing 1964

In All His Glory William Paley Smith	The House that Jack Built: Hal Jackson	Hi-Ho Steverino Steve Allen 1992	I Was That Masked Man Moore 1988	In All His Glory William Paley Smith 1990
JKL

J Scott Smart The Fat Man by Laughlin 1994	Jack Benny from Museum of Television and Radio 1991

Ladies and Gentlemen Easy Aces Ace 1970	The Legacies of Edwin Howard Armstrong Radio Club of America 1990	Lone Ranger Fred Foy From XYZ to ABC	The Lives of_William Benton Hyman 1969	John Baird Moseley

The Last Great Days of Radio Woolley 1993	Lowell Thomas History as you heard it. 1957	Long John Nebel Bain - 1974	John Logie Baird and Television Hallett 1978	Jack Benny Mary L. Benny 1978
MNO

Memories The Autobiography of Ralph Emery 1991	Out of The Blue Crosby 1951	Making Waves 50 Greatest Women Duncan

Of Mikes and Men Smith 1948	Molly and Me Gertrude Berg 1961	Nothing on the Radio Murray 2002	Microphone Memoirs Harris 1937	My First 10,000,000 Sponsors Edwards 1956

Murray the K Tells it Like it Is - Murray Kaufman 1966	O. Wayne Rollins An Authorized Biography Rollins 1997	The Morrow Boys Cloud & Olson 1996	Of Mikes and Men Woodfin 1951	On The Air: Pioneers of American Broadcasting Henderson 1988

On the Air in World War II MacVane 1979	On the Radio: Harden & Weaver 1993	Maynard Speece 1981	Microphone Memoirs Harris 1937	On the Radio with Harden and Weaver 1983
Marconi Biographies

Marconi's Atlantic Leap Bussey 1999	Making Waves 50 Greatest Women Duncan AWRT 2002	Maynard Maynard Speece 1981	Guglielmo Marconi 1874- 1937 Geddes 1974

Marconi: Wireless on Cape Cod Whatley 1987	Guglielmo Marconi and Radio Parker 1994	Marconi and the Discovery of Wireless Reade 1963	Marconi My Beloved Marconi 1999	Signor Marconi's Magic Box Weightman 2003

Marconi: Father of Radio Gunston 1965	My Father, Marconi Degna Marconi 1962	Marconi Pioneer of Radio Douglas Coe 1961	Marconi; The Man and His Wireless. Dunlap 1937	Gugliermo Marconi Gunston 1970

Marconi W. P. Jolly 1972	Whisper in the Air Marconi: Canada Years MacLeod - 1996	Marconi's Battle for Radio Birch & Corfield 1996	Marconi 1956 - California Dept. of Education	Pioneer of Radio Coe 1943
PQR

Remember With Me Ruth Lyons 1969	Richard Dimbleby Broadcaster Miall 1966	Rock Roll and Remember Clark 1976	The PD Chronicles James 2001	Radio's First Voice Fressenden Raby 1970

Radio Waves on the FM Dial Jim Ladd -. 1991	Radio's 100 Men of Science Dunlap 1946	El Rey de la TV (the story of Goar Mestre) Pablo Sirvén 1996	Radio's 100 Men of Science Orrin Dunlap 1944	Playing in the FM Band Post 1974

Reginald Fressenden Radio's Forgotten Voice Webb	Pennsylvania Radio Charles Moore Undated	Radio's Beautiful Day Everett Mitchell Crabb 1984	Prime Time The Life of Edward R Murrow Kendrick - 1969	Radio Priest: Charles Coughlin Warren 1966

R. J. McElroy Neymyer 1997	P.S. Jack Parr Parr 1983	Removed by Author	Quivers A Life Robin Quivers 1995	The Rise of The Goldbergs Berg 1931
STU

Two Princes of Science Edison and Marconi Hudson 1908	Tinker in Television Tinker Rukeyser 1994	Sketches of Life Barnes 1932	The Story Man's First Writes Barkley 1998	The Secret Life of John Logie Baird 1986

Treadmill to Oblivion Fred Allen 1954	Same Time Same Station Lackman 1996	Salant CBS Battle for the Soul of Broadcast Journalism Salant 1999	Sunday Nights at Seven The Jack Benny Story 1990	The Storytellers Smith 1995

Spins and Needles Bill Mack 1970	This Was Radio A Personal Memoir Joseph Julian	Shrine of the Silver Dollar: Father Coughlin Spivak 1940	Ten Years Before the Mike Husing 1935	Tune in Tomorrow Mary Jane Higby 1968
Sarnoff Biographies

Putting Electrons to Work David Sarnoff. Tebbel - 1963	Looking Ahead David Sarnoff 1968	Time Magazine July 1951 Article about Sarnoff	David Sarnoff: Radio and TV Boy Myers 1972

The Wisdom of Sarnoff and the World of RCA Gutterman 1968	David Sarnoff Lyons 1966	David Sarnoff: Radio and TV Boy Myers - 1972	The General: David Sarnoff Bilby - 1985	Wisdom Magazine The Universe of David Sarnoff - 1958
TU

That Lucky Old Son Autobiography Laine 1993	Tommy Handley Kavanagh 1949

Two Princes of Science: Edison & Marconi Early 1900's	This Was Radio Joseph Julian 1975	Trail Blazers Short Bios Zenith Radio Corp 1943	This is Norman Brokenshire Brokenshire - 1954 Courtesy Jerry Clegg	The Taste of the Ashes Bill Stern - 1959 Courtesy Jerry Clegg

Tune In Tomorrow Mary Jane Higby 1966 Courtesy of Jerry Clegg	The Television Man John Baird Rowland 1966	Take it Away, Sam Bio of Sam Hubbard Wing - 1938	Treadmill to Oblivion Fred Allen 1954	Touching the Stars Hickman 1986
Tesla Biographies and Related Subjects

Wizard Life sand Times of Nikola Tesla Seifer 1996

Tesla: The Modern Sorcerer Stewart	Tesla: Life & Times of an Electric Messiah Cawthorne	Niklola Tesla: Inventions, Researches & Writings Martin 1995	Tesla: Man Out of Time Cheney 1993	The Man Who Invented the 20th Century Lomas - 1999
VWXYZ

Zworykin Pioneer of Television Abramson 1995	Winchell Gabler 1994	Work in Progress Eisner 1998	The Vanishing Evangelist Thomas 1960	Vision Warrior John Logie Baird McArthur 1986

You're On the Air Graham McNamee 1926	The Wally Phillips People Book 1979	Winchell: His Life and Times Klurfeld 1976	Vision Warrior: The hidden achievement of John Logie Baird McArthur 1986	Yankee from the West Wheeler 1962
Biographies and Perspectives