03098nam 2200625 a 450 991045446480332120200520144314.00-8173-8300-X(CKB)1000000000775005(EBL)454475(OCoLC)427567170(SSID)ssj0000261649(PQKBManifestationID)11193447(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261649(PQKBWorkID)10256735(PQKB)10737455(MiAaPQ)EBC454475(MdBmJHUP)muse9272(Au-PeEL)EBL454475(CaPaEBR)ebr10309863(EXLCZ)99100000000077500520040812d2005 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrTransmitting the past[electronic resource] historical and cultural perspectives on broadcasting /edited by J. Emmett Winn and Susan L. BrinsonTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20051 online resource (263 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-5175-2 0-8173-1453-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-243) and index.6. Femmes Boff Program Toppers: Women Break into Prime Time, 1943-19487. Space and the Speed of Sound: Mobile Media, 1950's Broadcasting, and Suburbia; 8. Cop Rock Reconsidered: Formula, Fragments, Failure, and Foreshadowing in Genre Evolution; 9. Sex, Society, and Double Standards in Cheers; Appendix 1: Monitor's Broadcast Schedule; Appendix 2: Cop Rock Episodes; Appendix 3: Eleventh-Season Cheers Episodes; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; IndexOriginal essays exploring important developments in radio and television broadcasting. The essays included in this collection represent some of the best cultural and historical research on broadcasting in the U. S. today. Each one concentrates on a particular event in broadcast history-beginning with Marconi's introduction of wireless technology in 1899. Michael Brown examines newspaper reporting in America of Marconi's belief in Martians, stories that effectively rendered Marconi inconsequential to the further development of radio. The widespreadRadio broadcastingUnited StatesHistoryTelevision broadcastingUnited StatesHistoryRadio broadcastingSocial aspectsUnited StatesTelevision broadcastingSocial aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.Radio broadcastingHistory.Television broadcastingHistory.Radio broadcastingSocial aspectsTelevision broadcastingSocial aspects384.54/0973Winn J. Emmett(John Emmett),1959-951438Brinson Susan L.1958-939824MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454464803321Transmitting the past2446614UNINA