Radio Books


Hello, DarknessHello, Darkness
Best Price: $0.50
Paris Gibson is a DJ for an Austin, Texas radio station. She has a late night radio show that...
Broadcast Voice Handbook How to Polish Your On-Air DeliveryBroadcast Voice Handbook How to Polish Your On-Air Delivery
Best Price: $65.00
Deciding to purchase the Broadcast Voice Handbook was one of the best decisions of my broadcast...
Murder by Moonlight and Other Mysteries: New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Volumes 19-24 (New Adventures of Shelock Holmes)Murder by Moonlight and Other Mysteries: New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Volumes 19-24 (New Adventures of Shelock Holmes)
Best Price: $14.99
"Murder by Moonlight" is the fourth and last of the CD collections of 1940s Sherlock...
Basic TV Technology, Fourth Edition: Digital and Analog (Media Manuals)Basic TV Technology, Fourth Edition: Digital and Analog (Media Manuals)
Best Price: $29.09
I read this book to refresh my basic grasp of television technology concepts, and for that...
The Cyborg HandbookThe Cyborg Handbook
Best Price: $23.00
Introduction The Cyborg Handbook, a compendium of articles and interviews about prosthetics...


Something on My Own: Gertrude Berg and American Broadcasting, 1929-1956 (Television Series)Something on My Own: Gertrude Berg and American Broadcasting, 1929-1956 (Television Series)
Best Price: $16.16
Glenn Smith has written a biography with the writing flair of a storyteller and the detail of a...
Friendship (Adventures in Odyssey Life Lessons)Friendship (Adventures in Odyssey Life Lessons)
Best Price: $5.20
This collection of previously released episodes is a great way to introduce new listeners to the...
Better Living Through Reality TV:  Television and Post-Welfare CitizenshipBetter Living Through Reality TV: Television and Post-Welfare Citizenship
Best Price: $17.95
This is NOT a book about reality television. It's an academic hypothesis that the modern U.S....
Old Time Radio's Greatest DetectivesOld Time Radio's Greatest Detectives
Best Price: $25.00
This is a great collection with only two potential drawbacks: 1) Sam Spade is not included, and...
Visual Effects for Film and Television (Media Manuals)Visual Effects for Film and Television (Media Manuals)
Best Price: $15.81
If your looking for a book on time honored, industry proven special effects this is the book for...


Radio Daze: Stories from the Front in Cleveland's Fm Air WarsRadio Daze: Stories from the Front in Cleveland's Fm Air Wars
Best Price: $17.06
"Radio Daze" is like looking back into a time portal of recent history packed with...
Taking Journalism Seriously: News and the AcademyTaking Journalism Seriously: News and the Academy
Best Price: $41.22
Any individual expressing interest in the study of the media, be it a professor or a student,...
The CBS Radio Mystery Theater: An Episode Guide and Handbook to Nine Years of Broadcasting, 1974-1982The CBS Radio Mystery Theater: An Episode Guide and Handbook to Nine Years of Broadcasting, 1974-1982
Best Price: $45.00
This is a good book for fans of the radio series, as it lists all the episodes and brief...
Reading The Sopranos: Hit TV from HBO (Reading Contemporary Television)Reading The Sopranos: Hit TV from HBO (Reading Contemporary Television)
Best Price: $12.00
The Sopranos has rewritten the rules of television drama and changed attitudes toward...
Stars of Radio Comedy: Kraft Music Hall (Old Time Radio)Stars of Radio Comedy: Kraft Music Hall (Old Time Radio)
Best Price: $14.21
From 1947 through 1949, legendary entertainer Al Jolson took the reins as host of the...

Danger Signals (Adventures in Odyssey)Danger Signals (Adventures in Odyssey)
Best Price: $11.00
Things aren't quite right in Odyssey, and no one can quite put their finger on why. Novacom,...
Happy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted ZilchHappy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch
Best Price: $2.17
This book is in very poor taste, there is a very simple construct to it as well. What I mean is...
Jean Shepherd: Pomp and CircumstanceJean Shepherd: Pomp and Circumstance
Best Price: $31.95
Jean Shepherd again demonstrates his broad knowledge, unusual turn of mind, and humor, in this...
Cutting Edge Radio: How to Create the World's Best Radio Ads for Brands in the 21st CenturyCutting Edge Radio: How to Create the World's Best Radio Ads for Brands in the 21st Century
Best Price: $26.60
As in the Cutting Edge Advertising, Aitchison did it again (i dunno if he's mockin' B. Spears...
Space Patrol: Missions of Daring in the Name of Early TelevisionSpace Patrol: Missions of Daring in the Name of Early Television
Best Price: $44.95
A very nice throughly researched book on the early days of live televised science fiction....

