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Book Shelf - Radio History: British Public and Commercial radio


Daventry Calling the WorldDaventry Calling the World

By: Norman Tomalin
Publisher: Caedmon of Whitby Publishers
First published: 1998
Out of print

The story of Daventry Wireless Station in its sixty-seven year history.


Skelton, Penrith and the WorldSkelton, Penrith and the World, 1943-1993

By: Ken Davies
Publisher: Cumbria County Council
First published: 1995
In print

Half a century of a Cumbrian village helping a nation speak peace unto nation.


The Envy of the WorldThe Envy of the World

By: Humphrey Carpenter
Publisher: Pheonix
First published: 1996
Out of print

Fifty Years of the BBC Third Programme and Radio 3.


And now on Radio 4And now on Radio 4And now on Radio 4

By: Simon Elmes
Publisher: Random House Books
First published: 2007
In print

A 40th birthday celebration of the World's Best Radio Station.


Life on Air - A History of Radio FourLife on Air - A History of Radio Four

By: David Hendy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
First published: 2007
In print

A history of BBC Radio Four.


On Air On Air - A History of BBC Transmission

By: Norman Shacklady and Martin Ellen
Publisher: Wavechange Books
First published: 2003
In print

Prior to being privatised in 1997, BBC Transmission delivered programmes to listeners and viewers for 75 years using a vast network of engineering systems. This is the human and technical story of how the programmes reached them.


An Introductory History of British BroadcastingAn Introductory History of British BroadcastingAn Introductory History of British Broadcasting

By: Andrew Crisell
Publisher: Routledge
First published: 1997
Second edition: 2002 In print

A concise history of British radio and television, looking at the nature and evolution of broadcasting and broadcasting institutions and the relation of broadcasting to a wider cultural context.


Crossing the EtherCrossing the Ether

By: Sean Street
Publisher: John Libbey Publishing
First published: 2006
In print
ISBN: 0861966686

British Public Service radio and Commercial competition 1922-1945


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