Radio Books

I got this book when I was a kid, I could not put it down! It is a great introduction into the world of HAMs, and also has a great description of the Mount Jefferson Wilderness Area, which was interesting when I later walked through the real place.

Also check out Hostage In the Woods.

I read this book which translating to Thai language, it's very excite story I would like to another peple to read it so much.

I just finished reading this book. I could not put it down! It goes into details about a search and rescue of a 19-year old lost in the mountains. He's a ham radio operator who was hiking up a mountain to take school off his mind. As the tension mounts, ham radio becomes more and more important to being the key to his survival. This book would be of interest to anyone who is even remotely interested in radio communications and amateur radio. In fact, I would recommend this book to a non-ham to get them interested in it! It is definitely worth the 5 stars I gave it.

i am fifteen years old and i am reviewing this book for a school project. i thought this book was great. the best part is that it relates to Ham radio operators. this is a good book for young people that are interested in Ham radio. this book held my attention throughout the whole story.

I first stumble on this program while visiting the USS Constitution museum on Boston Harbor. (The Gift store there carries this program because it is very historically correct.) I was impressed with the production from beginning to end. This is a wonderful audio drama (complete with sound effects, fine acting and a wonderful music score). History buffs of all ages will certainly enjoy this amazing piece of forgotten American history. During the War of 1812, Old Ironsides certainly had some close brushes with near tragedy, put somehow good old Yankee ingenuity manages to save the day. But be warned, once you listen to this program, you will want to hear the other Old Ironsides program ("Old Ironsides and the Barbary Pirates"), and then maybe "Battle Road", "Alamo", "Bunker Hill", "Gettysburg", "Little Big Horn"...it goes on and on, but it is a wonderful ride. The Colonial Radio Theatre on The Air excells at bringing history to life via audio Dramas. Enjoy.

I am becoming a big fan of the Colonial Radio Theater. They are really good at making historic events exciting and fun. This particular tape really is exciting and tells the story of a relatively little known event. I won't spoil your fun by giving the ending away, but it really is cool.

I really got a different perspective of the hardships that the crew had to undergo to acheive the success that they did on the Constitution. Capt Hull was an excellent captain and his example was certainly an archetype of leadership. I enjoyed the wrap up at the end of the story to let the listener know what happened after this particular incident to the various parties involved. Great story and an excellent narrative. Again you are there!

This is really cool. I really feel like I'm standing on the Constitution next to Captain Hull. The naval battle is so exciting but you'll have to listen to see how it turns out. Get it. It's great fun!

I agree with everything the previous reviewer wrote. Aside from being annoyed by Boston Blackie, and one detective getting knocked out every episode(Jeff Regan or Pat Novak), I really enjoyed these stories. My favorite was Tales of the Texas Rangers with Joel McRae. I highly recommend this collection. This was my first time hearing any of these shows. Dragnet is often hysterical!! Like a good book, I'm sorry I'm on my last tape. This is great stuff!!

This is a great collection with only two potential drawbacks: 1) Sam Spade is not included, and 2) the Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar episodes are not from the Bob Bailey years (1955-60). This set is available on CD, but the CD copy is not listed on Amazon. The ISBN for the CD version is 1570194297 and the UPC code is 748754455928.

The following is a complete listing of the episodes on both the cassette and CD versions:

1) The Adventures of Philip Marlowe w/ Gerald Mohr
- The Hairpin Turn 01-28-50
- The Grim Echo 02-14-50
- The Gold Cobra 06-21-50

2) Barry Craig, Confidential Investigator w/ William Gargan
- Blood Money 08-24-54
- Hay is for Homicide 08-31-54
- Ghosts Don't Die In Bed 09-07-54

3) Boston Blackie w/ Chester Morris
- Star of the Nile 07-14-44
- Black Market Case 07-21-44
- Devon Estate 07-28-44

4) Broadway Is My Beat w/ Larry Thor
- Thomas Hart 04-14-51
- Philip Hunt 04-21-51
- Georgia Gray 04-28-51

5) Box Thirteen w/ Alan Ladd
- Daytime Nightmare 12-06-48
- Death Is No Joke 12-13-48
- Design for Danger 12-27-48

