Radio history /

Details the history of radio to the present time. Traces the history of radio broadcasting from Marconi's wireless telegraphy, to the invention of the vacuum tube, to radio's prominence in the 1930s, and to it's subsequent competition with television for audience-share.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: McGraw-Hill Companies. College Division, Knowledge TV (Television network), Jones International, Ltd, Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Other Authors: Stone, David P., Hartley, David (Narrator)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2003]
Series:Story of film, TV and media.
Media waves : an introduction to mass communication (Princeton, NJ)
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Description
Summary:Details the history of radio to the present time. Traces the history of radio broadcasting from Marconi's wireless telegraphy, to the invention of the vacuum tube, to radio's prominence in the 1930s, and to it's subsequent competition with television for audience-share.
Item Description:Originally produced in 1997 as part of the telecourse, Media waves: an introduction to mass communication.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (28 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R.