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1937 |
NAB Special Report: SESAC |
NAB examination of SESAC offerings and relevance to
American broadcasters. |
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1938 |
Radio Reaches People - Sales success stories
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Sales promotion booklet: same graphic format as a
PowerPoint of today would use. |
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1938 |
How to Use Radio
Kenneth Bartlett |
Manual fro educational and public service
organizations on how to make the best use of radio. |
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1938 |
The ABC of Radio |
Explanation of radio for the non-radio person. |
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1939 |
NAB Code |
1939 edition of the NAB |
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1940 |
ASCAP and the forming
of BMI |
A booklet illustrating to the average listener the
conflict over radio music rights from ASCAP |
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1941 |
Management in the Public Interest |
Short book about the public and community service
given by radio stations |
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ASCAP and BMI |
Open letter to members and the public about the
reasons for forming BMI to counter ASCAP |
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1943 |
NAB Petrillo / AFM Updates |
Several urgent updates from the NAB about the
actions of the American Federation of Musicians
against the recording and radio industries. |
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NAB Special Legislative Bulletins |
A group of bulletins about pending legislation
affecting broadcasting. |
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NAB Swap Bulletin |
Regular listings of electronic parts available for
trade / swap. A necessity of wartime rationing when
many spares were not available. |
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NAB Bulletins |
Regular bulletins from the NAB about sales, the War,
Selective Service, Taxes, Music, etc. |
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1944 |
Postwar Broadcasting and Television |
Four-page news release from the NAB News Bureau
featuring the text of a speech to the "NAB
Executives War Conference" on August 31, 1944 about
post- World War II radio and TV broadcasting by Paul
Chamberlain of General Electric,. Featured are
remarks about FM and television. |
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1945 |
Management in the Public Interest |
"A Picture Story of Radio" is an illustrated "tour
of the things that radio does for the community and
its listeners. |
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1946 |
Public Service Responsibility of Broadcast Licensees |
Report by the Federal Communications Commission
sponsored by the NAB in March of 1946 |
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1947 |
Broadcasting and the Bill of Rights |
Testimony given before Congress in regards to
amending the communications act. |
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1949 |
Sample Transmitter Logs |
NAB-NARTB Sample transmiter logs. |
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1952 |
NAB Television Code
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The NAB television code, issued the year prior to
the lifting of the FCC "freeze" on new licenses. |
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1955 |
NARTB Changes in FCC Rules |
Update on changes in Commission rules. |
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1958 |
NAB Financial Report |
Income and profitability of radio stations |
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1958 |
Television Quarterly |
Added the Winter issue of this NAB magazine. |
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1959 |
NAB Financial Report |
Income and profitability of radio stations |
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1960 |
NAB Financial Report |
Income and profitability of radio stations |
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1961 |
NAB Financial Report |
Income and profitability of radio stations |
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1962 |
NAB Financial Report |
Income and profitability of radio stations |
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1966 |
Political Catechism & The Fairness Doctrine 5th
Edition |
Fifth edition of this NAB publication. Section on
the Fairness Doctrine included |
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1964 |
WCBS WNBC Shared Antenna Site, |
NAB paper on the diplexing of these two A-1 50 kw
clear channel stations at one site. |
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Cartridge Tape Recording |
NAB Standards for Cartridge tape recorders and
playbacks |
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1966 |
Technical Papers |
1966 Convention
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1965 |
Disk Recording & Playback |
NAB Standards for disc recording and plyback |
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Magnetic Tape Recording |
NAB Standards for reel to reel magnetic tape
recording and playback |
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1966 |
Political Broadcast Catechism & The Fairness
Doctrine |
Edition 5 of the NAB's legal guide to these critical
FCC regulated areas |
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Dimensions of Television |
Booklet about Television Broadcasting |
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1967 |
Careers in Radio |
Description of radio career opportunities |
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1969 |
Radio & TV Program Log Recommendations |
A guide to preparing program logs |
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The Television Code |
The Television Code, an industry policy on
advertising acceptability programming issues. |
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Build Radio with Radio |
On air promos texts for radio |
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1970's |
Radio Program Department Handbook |
A guide for program department organization and goal
setting. |
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1972 |
A Date With Radio |
A radio moment in history for each day of the year |
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1972 |
Political Broadcast Catechism |
7th edition of this guide to political advertising
and programming |
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1974 |
Broadcasting & Lottery Law |
5th edition |
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1975 |
Broadcaster's Wage & Hour Guide
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Understanding wage and hour rules as they apply to
radio |
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1976 |
CPB Ascertainment Handbook
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Guided and detailed instructions on doing community
ascertainment for license renewal in the 1970's. |
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1976 |
Political Broadcast Catechisms
8th Edition |
Following the rules for political broadcasts |
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Cartridge Tape Recording |
NAB Standards for Cartridge tape recorders and
playbacks 1986 |
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1977 |
Proceedings of the 31st Engineering Conference
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1978 |
Candidate's Guide to Political Broadcasting |
For distribution to political candidates |
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1980 |
Political Broadcast Catechism 9th Edition |
Following the rules for political broadcasts |
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1980 |
Why Do Radio Research |
A workbook on why research should be done |
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Syndicated Programming Directory |
1980 edition |
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1981 |
FCC Checklist for On Air Radio Personnel |
Brief guidelines showing the legal duties of
broadcast station airstaff. |
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1983 |
Subcarrier Services |
"How to make dollars and sense" out of SCA
opportunities |
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1984 |
Broadcast Lending |
An introduction to the radio industry for lenders |
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1984 |
AM Technical Improvement: A Plan for the Future |
91 page booklet on ways to keep AM successful
in the future. |
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1984 |
NAB Legal Guide
Second Generation |
Guide to FCC Broadcast Regulations |
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1985 |
Radio: In search of excellence |
Profiles of winning strategies at successful radio
stations |
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RadioActive |
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1986 |
MegaRates |
Book on getting better rates in radio sales |
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1986 |
Careers in Radio |
Career guide to positions in Radio Broadcasting |
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1986 |
Careers in Television |
Career guide to positions in a TV station |
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1987 |
Music & Program Research |
James Fletcher's NAB booklet about radio programming
research |
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1988 |
NAB Legal Guide 3rd Edition |
Legal aspects of broadcasting. CAUTION: use for
historic and research perspectives only. Information
not up to date.