6) Casebook of Gregory Hood w/ Elliott Lewis
- The Daphne Bloggs Case 09-30-46
- Tommy, The Saddest Clown in the World 10-07-46
- Eloquent Corpse 10-14-46

7) Casey, Crime Photographer w/ Staats Cotsworth
- Loaded Dice 09-04-47
- Chivalrous Gunman 08-14-47
- Tobacco Pouch 09-18-47

8) Dragnet w/ Jack Webb
- The Big Little Mother 10-06-53
- The Big Plea 10-13-53
- The Big Paint 10-20-53

9) Gang Busters
- The Carnival Caper
- Case of The Four Feathers
- Horserace Hijackers

10) Jeff Regan, Investigator w/ Jack Webb
- Prodigal Daughter 07-17-48
- Pilgrim's Progress 11-20-48
- Man Who Fought Back 11-27-48

11) Michael Shayne, Detective w/ Jeff Chandler
- The Man Who Lived Forever 05-10-49
- Hate That Killed 08-27-49
- The Gray Eyed Blond

12) Pat Novak, For Hire w/ Jack Webb
- Escape From Prison 04-02-49
- Pat's Boat is Missing 04-23-49
- Watch Wendy Morris 04-30-49

13) Philo Vance, Detective w/ Jackson Beck
- The Little Murder Case 11-15-49
- The Nightmare Murder Case 11-22-49
- The Thundering Murder Case 11-29-49

14) Richard Diamond, Private Detective w/ Dick Powell
- Casebury Case 02-02-51
- Blue Serge Suit 02-09-51
- The Gray Man 02-16-51

15) Rogue's Gallery w/ Dick Powell
- The George Grant Case 12-20-45
- The Stark McVey Case 01-03-46
- The Judge Collin Baker Case 05-16-46

16) The Saint w/ Vincent Price
- Baseball Murder 09-03-50
- The Ghost That Giggled* 09-17-50
- Dossier on a Doggone Dog* 09-24-50

17) The Shadow w/ Bill Johnstone
- Death Shows The Way 12-03-39
- Flight of the Vulture 12-10-39
- Murder Incorporated 12-17-39

18) Sherlock Holmes w/ John Stanley & Alfred Shirley
- The Case of the Dog Who Changed His Mind 09-28-47
- The Case of the Missing Heiress 10-05-47
- The Adventure of the Red Headed League 10-12-47

19) Tales of the Texas Rangers w/ Joel McCrea
- Dead Head Freight 01-07-51
- Death in the Cards 01-14-51
- Blood Harvest 01-21-51

20) Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar w/ Edmond O'Brien
- The London Matter 06-22-50
- The Barbara James Matter 06-29-50
- The Bello-Horizonte Railroad Matter 07-06-50

*These episodes star Barry Sullivan

There was a time when radio was everything. Sure, you could go to the movies on the weekends, maybe even during the week if you had the dough, but for entertainment on a regular basis, radio was all there was. Everyone knew where you'd be Sunday nights at 7:00; you'd be sitting around the radio with the family, listening to Jack Benny. On a different night you might listen to "The Shadow" or "The Life of Riley" with William Bendix. Or maybe Alan Ladd was your favorite, and you waited all week for "Box 13." When you were broke, and couldn't go to the movies, you could still listen to big stars doing radio adaptions of their films on "Lux Radio Theatre." Maybe you turned the lights out and huddled with your girl while Roma Wines presented "Suspense."

It was entertainment before people got lazy. You used your imagination and the world was endless. One of the most popular type of shows was the mystery or detective drama. This collection has 60 programs and over 30 hours of quality entertainment on 20 audio cassettes. There are rare episodes included that were formerly only available at the Library of Congress and had never been in circulation.

I've owned this for several years and they have brought me many hours of enjoyable and nostalgic adventure. New, this comes with a great booklet containing details about each program, including the cast, the plot, and the date aired. These program notes by Anthony Tollin with cast identifications by Tollin and William Nadel are invaluable, also giving an overview of the show's history.

There are three programs from 20 different shows. Here is my overview of each show included in this fine collection:

THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP MARLOWE---Gerald Mohr had played The Lone Wolf in "B" films and did a great job as Chandler's Marlowe.

BARRY CRAIG, CONFIDENTIAL INVESTIGATOR---William Gargan is a name familiar to all film buffs and this was a great show.

