NBC

2007-08-01 Performing Arts

Author : Michele Hilmes
Release : 2007-08-01
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 601/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis NBC by : Michele Hilmes

Download or read book NBC written by Michele Hilmes. This book was released on 2007-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning eight decades from the beginnings of commercial radio to the current era of international consolidation and emerging digital platforms, this pioneering volume illuminates the entire course of American broadcasting by offering the first comprehensive history of a major network. Bringing together wide-ranging original articles by leading scholars and industry insiders, it offers a comprehensive view of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) that brings into focus the development of this key American institution and the ways that it has intersected with, and influenced, the central events of our times. Programs, policy, industry practices and personnel, politics, audiences, marketing, and global influence all come into play. The story the book tells is not just about broadcasting but about a nation's attempt to construct itself as a culture—with all the underlying concerns, divisions, opportunities, and pleasures. Based on unprecedented research in the extensive NBC archives, NBC: America's Network includes a timeline of NBC's and broadcasting's development, making it a valuable resource for students and scholars as well as for anyone interested the history of media in the United States.

NBC

2007-08 Business & Economics

Author : Michele Hilmes
Release : 2007-08
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 818/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book NBC written by Michele Hilmes. This book was released on 2007-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "NBC: America's Network makes a significant contribution to our understanding of American broadcasting. Hilmes makes a convincing case for the appropriateness of an examination of a single firm, NBC, to illuminate the major themes and events of American broadcast history. In addition, she adeptly synthesizes a strong set of individually-authored chapters on specific historical periods, controversies, and program genres into a coherent whole. The writing is concise and lively and the breadth and depth of the material makes this a exceptional work."—William Boddy, author of New Media and Popular Imagination "NBC: America's Network is an outstanding book about one network across US television history. Hilmes is an excellent editor who brings broad insights about the television industry to bear on this volume. The individual essays present different approaches and methods, and together provide an integrated history of NBC with analysis that respects the medium and the people that worked in it."—Mary Beth Haralovich, co-editor of Television, History, and American Culture: Feminist Critical Essays. "Filled with highly readable essays by the top scholars in the field, NBC: America's Network explores key, often watershed moments in the network's history to illuminate the central role broadcasting has played in constituting public discourse about what is-and what is not-in the public interest. A welcome addition to the history of broadcasting, and essential reading for anyone interested in the transformative role of radio and TV in modern life."—Susan J. Douglas, author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination

The Du Mont Television Network

2002 Performing Arts

Author : Ted Bergmann
Release : 2002
Genre : Performing Arts
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Download or read book The Du Mont Television Network written by Ted Bergmann. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABC, NBC, CBS are the three names commonly associated with network television. The fourth name, Du Mont, is not usually recognizable by those younger than 50 or those who are not communications students. The Du Mont Television Network tells the story of the rise, the development, and the failure of this fourth network. Bergmann and Skutch present the Du Mont network's story in a dramatic, narrative style, from its days in the basement of an old pickle factory to its collaborations with the Paramount company. The story of the network's founder, Dr. Allen Du Mont, as well as details about management, programs, new technologies, and the network's fall from grace are a fascinating read. Bergmann, a former managing director of the Du Mont network, provides a rare insider's view of the network's history and its eventual demise. The Du Mont Television Network will intrigue television history fans, as well as communications students and media professionals.

ABC Sports

2018-11-06 Sports & Recreation

Author : Travis Vogan
Release : 2018-11-06
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 260/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book ABC Sports written by Travis Vogan. This book was released on 2018-11-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABC Sports shaped how the world consumes sport. The American Broadcasting Company's sports division is behind some of network television's most significant practices, celebrated personalities, and iconic moments. It created the weekend anthology Wide World of Sports, transformed professional football into a prime-time spectacle with Monday Night Football, fashioned the Olympics into a mega media event, and even revolutionized TV news. Travis Vogan's cultural and institutional history of ABC Sports examines the development of network sports television in the United States and the aesthetic, cultural, political, and industrial practices that mark it. ABC Sports traces the storied division from its beginnings through the internet age to reveal the changes it endured along with the new sports media environment it spawned.

This is ABC.

1948 Radio programs

Author : American Broadcasting Company
Release : 1948
Genre : Radio programs
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Download or read book This is ABC. written by American Broadcasting Company. This book was released on 1948. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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