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On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio
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On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio Hardcover - 1998

by Dunning, John; John Dunning

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A wonderful reader for anyone who loves the great programs of old-time radio, this definitive encyclopedia covers American radio shows from their beginnings in the 1920s to the early 1960s.

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New York & Oxford, England, UK: Oxford University Press, 1998. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. Kathleen M. Lynch (Jacket Design); Corbis-Bettmann, UPI (Jacket Photos). 822 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text.
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  • Title On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio
  • Author Dunning, John; John Dunning
  • Illustrator Kathleen M. Lynch (Jacket Design); Corbis-Bettmann, UPI (Jacket Photos)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 840
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford, England, UK
  • Date 1998
  • Features Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4iiiEe0007
  • ISBN 9780195076783 / 0195076788
  • Weight 3.65 lbs (1.66 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.46 x 7.02 x 2.51 in (26.57 x 17.83 x 6.38 cm)
  • Reading level 1000
  • Library of Congress subjects Radio programs - United States - Dictionaries
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96041959
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.447

From the rear cover

Here are some 1,500 radio shows presented in alphabetical order. The great programs of the '30s, '40s, and '50s are all here - Amos 'n' Andy, Fibber McGee and Molly, The Lone Ranger, Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour, and The March of Time, to name only a few. For each, Dunning provides a complete broadcast history, with the timeslot, the network, and the name of the show's sponsors. He lists major cast members, announcers, producers, directors, writers, and sound effects people - even the show's theme song. There are also umbrella entries, such as "News Broadcasts", which features an engaging essay on radio news, with capsule biographies of major broadcasters like Lowell Thomas and Edward R. Murrow. Equally important, Dunning provides a fascinating account of each program, taking us behind the scenes to capture the feel of the performance, such as the ghastly sounds of Lights Out (a horror drama where heads rolled and bones crunched), and providing engrossing biographies of the main people involved in the show.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 09/01/1998, Page 162
  • Library Journal, 09/01/1998, Page 170

About the author

John Dunning is a popular mystery novelist, author of The Bookman's Wake and Booked to Die. He lives in Aurora, Colorado.

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