Jean Shepherd: The X Random FactorJean Shepherd: The X Random Factor
Best Price: $17.34
howard stern these days has but one string in his bow of modern radio, shep had the world and...
A History of Broadcasting in the United States: Volume 1:  A Tower of Babel.  To 1933 (History of Broadcasting in the United States)A History of Broadcasting in the United States: Volume 1: A Tower of Babel. To 1933 (History of Broadcasting in the United States)
Best Price: $77.41
I first read this book when I was a student in TV back in the mid '70's. The stories behind the...
Ham Radio: SimplifiedHam Radio: Simplified
Best Price: $8.95
Ham radio overview should have been the title. This book is all bones and no meat and would be a...
Covering Government: A Civics Handbook for JournalistsCovering Government: A Civics Handbook for Journalists
Best Price: $43.99
Yours Truly, Johnny DollarYours Truly, Johnny Dollar
Best Price: $30.38
Johnny Dollar began his radio career as a slightly sleazy sleuth shamelessly padding his expense...

Cradle of Champions: 80 Years of New York Daily News Golden GlovesCradle of Champions: 80 Years of New York Daily News Golden Gloves
Best Price: $10.80
Bill Farrell gives 15 rounds of championship reading in this compendium of Golden Gloves...
ThunderstruckThunderstruck
Best Price: $17.43
Not quite as good as Devil in the White City, but a satisfying read anyway. Learned more than I...
Feasting the Heart: Fifty-two Commentaries for the AirFeasting the Heart: Fifty-two Commentaries for the Air
Best Price: $2.45
I'd read Reynolds Price's autobiographical A Whole New Life a year or so ago. That book, about...
The 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows of the 20th Century selected by Walter CronkiteThe 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows of the 20th Century selected by Walter Cronkite
Best Price: $7.89
While there are many sets on Old Time Radio out there, none have yet come close to this one. 60...
The 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows of the 20th Century selected by Walter CronkiteThe 60 Greatest Old-Time Radio Shows of the 20th Century selected by Walter Cronkite
Best Price: $7.89
While there are many sets on Old Time Radio out there, none have yet come close to this one. 60...

The Big Broadcast 1920-1950: 2nd Ed.The Big Broadcast 1920-1950: 2nd Ed.
Best Price: $92.20
One of the undisputed classic reference works for the old-time radio enthusiast, first published...
Hello, Everybody!: The Dawn of American RadioHello, Everybody!: The Dawn of American Radio
Best Price: $17.16
Long before the internet, another young technology was transformed--with help from a colorful...
The Art of TalkThe Art of Talk
Best Price: $24.67
I enjoyed this book. It was written in a conversational style that made me imagine I was...
Broadcast Journalism, Fifth EditionBroadcast Journalism, Fifth Edition
Best Price: $53.46
This new edition of Broadcast Journalism is a major revision to the premier textbook in its...
Making Money in Voice-Overs: Winning Strategies to a Successful Career in Commercials, Cartoons and RadioMaking Money in Voice-Overs: Winning Strategies to a Successful Career in Commercials, Cartoons and Radio
Best Price: $3.95
This book was highly recommended to me by a producer in New York. I read it and immediately knew...

An American Addiction: Drugs, Guerillas, and Counterinsurgency in US Intervention in ColombiaAn American Addiction: Drugs, Guerillas, and Counterinsurgency in US Intervention in Colombia
Best Price: $7.69
In "An American Addiction", activist intellectual Noam Chomsky brilliantly examines...
An Introductory History of British BroadcastingAn Introductory History of British Broadcasting
Best Price: $19.00
This is an accessible and concise history of British radio and television. The book considers...
Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty IIRecords of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty II
Best Price: $25.00
Written about one hundred years after the events 2kYs ago, it is less far from the truth than...
A History of Broadcasting in the United StatesA History of Broadcasting in the United States
Best Price: $24.25
This powerful history of broadcasting in the United States goes beyond traditional accounts to...
Voices of Summer: Ranking Baseball's 101 All-Time Best AnnouncersVoices of Summer: Ranking Baseball's 101 All-Time Best Announcers
Best Price: $2.00
Because there is really nothing like it, Smith's 'Voices of the Game' works despite the author's...

