James R Walker

Crack of the Bat

A History of Baseball on the Radio

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Produktbeschreibung

James R. Walker is a professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Communication at Saint Xavier University. He is the coauthor of Center Field Shot: A History of Baseball on Television (Nebraska, 2008) and The Broadcast Television Industry. Pat Hughes has been the radio voice of the Chicago Cubs since 1996.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9780803245006
• ISBN-10: 0803245009
• Artikelnr.: 41748787

Autorenporträt

James R. Walker is a professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Communication at Saint Xavier University. He is the coauthor of Center Field Shot: A History of Baseball on Television (Nebraska, 2008) and The Broadcast Television Industry. Pat Hughes has been the radio voice of the Chicago Cubs since 1996.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Game in Words and Sound
Part I. The Formative Years, 1920–36
1. Early World Series Coverage
2. The Local Game Begins
3. Inventing a New Craft
4. The Baseball-Radio War
5. The World Series Triggers a National Obsession
6. Advertisers Expand Baseball Coverage
Part II. The Age of Acceptance, 1937–60
7. Re-Creating Baseball
8. Baseball Reluctantly Embraces Radio
9. An Explosion in National Coverage
Part III. The Television Years, 1961–Present
10. Radio in the Age of Television
11. The Modern Baseball Announcer
12. Baseball Broadcasts in the Digital Era
Epilogue
Appendix: Number of Team Radio Stations by Year, 1936–2001
Notes
Index