History of international broadcasting / James Wood.

Author/creator Wood, James, 1920-
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : P. Peregrinus Ltd. in association with the Science Museum, ©1992.
Description2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
International broadcasting.

SeriesIEE history of technology series ; 19, 23
History of technology series ; 19. ^A185542
History of technology series ; 23. ^A185542
Contents The triode and radio telephony -- Origins of entertainment broadcasting -- Technological revolution -- Commercial broadcasting -- A social tool: birth of the BBC -- Propaganda: the cradle years, 1927-1938 -- Radio Luxembourg: super power comes to Europe -- International broadcasting from 1938 to the early 1960s -- British censorship and propaganda, 1939-1945 -- German broadcasting under the Nazis -- US wartime broadcasting -- Japanese wartime broadcasting -- Treason by radio -- Woofferton SW station -- The Cold War -- The Voice of America -- Satellite communications and global broadcasting -- Developments since 1960 -- The decade of audibility: 1980-1990 -- Technology of the high-power transmitter -- Broadcasting from the Federal Republic of Germany -- Scandinavian broadcasting -- LW and MW international broadcasting -- Jamming on the short waves -- 'Speaking peace unto nations': BBC World Service -- Subversion, propaganda broadcasting and the CIA -- Second in the world: the USSR -- Renewed expansion at the Voice of America -- Commercial giants: French broadcasting -- Super power in the Arab world -- Religious broadcasting and propaganda -- Transmitter sales during the 1980s -- The future of international AM broadcasting -- Appendix I: Television, the Gulf War and the future of propaganda -- Appendix II: Sales of high-power transmitters since 1991 -- Appendix III: Low-profile transmitters
Contents v. 2. International broadcasting in the HF spectrum : past and present -- An analysis of SW sales 1950-1997 -- SW listening audiences and broadcasting output -- Projecting foreign policy, propaganda, beliefs and objectives -- Structure of US international broadcasting -- The BBC World Service -- Deutsche Welle : The voice of Germany -- Radio France International -- Voice of America -- Radio Canada International -- Swiss Radio International -- Radio Nederland Wereldomroep -- The former Soviet Union -- The Balkan region -- RFE/RL comes out of the cold -- The restructuring of US government international broadcasting -- The Arab-Islamic world -- Libya, Egypt, Kuwait and Iran -- China and SE Asia -- Radio Australia -- US religious/commercial private broadcasters -- The broadcast transmitter industry -- Company profiles -- Steerable 500kW rated curtain antenna arrays -- Profile of the tube manufacturing industry -- The future is digital -- The future for international broadcasting in the HF spectrum -- Appendix I: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty -- Appendix II: SW reference list for the major transmitter manufacturers.
Local noteLittle-328366--305131026001M--v.2
General noteVol. 1 unnumbered.
General noteVol. 2 has imprint: London : Institution of Electrical Engineers in association with the Science Museum, c2000.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 93171088
ISBN0863412815 (v. 1)
ISBN0852969201 (v. 2)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HE8697.4 .W66 1992 V. 1 ✔ Available Place Hold
Joyner General Stacks HE8697.4 .W66 1992 V. 2 ✔ Available Place Hold