Broadcast Newswriting: the RTNDA Reference GuideBroadcast Newswriting: the RTNDA Reference Guide
Best Price: $14.00
I've been a working journalist for more than 15 years. I can say without a doubt, this is the...
Focal Easy Guide to Premiere Pro: For New Users and Professionals (The Focal Easy Guide)Focal Easy Guide to Premiere Pro: For New Users and Professionals (The Focal Easy Guide)
Best Price: $18.32
I've got to hand it to the author, this book did exactly what it said it would do. I needed to...
Yours Truly Johnny DollarYours Truly Johnny Dollar
Best Price: $6.14
Johnny Dollar began his radio career as a slightly sleazy sleuth shamelessly padding his expense...
TV Commercials: How to Make Them: or, How Big is the Boat?TV Commercials: How to Make Them: or, How Big is the Boat?
Best Price: $31.50
This book has really excellent "how to" information! It gives an overview of the...
Reality TV: Factual Entertainment and Television AudiencesReality TV: Factual Entertainment and Television Audiences
Best Price: $18.97
What is the purpose of reality television? Does it provide information and education to the...

SELLING RADIO PBSELLING RADIO PB
Best Price: $6.15
Looking for a fun read that will give you a quick introduction into the chaotic early days of...
Burning Up the Air: Jerry Williams, Talk Radio, and the Life in BetweenBurning Up the Air: Jerry Williams, Talk Radio, and the Life in Between
Best Price: $18.24
For anyone that has ever heard Jerry Williams on the air and wondered what he was like off the...
Alternative Media Handbook (Media Practice S.)Alternative Media Handbook (Media Practice S.)
Best Price: $31.76
'Alternative Media' is the term used to describe non-mainstream media forms that are...
Sports Talk: A Journey Inside the World of Sports Talk RadioSports Talk: A Journey Inside the World of Sports Talk Radio
Best Price: $13.75
Not a compelling read, but interesting, nonetheless. Only, on page 150 or so, you wonder:...
Garrison Keillor's Comedy Theater: More Songs & Sketches From A Prairie Home CompanionGarrison Keillor's Comedy Theater: More Songs & Sketches From A Prairie Home Companion
Best Price: $14.50
Where do I start? (A pretty good impersonator of) Mr. Rogers tells little kittens everywhere...

Witness to an ExecutionWitness to an Execution
Best Price: $4.15
Witness to an Execution is a very powerful documentary that offers an unusual perspective on the...
The Complete War of The WorldsThe Complete War of The Worlds
Best Price: $13.72
All too often, pairing a CD with a book comes across as gimmicy. Not so here, for HERE it is...
Media Law for Producers, Fourth EditionMedia Law for Producers, Fourth Edition
Best Price: $37.17
This is an excellence reference work, and it is chock full of sample contracts and release...
Homegrown DemocratHomegrown Democrat
Best Price: $8.70
Keillor is an old style democrat in both the small and large D sense. He is a bit of a bleeding...
Star Wars, Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (The Original Radio Drama)Star Wars, Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (The Original Radio Drama)
Best Price: $34.95
NPR created radio dramas of the Star Wars Episodes 4 - 6 and they are now on audio CD. We had...

Bob & Ray: A Night Of Two Stars (Two Compact Discs--2 Hours)Bob & Ray: A Night Of Two Stars (Two Compact Discs--2 Hours)
Best Price: $17.83
If you do not already know who Bob and Ray were, I would be hard-put to sum them up briefly....
Selected Shorts: Falling in Love (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story)Selected Shorts: Falling in Love (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story)
Best Price: $16.00
Fans of the extremely popular Selected Shorts NPR radio program will fall in love with this...
Television Entertainment (Communication and Society)Television Entertainment (Communication and Society)
Best Price: $30.81
Television entertainment rules supreme, one of the world's most important disseminators of...
  
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