Sounds of Change : a History of FM Broadcasting in America.

By:

Sterling, Christopher H

Contributor(s):

Keith, Michael C

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (336 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780807877555
0807877557

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

384.54530973

LOC classification:

PN1991.3.U6 S78 2008

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Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: FM in Radio's History; 1 Creating a New System (Before 1941); 2 War and Evolution (19411945); 3 The Dismal Years (19451957); 4 Turnaround (19581965); 5 A Sound Alternative (19661980); 6 Dominance: FM Is Radio (19801995); 7 Clouds in the Air (Since 1995); EPILOGUE: Defining he Context of FM; APPENDIX A: AM, FM, and HD Radio Technology; APPENDIX B: FM Historical Statistics, 19452005; APPENDIX C: Changing FM National Coverage, 19492005; NOTES; SELECTED BIELIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

Summary: When it first appeared in the 1930s, FM radio was a technological marvel, providing better sound and nearly eliminating the static that plagued AM stations. It took another forty years, however, for FM's popularity to surpass that of AM. In Sounds of Change, Christopher Sterling and Michael Keith detail the history of FM, from its inception to its dominance (for now, at least) of the airwaves. Initially, FM's identity as a separate service was stifled, since most FM outlets were AM-owned and simply simulcast AM programming and advertising. A wartime hiatus followed by the rise of television pre.

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When it first appeared in the 1930s, FM radio was a technological marvel, providing better sound and nearly eliminating the static that plagued AM stations. It took another forty years, however, for FM's popularity to surpass that of AM. In Sounds of Change, Christopher Sterling and Michael Keith detail the history of FM, from its inception to its dominance (for now, at least) of the airwaves. Initially, FM's identity as a separate service was stifled, since most FM outlets were AM-owned and simply simulcast AM programming and advertising. A wartime hiatus followed by the rise of television pre.