BOSTON BLACKIE---These are the early summer replacement shows with Chester Morris as Blackie, before it was syndicated and Richard Kollmar took over. Blackie was sort of a "B" series and very enjoyable as such.

BROADWAY IS MY BEAT---Larry Thor was N.Y.P.D. Detective Danny Clover, whose beat was the mile between Times Square and Columbus Circle. This was a really good police show with good sound effects.

BOX THIRTEEN---Alan Ladd was Dan Holiday, a novelist who placed an ad for adventure in the Star-Times so he could get ideas for his books. Sylvia Picker was his daffy secretary. This show had great and exciting stories and always a touch of humor at the end. My favorite radio show of all time. A Mayfair production (Ladd's own company).

THE CASEBOOK OF GREGORY HOOD---Elliot Lewis portrayed the importer-turned-sleuth from San Francisco and Howard McNear was his attorney pal, Sanderson Taylor. Origionally a summer replacement show for Sherlock Holmes, there was witty banter between Gregory and his pal and some good scripts. Good show.

CASEY, CRIME PHOTOGRAPHER---Anchor Hocking, the most famous name in glass! They were the sponsor for this fun show that ran for 12 years under several variations of Casey, Crime Photographer. Staats Cotsworth was Jack "Flashgun" Casey and Jan Miner was his girl Ann. John Gibson was Ethelbert and Tony Marvin did a great job as the announcer who would help make the light and lively crime show one of the best!

DRAGNET---Jack Webb. "Nuff said!

GANGBUSTERS---Popular in its day, it had authentic crime stories from F.B.I. files made available to the show by Hoover. This is my least favorite in this collection. It's still worth listening to, just not on a par with the other shows, at least for me. Others may like it more.

JEFF REGAN, INVESTIGATOR----AND----PAT NOVAK, FOR HIRE-------Two separate shows with a lot in common; both starred Jack Webb as a hardboiled gumshoe and both had good stories. Both of these shows were pre-Dragnet. Novak was set in San Francisco.

MICHAEL SHAYNE, DETECTIVE---Jeff Chandler was great as David Dresser's (a.k.a.Bret Halliday) redheaded Irish P.I., who was based on a real guy who'd bailed Dresser out of a brawl in a Mexican cantina. The radio show was pulp fun, just like the books. Dresser's origional Michael Shayne novel was rejected by 22 publishers before he got a taker! Being redheaded and Irish, I have to like this one!

PHILO VANCE---Jason Beck portrayed S.S. Van Dine's high society sleuth. Another fun summer replacement show.

RICHARD DIAMOND--A young Blake Edwards wrote the scripts for this fun detective show. Dick Powell got to shed his early 1930's image and became a detective. He still got to sing, however, and this is a very good show.

ROGUE'S GALLERY---Dick Powell in another detective show. Not as good as Diamond, but still worth a listen.

THE SAINT---Vincent Price is The Saint on one episode and Barry Sullivan takes over on the other two as Leslie Charteris' cool-as-a-cucumber creation.

THE SHADOW---Probably the greatest show in the history of radio! Bill Johnstone is Lamont Cranston/The Shadow in all three of these shows and Marjorie Anderson is Margot Lane. Cranston used a strange power he learned in the orient to cloud minds and make him invisible so he could fight crime.

All three of these shows are terrific! My favorite of the three would be "Death Shows the Way" in which a weekend getaway for Lamont and Margo is halted by a diamond with a curse and.......well, you'll just have to listen!

SHERLOCK HOLMES---John Stanley and Alfred Shirley rather than Rathbone and Bruce, but entertaining still. Next to Gangbusters, my least favorite show in the collection, however.

TALES OF THE TEXAS RANGERS---Joel McCrea starred as Texas Ranger Jase Pearson. Based on authentic case files of the Texas rangers, this was a marvelous combination of crime and modern day cowboys. Many of the shows were based on the experiences of legendary Ranger Captain M.T. Gonzaullas, who was a consultant for the show. McCrea was the perfect guy to play a Texas Ranger. A fantastic show!

YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR---Edmund O'Brien was the insurance investigator with a padded expense account. These were good stories and this was an excellent show. Widely regarded as the last of the great radio detective shows before television finally put the dagger in the heart of the greatest of all mediums, radio.

