Tells the story of four pioneering women--Susan Stamberg, Cokie Roberts, Nina Totenberg, and Linda Wertheimer--whose work fighting the male chauvinism of 1970s journalism helped define the character and voice of National Public Radio.

Could America's newest singing sensation be found right here in Odyssey? The popular TV show America Sings! comes to small-town U.S.A. But do Connie, Harlow and Bart have what it takes to be the last singer standing? Meanwhile, Eugene and Katrina are off to deepest Africa in search of clues about his past. But a raging river stands between them and the truth!

"In his first book, broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, but always poignant. He details his time traveling on Air Force One with President Obama, or following the path of Syrian refugees fleeing war, or learning from those fighting for social justice both at home and abroad. As the self-reinforcing bubbles we live in become more impenetrable,...

En Samuel Beckett electrónico: Samuel Beckett coclear Luz María Sánchez Cardona presenta un Beckett principalmente auditivo, sonoro. Este volumen se concentra en el corpus de las obras que Beckett escribió para la radio entre 1956 y 1961, las revisa a profundidad, las analiza y las pone en el contexto de su obra para medios electrónicos. La autora acude a la vasta literatura en lengua inglesa sobre el tema de las tecnologías del sonido, el arte...

What possesses a right-minded comedian to quit the day job for life as a breakfast radio DJ? The opening DJ on the Beeb's new alternative radio channel, 6Music, Phill Jupitus was a maverick on the flat landscape of inane commercial breakfast radio. Disregarding the prescriptive chart-led schedule and showing no fear in the face of BBC management, this ex-performance poet's personal crusade against the bland, the predictable and the smug self-satisfaction...

Radio and the Jews: the untold story of how radio influenced America’s image of Jews, 1920s-1950s by David S. Siegel and Susan Siegel From stereotypes to role models, the first comprehensive look at how Jews were portrayed on radio from the 1920s to the 1950s. -- From struggling immigrants to prominent men and women who were recognized for their significant contributions in their chosen fields. -- From comedic characters who made a nation laugh...

Recounts the night before Halloween in 1938 when Orson Welles narrated a radio version of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds and the ensuing panic around the country when radio listeners believed that the country was being invaded by Martians.