Guides the reader through the positons, responsibilities, and challenges found within every television station.

Television Station Operations and Management

Humor & Entertainment

Hilliard, Robert L.

Television

Focal Press

A uniquely engaging, vibrant chronicle of the development of electronic media and its vital, interdependent role within our society. The book brings to life the events, people, programmes and companies that made broadcasting a primary form of communication in the United States.

The Broadcast Century: A Biography of American Broadcasting

Science & Math

Keith, Michael C.

Physics

Details not only how the FCC is supposed to work, but how it actually does work in the real world.

Federal Communications Commission, The (Electronic Media Guides)

Business & Money

Industries

This is the first book in more than a decade to provide a comprehensive look at broadcasting throughout the world. It covers every continent, region and almost every country in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceana. Within each geographical area and nation Global Broadcasting Systems presents the history, key issues, trends and status of key broadcasting issues. Global Broadcasting Systems discusses how new technology and political, social, and economic factors are creating the global media village. It shows how increasing privatisation has changed patterns of control and access, especially by the rapidlygrowing media giants. It compares the problems and potentials of have and have-not countries, and also includes schedules, charts, photos and several special essays on selected countries.Robert Hilliard is a professor at Emerson College and lectures worldwide on broadcasting systems. He was Chief of the Educational (Public) Broadcasting Branch of the FCC and Chair of the Federal Interagency Media Committee.Michael C. Keith is a professor at Boston College and was Director of Education at the Museum of Broadcasting Communications in Chicago.

Global Broadcasting Systems

Now in paperback, The Broadcast Century, Second Edition is a popular history of the most influential and innovative industry of this century. The story of broadcasting is told in a direct and informal style, blending personal insight and authoritative scholarship to fully capture the many facets of this dynamic industry. The book vividly depicts the events, people, programs, and companies that made television and radio dominant forms of communication. Numerous personal retrospectives from leading figures in broadcasting, including Garrison Keillor, Julia Child, Norman Corwin, and Steve Allen add an intimate dimension to this eminently readable narrative, while a book-length, running time-line of world and media events and two hundred illustrations continually orient readers to periods and places. This second edition adds new information about the rapidly changing aspects of broadcasting in the 90s, making this the most up-to-date perspective on the media. New edition of an important text; now in paperback. 'Retroboxes'- personal retrospectives by dozens of renowned people in the history of broadcasting. Timeline running across every page compares, at a glance, broadcasting and broader historical events.

Radio

The Broadcast Century and Beyond, Third Edition is a popular history of the most influential and innovative industry of this century. The story of broadcasting is told in a direct and informal style, blending personal insight and authoritative scholarship to fully capture the many facets of this dynamic industry. The book vividly depicts the events, people, programs, and companies that made television and radio dominant forms of communication. The ability of radio and television to educate, enlighten, and stimulate the contemporary mind is perhaps the most important of all modern technological developments. The Broadcast Century and Beyond, Third Edition, places the communication revolution in a comprehensive chronological context, allowing readers to fully grasp the media's profound impact on the political, social, and economic spheres. Numerous personal retrospectives from broadcast pioneers, including Garrison Keillor, Julia Child, Norman Corwin, and Steve Allen, add an intimate dimension to this eminently readable narrative. Also included is a current events timeline, which runs throughout the entire length of the book. Featured in the timeline are milestones in radio and television development as well as world events, allowing readers to place the progress of media in a larger historical perspective. Over two hundred illustrations and photographs are provided that reflect the changes and growth of radio and television. The third edition will include a year-by-year presentation of the important media events of the 1990s, as well as a new chapter that presents the upcoming developments for the new century and their probable impact on broadcasting. New edition of a classic text Includes personal retrospectives by dozens of renowned individuals in the history of broadcasting Timeline running across every page compares, at a glance, broadcasting with broader historical events

The Broadcast Century and Beyond: A Biography of American Broadcasting

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

The Broadcast Century and Beyond, 4th Edition, is a popular history of the most influential and innovative industry of the previous and current century. The story of broadcasting is told in a direct and informal style, blending personal insight and authoritative scholarship to fully capture the many facets of this dynamic industry. The book vividly depicts the events, people, programs, and companies that made television and radio dominant forms of communication. The ability of radio and television to educate, enlighten, and stimulate the contemporary mind is perhaps the most important of all modern technological developments. This text places the communication revolution in a comprehensive chronological context, allowing readers to fully grasp the media's profound impact on the political, social, and economic spheres. Please visit the companion website: http://www.elsevierdirect.com/companions/9780240805702/software/index.html *Single-source of broadcast history and past and present influences broadcast communications *Brand new interior design and timeline graphic *New updates on FCC decisions, DVD recorders, Internet, and industry globalization

The Broadcast Century and Beyond is a popular history of the most influential and innovative industry of the century. The story of broadcasting is told in a direct and informal style, blending personal insight and authoritative scholarship to fully capture the many facets of this dynamic industry. The book vividly depicts the events, people, programs, and companies that made television and radio dominant forms of communication. The latest edition includes coverage of all the technologies that have emerged over the past decade and discusses the profound impact they have had on the broadcasting industry in political, social, and economic spheres. "Broadcasting” as a whole has been completely revolutionized with the advent of YouTube, podcasting, iphones, etc, and the authors show how this closing of world-wide broadcasting channels affects the industry.
* A single-source of broadcast history-covers past and present influences on broadcast communications, and showcases trends both old and emerging in the broadcast industry * Chronological approach, timelines, and contextualizing sidebars help orient readers and demonstrate key implications of broadcasting history and broadcasting of today * Updated to reflect new and emerging technologies of the past decade, including podcasts, web, blogging, and more * Companion website provides further contextualizing information regarding the cultural climate surround events in broadcast history, and points to extensive resources -Instructions on how to access the website may be found in the book. -Please visit http://booksite.focalpress.com/hilliard

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Routledge

You can trust Hilliard's WRITING FOR TELEVISION, RADIO, AND NEW MEDIA to provide you with thorough and up-to-date coverage of the principles, techniques, and approaches of writing for television, radio, and the Internet, including writing for a variety of formats such as interviews, sports, advertisements, scripts, and news. Hilliard's vast coverage of content, excellent organization, attention to form, and good examples ensure that you will be well-trained for a career in WRITING FOR TELEVISION, RADIO, AND NEW MEDIA.

Writing for Television, Radio, and New Media

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Cengage Learning'

The book outlines the principles, forms, and techniques of writing news and sports copy, commercials, features and documentaries, music videos, variety and talk shows, dramas, and educational and corporate programs.

Writing for television and radio (Wadsworth series in mass communication)

Literature & Fiction

Wadsworth Pub. Co.

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Books by Hilliard, Robert L.

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Television Station Operations and Management

The Broadcast Century: A Biography of American Broadcasting

Federal Communications Commission, The (Electronic Media Guides)

Global Broadcasting Systems

The Broadcast Century: A Biography of American Broadcasting

The Broadcast Century and Beyond: A Biography of American Broadcasting

The Broadcast Century and Beyond: A Biography of American Broadcasting

The Broadcast Century and Beyond: A Biography of American Broadcasting

Writing for Television, Radio, and New Media

Writing for television and radio (Wadsworth series in mass communication)