Television in America : local station history from across the nation / edited by Michael D. Murray and Donald G. Godfrey.
| Other author | Murray, Michael D. |
| Other author | Godfrey, Donald G. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Ames : Iowa State University Press, 1997. |
| Description | xxvii. 428 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Tackling the TV titans in their own backyard: WABC-TV, New York City -- The Hustler: WTNH-TV, New Haven -- Forgotten pioneer: Philco's WPTZ, Philadelphia -- Capitalizing on the Capital: WMAL-TV -- WSB-TV, Atlanta: the "Eyes of the South" -- "Foremost in service, best in entertainment": WHAS-TV, Louisville -- WTVJ, Miami: Wolfson, Renick, and "May the good news be yours" -- A TV pioneer's crusade for civil rights in the segregated South: WFTV, Orlando, Florida -- The Nation's station: WLWT-TV, Cincinnati -- A West Texan fulfills his dream: KDUB-TV, Lubbock -- First in education: WOI-TV, Ames, Iowa -- Pulitzer's prize: KSD-TV, St. Louis -- News in the heartland: WBBM-TV, Chicago -- News leader: WCCO-TV, Minneapolis -- In the public interest: WEWS-TV, Cleveland -- "In the heartland": WDAF-TV, Kansas City -- The West coast's first television station: KCBS, Los Angeles -- Paramount's KTLA: the leading station in early Los Angeles television -- KSL, Salt Lake City: "At the crossroads of the West" -- San Francisco's first televsion station: KPIX -- KING-TV, Seattle: King of the Northwest -- Alaska's television frontier: Northern Television, Inc., and the Augie Hiebert story. |
| Local note | Little-311578--305131016507W |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-406) and index. |
| LCCN | 96031760 |
| ISBN | 0813829690 |