This guide presented as historical data only; the rules
and regulations are considerably changed today. |
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1988 |
Record Retention Guide for Radio and Television
Stations |
Guide for saving documents at broadcast stations. |
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1988 |
NAB Successful Radio Promotion |
Creating good station promotions. Written by The
Research Group. |
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1988 |
Buying or Building a Broadcast Station |
"Everything you want - and need to know, but didn't
know who to ask.
Second edition. |
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1989 |
Developing and Effective Marketing Plan |
Marketing and promoting a broadcast station |
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1989 |
Megasales |
How America's most successful radio salespeople do
it. |
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1990 |
Radio in the 90's |
Audience promotion and marketing strategies by Rob
Balon |
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1990 |
Radio Financing |
A guide for lenders and investors. |
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1990 |
Lotteries & Contests
A Broadcaster's Handbook |
3rd Edition of this guide to the highly regulated
area of broadcast promotional activities. |
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1991 |
Careers in Television |
Career guide to positions in a TV station |
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1991 |
Guide for Broadcast Station Chief Operators |
Details on the FCC and practical requirements for a
Chief Operator of a broadcast station |
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1991 |
Buying or Building a Broadcast Station in the 1990's |
Third edition by Krasnow, Bentley and Martin. |
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1992 |
NAB Legal Guide 3rd Edition Supplement |
Update to 3rd edition from 1988. Please note that
this is not current information and intended for
historical research only |
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1993 |
NAB Optimum Effective Scheduling System |
Effective scheduling of commercials |
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1992 |
NAB Broadcast Engineering Tutorial for Non-Engineers
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Technical facts that the non-engineer should know
to manage and budget a station. |
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1994 |
The Franchise
Building Radio Brands |
Creating radio station images by the former head of
Cumulus, a major US group of radio stations. |
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1996 |
NAB Legal Guide 5th Edition |
Legal aspects of broadcasting. CAUTION: use for
historic and research perspectives only. Information
not up to date.
This is presented as historical data only; the rules
and regulations are considerably changed today. |
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1996 |
Program & Buyer's Guide
1996 Convention |
Complete convention guide |
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1999 |
Television Employee Compensations |
Pay and compensation survey for 1999 |
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2000 |
Political Broadcast Catechism |
15th Edition of this NAB Guide for political
broadcasts and advertising. |
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2000 |
Troubleshooting Audience Research |
Troubleshooting Audience Research is designed to
help non-research
media professionals make better use of the research
they encounter on an everyday basis. It highlights
the most important attributes
of good (and bad) audience research in a clear and
easy-to understand way. |
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1998 |
Guidebook for On-Air Radio Personnel |
A small booklet giving orientation to
persons new to the industry or wishing to
begin a career in it. |
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1999 |
Tech Terms
Second Edition |
Terminology of new technology impacting
radio and TV. |
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2000 |
Troubleshooting Audience Research |
DETECTING PROBLEMS IN
DESIGN, EXECUTION AND INTERPRETATION |
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2001 |
NAB Convention Dailty News Batch |
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2001 |
NAB Convention Program 2001 |
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2003 |
NAB 57th 2003 Broadcast Engineering
Conference Summary |
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2003 |
NAB 2003 Broadcast Engineering Conference
Program |
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2003 |
NAB 2003 Convention Exhibit Guide |
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2003 |
NAB 2003 Convention Program |
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2003 |
NAB Brochure Multimedia World Conference
2003 |
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2006 |
NAB Publications Guide |
Catalog of books for sale at NAB Store |
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2007 |
NAB Convention Program |
Program and Exhibit guide |
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2008 |
Convention Program and Exhibit Guide for
2008 convention |
Complete 300 page convention and exhibitor's
guide |
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2017 |
Convention Program and Exhibit Guide |
Complete show direcotry |