If you are a radio buff and detective fan, this is a must have collection. You'll be taken back in time to better days when you listen to this stellar compilation of the best shows of their kind ever produced. Pull up a stool by the cracker barrel, pop the cap on an orange soda, and use your imagination.

Sixty shows at a dollar a show. You get quality and quantity at bargain basement prices. The show types range from true crime ("Dragnet", "Gangbusters", and "Tales of Texas Rangers") to traditional mystery/whodunnit ("Michael Shayne", "Philip Marlowe", and "The Saint") to comic book ("The Shadow"). The quality ranges from very good ("Box Thirteen", "Broadway is my Beat", and "Casey, Crime Photographer") to good ("Barry Craig", "Philo Vance", and "Richard Diamond") to not so good ("Jeff Regan", "Pat Novak", and "Rogue's Gallery") to ludicrous ("Boston Blackie"). The collection inevitably omits some shows (e.g. "Sam Spade", "This is Your FBI", and "The Black Museum"), but it gives you a wide-ranging overview of radio detective shows in the late 40's and early 50's. This collection gave me thirty hours of listening pleasure.

Creo que este es un excelente libro para todos aquellos que tienen un gran interes por participar como locutores en una cabina de radio pero no saben como entrar. Me uno a los que piensan que hubiera sido excelente tener este material hace algunos años, nos hubieramos evitado tantas malas experiencias. Pero si tu estas con ese deseo interno de ingresar a una radio no dejes de leer este libro y de aplicar con disciplina los consejos contenidos en el.
No esperes un libro lleno de erudicion...yo lo califico como un sencillo mapa que te guiara por los senderos que te llevaran tarde o temprano a la meta deseada: Ser una personalidad radial.

Jack Broady's book is absolutely the most informative, clear-cut book for gaining employment into the highly competative field of radio personality/broadcasting. His 17 years of obvious experience shows in this step-by-step process on how to gain access into this very exclusive field of becoming an on-air personality. This invaluable advice is a MUST BUY for anyone even considering breaking into the field. I mastered in telecommunications and film, and learned more in the introductory paragraph of Jack Broady's book, than in the last three years of college. This book has given me the inside scoop and most importantly, a foot in the door of an otherwise unattainable industry. Melinda Stone.

Written by 17-year veteran of radio broadcasting Jack Broady, On Air: The Guidebook to Starting a Career as a Radio Personality lives up to its title, succinctly covering everything an aspiring radio personality needs to know. From four straightforward, realistic methods for landing one's first job at a radio station, to the most valuable rules of radio, industry lingo explained, tips for performing one's best, and much more, On Air is an absolute "must-read" for any and every would-be radio professional. "Here is the secret that has started countless careers for on air personalities and is the first lesson in 'paying your dues.' YOU MUST BE WILLING TO WORK FOR FREE. This is the only sure way to gain instant employment with no experience. It is very difficult to get your first job at a radio station if you are not willing to make this sacrifice." Highly recommended.

Jack Broady's book On-Air is a wealth of information. He tells the inside scoop regarding the in's and out's of how to land a job in radio. I followed his advice (Method 2) and got a job offer in a week. I am thrilled to say the least. This book is worth every penny and I highly recommend it to anyone considering an "on-air" career.

Fans of OTR will surely be familiar with the Amos & Andy radio shows. They were so extraordinarily popular and woven into the fabric of the lives of legions of Americans that everything stopped when the show was scheduled to air. Restaurant conversations halted; even the motion picture houses stopped the film long enough to air Amos & Andy for the audience (or risk having patrons just stay home so as not to miss the broadcast).

I've been reading an excellent book. The Original Amos 'n' Andy: Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll And The 1928-1943 Radio Serial. The author, Elizabeth McLeod, has produced a deft and scholarly look at a bit of radio history that was in great danger of being lost forever.

