Radio made its debut in the early twentieth century, and the world was never the same. The mysterious magic box brought people together as other communication medium had ever done. In Nothing On but the Radio, author Gil Murray tells how the new household toy put voices and music into millions of homes. In the 1920s, families gathered around the crystal set; in the 1930s, radio comedians helped offset the Depression; in the wartime 1940s, radio kept up morale; in the 1950s and 1960s, its music, news, and information spread kwledge and entertainment. This book spotlights a popular revolution that was never quiet.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd
ISBN-10
1550024795
ISBN-13
9781550024791
eBay Product ID (ePID)
103444563
Product Key Features
Author
Gil Murray
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Popular Culture & Media: General Interest
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Toronto
Content Note
25 B/w Photos
Author Biography
Gil Murray writes about radio from an extensive broadcasting background. He started his career performing on a children's program in the early 1930s. After graduating from the University of Western Ontario, he spent ten years at the Toronto Star and eight years at CFRB Toronto. Gil is the author of The Invisible War.