United States History - State & Local History - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
Boston's radio history begins with pioneering station 1XE/WGI, one of America's first radio stations, and includes the first station to receive a commercial license, WBZ; the first FM radio network, W1XOJ and W1XER; and one of the first news networks, the Yankee News Service. Nationally known bandleaders like Joe Rines and Jacques Renard were first heard on Boston radio, as was one of the first weathercasters, E. B. Rideout. The city has been home to a number of legendary announcers, such as Bob and Ray, Arnie Ginsburg, Dick Summer, Dale Dorman, and Charles Laquidara; talk show giants like Jerry Williams and David Brudnoy; and sports talkers like Eddie Andelman and Glenn Ordway. Many Boston radio personalities, such as Curt Gowdy, "Big Brother" Bob Emery, Don Kent, and Louise Morgan, found fame on television but first established themselves on Boston's airwaves. Since 1920, Boston radio has remained vibrant, proving that live and local stations are as important as ever.
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Boston commercial radio dates back to the media's infant years and remains vibrant beyond naysayers' predictions. In fact, the story of its development in the past ninety years can be read (and, in the case of this pictorial, seen) as a micro-history of the evolution of business on the airwaves. Donna Halper's Images of America paperback guides readers through the full history of Bean Town broadcasting.
Book Details
Published
February 21, 2011
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing SC
Pages
128
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780738574103