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Raised on Radio Paperback - 2000 - 1st Edition

by Gerald Nachman

Nachman, himself a product of the radio years, takes readers back to the heyday of radio in a generous, instructive, and sinfully readable salute to an extraordinary American phenomenon. "An adoring, anecdote-stuffed history of radio's golden age."--"Boston Globe."


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In the late 1920s radio exploded almost overnight into being America's dominant entertainment, just as television would do twenty-five years later. Gerald Nachman, himself a product of the radio years, takes us back to the heyday of radio, bringing to life the great performers and shows, as well as the not-so-great and not-great-at-all. Nachman analyzes the many genres that radio exploited or invented, from the soap opera to the sitcom to the quiz show, zooming in to study closely key performers like Jack Benny, Bob Hope, and Fred Allen. Raised on Radio is a generous, instructive, and sinfully readable salute to an extraordinary American phenomenon.

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In the late 1920s radio exploded almost overnight into being America's dominant entertainment, just as television would do twenty-five years later. Gerald Nachman, himself a product of the radio years, takes us back to the heyday of radio, bringing to life the great performers and shows, as well as the not-so-great and not-great-at-all. Nachman analyzes the many genres that radio deployed or invented, from the soap opera to the sitcom to the quiz show, zooming in to study closely key performers like Jack Benny, Bob Hope, and Fred Allen. Raised on Radio is a generous, instructive, and sinfully readable salute to an extraordinary American phenomenon.

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  • Title Raised on Radio
  • Author Gerald Nachman
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 544
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
  • Date 2000-08-23
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780520223035 / 0520223039
  • Weight 1.9 lbs (0.86 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.96 x 6.04 x 1.42 in (22.76 x 15.34 x 3.61 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Radio broadcasting - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99086212
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.440

About the author

Gerald Nachman has for thirty-eight years covered theater, movies, cabaret, and television for newspapers and magazines across the country. The author of three previous books, he lives in San Francisco.
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