The radio show went beyond those years, but it is the early episodes (thousands) that warrant the attention of this book. What I found fascinating is that, while the Amos & Andy series is often regarded in modern commentary as patently racist and a propagation of stereotypes, the creators of the two characters, Gosden and Correll, took great pains to achieve just the opposite. The author addresses this early on and powerfully. Both Amos and Andy were treated as real people and given multi-layered story lines and and dignified treatment. They could easily have bent to sponsor pressure and allowed the characters to become silly minstrels doing gag lines. Instead, the programs followed the two as their own lives followed the pattern of many African-Americans of the time: migration from the southern US to Chicago in search of work, and from there to New York. They fell in love, got taken by slicksters, felt hunger, pain, and joy, got and lost work, cried at loss, and expressed it all through amazingly real story lines that hooked a generation of listeners. Astonishingly, Gosden and Correll voiced virtually all of the shows dozens of characters!
Amos & Andy received wheelbarrows full of not just fan mail, but objects that had to do with the story line of the shows, attesting to the way listeners thought of them - as real individuals about whom they came to care.
Sadly, none of the early, and if this book is to believed (and it is), best, original broadcasts remain in audio form, only the scripts survive. Ms. McLeod has done obvious, painstaking, laborious research, including the transcriptions of the early scripts.
The result is a truly excellent, well-executed telling of a fascinating story. She has accomplished something very difficult for a writer: she has presented in a very immediate and attention-keeping way what is actually a quite scholarly narrative. Her affection for the material is obvious and it is hard to imagine this book would have been as deliciously readable if that were not the case.
An excellent history of Old Time Radio.

This book is a must-read. Period.

Okay, that's not much of a review. But it's a fact. If you have any interest in genuine broadcasting history - indeed, if you want to know how broadcast entertainment evolved to embrace forms that we know and love to the present day, and you want to know EXACTLY WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE - this book is a must-read.

Most of you only know what you've been told about "Amos 'n' Andy." Most of you have been misled by so-called "enlightened scholarship" that has reduced this once-beloved show to what one revisionist termed "a nightly racial slur."

Behold instead the work of a genuine scholar, Elizabeth McLeod, who has evaluated all the latter-day critiques and not-so-benign neglect surrounding Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll's place in broadcast history and then sets the record straight with facts.

This is a thoroughly enjoyable, enlightening, fascinating account of a program that captivated millions of listeners of all races. It's a story of two performers who created characters that all of America cared about and considered friends. It's an account of the power of intimacy in all of broadcasting, whether strictly aural, visual or both. And it's a meticulous, exhaustively researched documentation of data that proves without doubt that Amos Jones and Andy Brown were beloved because they represented that which is good and decent in humankind, foibles and all.

Sadly, I know some who flatly declare they will never read this book (hopefully they won't be writing "reviews" here). I don't know whether they're afraid to let go of their pre-conceived notions, or afraid to think for themselves - or just afraid to be seen reading something with "Amos 'n' Andy" on the cover. To continue to skewer radio's "Amos 'n' Andy" without having read and reflected upon this work is akin to saying that, from 1928-43, this nation consisted of about 50 million racists, some of whom can be found in your own family tree.

The time has come - it was long overdue - to set the record straight about "Amos 'n' Andy" and its creators; time for America to know the rest of this story.

This book is a must-read.

this book is a *must read* for anyone interested in amos 'n' andy, the history of early old time radio, or the comic serial format generally. "must read" is an abused and overused cliche in book reviews, but in this case no other phrase would fit.

if there is an overarching theme to the book, it's that correll and gosden's contributions to broadcasting, which were far reaching and numerous, have been unfairly obscured by the various controversies surrounding amos 'n' andy over the years: e.g., they virtually invented the concept of syndicated broadcasting, the daily serial format, and to a large extent, the very concept of a fully plotted continuing radio series. what louis armstrong was to american popular music, correll and gosden were to broadcasting.

in addition, mcleod also concerns herself largely with shattering numerous well-established myths surrounding the duo and their show. for instance, she thoroughly-- yet respectfully-- debunks the notion that amos 'n' andy was a controversial show during its initial serial run. she convincingly presents evidence that the only major organized protest against the show by african americans was by a philadelphia newspaper in 1931, and that the publisher's motivation was more likely to increase the circulation of his newspaper than to express any genuine outrage. in any event, the public failed to rally around the cause, and the first instance of serious organized protest
against amos 'n' andy didn't ocurr until the television era. even then, mcleod points out, the radio show-- which was still on the air-- remained almost entirely outside the storm of controversy.

