The Leading eBooks Store Online
for your Apple or Android device, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...
Most popular at the top
Interviewing for Radioby Jim Beaman
Routledge 2000; US$ 30.95Interviewing for Radio critically analyses previously broadcast interviews and together with advice from radio professionals explains the preparation, organisation and communication required to produce a successful radio broadcast. more...
Radio Dramaby Tim Crook
Routledge 1999; US$ 41.95Radio Drama brings together the practical skills needed for radio drama, such as directing, writing and sound design, with media history and communication theory. more...
Radio Handbookby Carole Fleming
Routledge 2002; US$ 34.95This comprehensive guide to radio, completely rewritten for its second edition, examines components from music to news, from phone-ins to sports programmes, as well as offering advice on working in radio. more...
Understanding Radioby Andrew Crisell
Routledge 1994; US$ 31.95This standard text has been fully updated to include the new developments in radio. Crisell has added a chapter on the increasingly popular `talk-and-music' format, more...
Programme Making for Radioby Jim Beaman
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 30.95Offers trainee radio broadcasters and their instructors, guidelines to techniques applied to the making of radio shows, explaining how radio programmes are made and the conventions and techniques required to produce them. This book describes how these methods are applied through the use of a behind-the-scenes glimpse at industry practices. more...
Dirty Discourseby Robert L. Hilliard; Michael C. Keith
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2009; US$ 44.95Changes in society, the pluralistic nature of the citizens and the geographic breadth of America preclude a common definition of what is indecent, profane, or obscene. What may appear to be 'dirty discourse' to some may be considered to be laudable satire to others. In this fascinating book, renowned media scholars and authors, Robert Hilliard and Michael Keith, examine the history and nature of indecent program content in American radio. Examines the blue side of the airways with a first-ever analysis of the history and nature of off-color program content. Explores the treatment of once-forbidden topics in the electronic media, investigating the beliefs, attitudes and actions of those who present such material, those who condemn it, and... more...
Radioby Steve Warren
Elsevier 2004; US$ 41.95As entertaining as it is educational, Radio: The Book is a must-have guide to success for anyone interested in a career in radio. Providing a wealth of information and relating his own personal experiences, veteran radio personality, Program Director and Programming Consultant Steve Warren shares trade secrets and industry know-how that would usually take years to accumulate through experience. An invaluable advantage over your competition, this "cheat-sheet" for the radio programmer includes practical advice regarding: ˇRadio as a career--from tips on getting started to job negotiations ˇProgramming--talk radio and music, from format science to picking the hits ˇRelationships with listeners--everything from staying in touch with your audience... more...
Creating Powerful Radioby Valerie Geller
Elsevier 2007; US$ 44.95Creating Powerful Radio For Managers, Programmers and Talent * GROW AUDIENCES - Increase your ratings! LifeStage Demographics: Know your audience and how they listen. * PROGRAMMING Build exciting programming - even on dull news days - with proven techniques to guide programmers and talent to the next level of performance. * NEWS: Write, produce and deliver powerful news. Learn multiple version techniques and much more. * PERSONALITY Identify winning talent. Develop strong air personalities. Learn to manage high ego talent and motivate your staff to do their best. * TALK Secrets to improve your show. Learn powerful radio interview techniques and ways to make the talk win big. * INFORMATION Break down the walls between news and entertainment... more...
Radios Intimate Publicby Jason Loviglio
University of Minnesota Press 2005; US$ 58.50Jason Loviglio shows how early network radio produced a new type of community marked by contradictions and tensions between public and private, mass media and democracy, and nation and family. Examining a broad range of radio programs, including Vox Pop, and FDR's Fireside Chats, Radio's Intimate Public illustrates how media space promised listeners a fantasy of social mobility and access. more...
Listening Inby Susan J. Douglas
University of Minnesota Press 2004; US$ 60.00In Listening In, Susan Douglas explores how listening has altered our day-to-day experiences and our own generational identities, cultivating different modes of listening in different eras; how radio has shaped our views of race, gender roles, ethnic barriers, family dynamics, leadership, and the generation gap. With her trademark wit, Douglas has created an eminently readable cultural history of radio. more...