she also demonstrates, through fascinating excerpts from the original scripts, that the world of amos 'n' andy was far from a simplistic and demeaning exploitation of stereotyped minstrel characters. the lack of surviving recordings from the serial era, and the huge popularity of the later radio and television
sitcom versions, have all but completely obscured how diverse and individualized the characters populating the amos 'n' andy universe were. in fact, it may have been the only show on radio to have presented african americans as anything *but* subservient characters.

the book is extremely well-written, perfectly straddling the language line between serious academic study and readability. there's enough material here with enough backing evidence and research to justify a doctoral thesis, but the prose is never anything less than completely fluid and accessible, unlike so many academic pop culture studies (ever read any "serious" film criticism? my *goodness*.)

the book itself is hardbound with a lovely laminated cover (no dust jacket included or required), with numerous black and white photos throughout. an appendix provides a detailed analysis of the ratings history of the program over the years, which debunks
yet another myth that the soaring popularity of the show in its early years was followed by a sharp decline in listenership in the early '30s.

while a bit on the pricey side, the monumental nature of the task at hand, and my guess that mcleod's years of research work was not funded by grants, and the fact that the topic itself has such a limited potential readership, i can't imagine she will ever receive anything close to the compensation she deserves. i was quite happy to contribute something to the "cause". i've spent far less on other serious OTR studies and regretted the
money spent. this book is well worth the investment.

For far too long history has ignored the immense contributions to the radio medium by two men who were radio story-telling pioneers. The two men were Freeman F. Gosden and Charles J. Correll---Amos 'n' Andy.

Most radio and social histories dismiss Amos 'n' Andy as merely "racist," but they fail to put Amos 'n' Andy in a proper perspective.

Finally someone has come along who has set the record straight--Elizabeth McLeod.

Using the original scripts as her primary sources, she has painstakingly retold the true story of Amos 'n' Andy---leaving the question of the program's place in race relations up to those who wish to make up their own minds---which they will have little trouble doing, as the facts are presented clearly and accurately in this book.

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Amos 'n' Andy or the history of broadcasting and mass media in the United States. I would love to see the complete Amos 'n' Andy scripts reprinted in book form---perhaps this will be accomplished on the coat-tails of this work.

Sammy Jones
Athens, GA

This book not only explains PSIP it also "connects the dots" for the broadcast and cable system. Mr. Eyer has provided a valuable resource that is easy to read and understand. Any engineer "worth his salt" should read this book.

The 13818 and the accompanying ATSC and DVB specs are powerful, flexible, inclusive, and incomprehensible. Mr. Eyer does a fantastic job of deciphering the important information and even provides sample streams which are more useful than any diagrams when you're sitting in front of a scope. Highly recommended if you are working with ATSC SI information -- engineers and technical managers alike.

A few people usually participate in the development of complicated systems standards. A few more learn directly from the standard. Most of us rely on books to understand what's really behind a standard like PSIP. Mark Eyer does a fantastic job explaining what PSIP is about and what it means for the digital television industry. PSIP is critical to making digital broadcast television work for consumers, and Mark's book wraps it up in a highly readable, complete package.

This book, written by one of the primary authors of PSIP, is a comprehensive look at what PSIP is, what the information carred by PSIP is, and how to use it.

There are very few books available that explain in detail the standards and specifications for the ATSC digital television system. This is one of the best, taking on one of the most complicated and confusing topics.

Anyone involved in digital television, including broadcasters, programmers, PC and receiver designers, technology journalists, etc., should have a copy of this book on his/her shelf.

This is the only book I found which covers the land mobile radio. Can't believe I couldn't find it until now! I highly reccommend the book.

This is the only book I've found that covers land mobile radio systems. If you are involved with 2-way radio, SMR, PAMR, you should have this book. It covers the technologies and the applications. I've learned a lot from this book and I highly recommend it.

This book provides a great overview of land mobile radio technology. I finally found an unbiased description of the different technologies. Now I really understand the options and services that I can offer in my system.

The economics chapter in this book helped me understand the real costs and lots of hidden costs in the operation of systems. The descriptions in the advanced services chapter helped me to discover a few new messaging applications that will make me more money.

Bottom line, a good book on land mobile radio!

If you want an overview (non-technical) of radio trunking architecture, such as TETRA, P.25, ESMR, etc., then this is the best book on the market.

There is a generous treatment of U.S. and European standards and a great chapter on LMR Economics (for LMR system planners).

My only complaint is that there should have been a chapter on site acquisition, site development, and O & M system integration. For another good book, read Singer's classic "Land Mobile Radio".

I just can't get enough of the old time radio programs. There is something to be said about the minds eye which is lost in todays tv shows. The art of radio programs may be long gone but thank god for cd's such as these where you can go back in time any time you may want and listen to some of the best quality radio programs ever made. I would highly reccomend this package to anyone who loves the old radio programs. Enjoy!

Very happy with all the songs. Those that know the songs can easily sing along as well as persons not familiar with but easily learned. Great for a family or other group participation.

The Comedies were very good and entertaining and it was good to hear the old commericals on some of them. The Crime Shows and Space Shows were a bit hard to follow.

We do a lot of traveling and trying to keep your car radio on a station is not easy. However we have become addicted to the Old Time Radio Broadcasts. We have listened to broadcast going back to the 20's, 30's, 40's, and 50's. These CD's are so interesting and entertaining. To be able to listen to Burns and Allen, Jack Benny, and Abbot & Costello is great. Not to overlook the mystery series, The Whistler, The Green Hornet, Boston Blackie. And don't forget the westerns...Try them you'll like them and they do make your trip easier on you.

Even though the book was written in Europe (it refers to some materials, which are hard to find in the U.S.), its quite useful and well written. I consider myself an experienced scratch builder, but I found a lot of useful information, building techniques, and construction ideas in this book. Highly recommend to everybody using foam in the airplane construction.

Anyone interested in learning the basics of foam model construction would be well advised to pick up a copy of this book. Everything is written in a clear, easy-to-understand text that takes one through making tools, cutting foam, covering and sheeting methods, and other modeling uses for foam.

It is highly recommended.

Even though I just bought this book (not from Amazon), my edition appears to be the 1999 one, not 2000. At any rate, the book is really excellent. What impressed me most was the simple design of the tools employed, from the hot wire cutter to the vacuum bagger, all appear to be buildable from stuff at the local auto parts store, junkyard, and hardware store. Things like a cheap auto battery charger, old refrigerator compressor, etc. Nothing exotic.

Not only that, but after describing how to build wings from templates, he gives an explanation of how to draw the templates, with details on a half-dozen popular wing shapes. Like everything else in the book, he takes you through it step-by-step, leaving nothing out.

Overall, I think this must be one of the best "how to" books I've ever read.

Thank you NEXUS Special Interest Books (UK) for putting this book back in circulation. If anyone is even thinking about building their first Foamie, this book is a must, for it will answer your basic questions on the "dos and don't" about FOAM, a very well though out book for any modeller's first Foam aeroplane.. Thank You David Thomas, Sid King

This CD is awesome! You feel as if you were listening to Hazel and her Hazelnuts broadcasting in 1927! The songs are cute and funny! I LOVE THIS SHOW! If you love musical theatre, you must have this CD!

My husband and I went to see a local production of Radio Gals. We knew nothing about it prior to going. It was so delightful that I came home and ordered the CD right away. Then we got tickets so our kids could see the production too. It's truly a family favorite. We enjoy music that's just plain fun and you can't get much more fun than this.

I just came from a performance of radio gals (since it was FABULOUS) and decided to look for the soundtrack...i heard this one and was glad that it could give me my radio gals fix...im glad i ordered it

Attracted by the theme, I ordered this CD without having heard it at all, and it has turned out to be one of my favorites! This is the story of Hazel Hunt and her Hazelnuts, a day in the life of a homegrown all-gals radio station in 1927 Arkansas. There is a lot of great songwriting on this album, well-rendered by find song-singing and playing. Tender love songs, winsome ballads, foot-stompin' hand-clappin' homefried numbers, and even a couple of song-stories fill out the bill of 22 songs, with not a single bad apple in the barrel. "Radio Gals" is a musical playing here and there around the country; see it if you have a chance, and by all means give this CD a listen! (The musical is written by Mike Craver of "Wagoner's Lad" fame and the late Mark Hardwick, who was a co-creator of "Pump Boys and Dinettes" and other musicals.)