Radio Books

Reeves and Campbell cut through all of the drug war crap in this superb cultural analysis. The role of the news -- especially the television network news -- is clear in the creation of a major "drug problem" and the need for a war on drugs. Need to know why the jails are overflowing with drug users? As this book points out, the Reagan-era news loved this "lock 'em up" story.

This is an utterly fascinating book, written by someone who has been watching television for more than 40 years. In that time, he has interviewed just about EVERYBODY in the business. So, if you're in the business, or want to GET in the business, or just have a fascination with the producers, directors, writers AND stars, get this book. You won't be disappointed.

I'm intrigued by the variety of people Bob Kubey has chosen for this book.

This can be nothing but a valuable resource to all who study media and television.

The Xtal Set Society sells several books on crystal radio including back volumes of the society newsletter. Crystal Radio: History Fundamentals and Design was one of the first and it is still one of the best. Contrary to the above information, all of their books are still in print, and you can find the XSS easily by typing in the keywords "crystal radio" on most of the major search sites.

The book is a good guide for using CT or Computed Tomography simulation, for treatment planning,in radiation therapy. Explains: Physics of CT use in the clinical setting, CT simulation methods/ equipment used; 3-dimensional treatment planning/ quality assurance process needed.

I AM A RADIO AND TELEVISION HISTORIAN AND HAVE A VAST PRIVATE LIBRARY OF BROADCAST RECORDINGS AND FILM MEDIA. THIS COLLECTION OF BBC MATERIAL IS AN INTERESTING LOOK AT THE WAR AS COVERED BY THE BRITS. WE SENT TROUPS 'OVER THERE' WHILE TO THEM 'OVER THERE' WAS LITERALLY THEIR OWN HOMES AND TOWNS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS COLLECTION ISSUED AS A SERIES OF UNEDITED BROADCASTS.ALTHOUGH OF SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE,THE EXCERPTS INCLUDED HERE,WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW,ARE VERY BRIEF. ADAM 8/19/05

Really Great!

Dale Carnegie's Radio Program: How to Win Friends and Influence People -
Lesson 1

Narrator Jason McCoy

This Lesson has 4 programs


Gain insight into handling difficult people; Discover the keys to popularity; How young people can look for a job; & What employers want in their employees.



COLGATE SHAVE CREAMS PRESENT DALE CARNEGIE, the man who can answer your problem! Millions of readers profit by reading Dale Carnegie's daily column of helpful advice in more than one hundred of America's leading newspapers; and his famous book, "HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE" has sold more copies during its first eighteen months of publication than any other non-fiction book in all history. Now Colgate brings Dale Carnegie's inspiring advice to you, on the radio, so everyone can take advantage of his proven rules for winning happiness and success.



Gain insight into handling difficult people

"Tune in" to Dale Carnegie's live radio broadcast in a particularly amusing edition of "How to Win Friends and Influence People". Gain insight into handling difficult people through the personal exploits of Dale Carnegie's guests, and benefit from learning Carnegie's "How to Win Rule" of the week on the futility of letting ourselves get upset by trivialities.


Discover the keys to popularity

Discover the keys to popularity and find out what makes people like or dislike you, in this insightful edition of Dale Carnegie's live radio show, "How to Win Friends and Influence People". Follow live interviews with five secretaries who share what they dislike about their bosses, and benefit from Dale Carnegie's five rules that will help you gain favor not only with your secretary, but with your wife, your children, your sweetheart, and everyone else.


How young people can look for a job

In yet another inspiring edition of Dale Carnegie's live radio broadcasts on "How to Win Friends and Influence People", Dale Carnegie tackles the problem of "the future" faced by twenty-one million American boys and girls between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four -and tries to find the solution. Don't miss Carnegie's tips on free youth services, and his advice on how young people can go about more intelligently looking for a job, and how they can get an education with little or no money.

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What employers want in their employees.


In this last broadcast featuring Dale Carnegie and his "How To Win Rules", Dale Carnegie explores what employers want in their employees. Find out the three main points he brings out that you can use immediately to help you get a job, help you win recognition in your job, and help you deal with people more effectually in both in business and in your home.

And you won't to miss Dale Carnegie's GRAND SUMMARY of all of his rules on "How to Win Friends and Influence People" included in this special, final broadcast.

This has got to be the best Dawson's Creek book. It is a guide-- it has info about every person, character, etc., but it goes farther. It every episode up until the end of the second seaon. What makes it great is that it has all the episode music, quotes from EVERY episode, interviews with people like Kevin Williamson, places to get info on the internet and TONS of pictures... it has pictures on basically every page. It is great. Go out and get it now!

"The Death of Talk Radio?" makes a compelling case for why it is better to let broadcasters and listeners decide what is said in a free market of ideas, rather than have federal bureaucrats dictate who can say what and how much time should be devoted to each point of view. The point? The "Fairness Doctrine" is NOT fair! This book is very informative, well-written, and even funny. But be warned: once you read about how certain politicians and special interest groups are trying to censor people they disagree with, you'll want to do something about it!

Death Stars, Weird Galaxies, And A Quasar-Spangled Universe: The Discoveries Of The Very Large Array Telescope by Karen Taschek is an informative and easy-to-follow study of the Very Large Array (VLA) as constructed by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in in San Augustin, New Mexico. Ably authored, and historically concise, Death Stars, Weird Galaxies, And A Quasar-Spangled Universe presents the story of Karl Jasky and his discoveries, and continues on to share a wealth of fun and interesting finds attributed to the VLA's research. Beautifully illustrated throughout and a welcome addition to school and community library Astronomy reference collections, Death Stars, Weird Galaxies, And A Quasar-Spangled Universe is very highly recommended as a complete, active, thorough, and exclusive coverage of the fascinating world of the discoveries made with the technology of modern astronomical sciences for readers of all ages who are interested in the science of astronomy.

Until quite recently, most mass media system analyses differentiated between the European and American models of broadcasting. The first one is a national public monopoly. Regulated and financed by the state, it enjoys various degrees of political freedom in terms of program policies. In some cases, like that of Britain's BBC, the broadcasters manage to resist government influence on content. Occasionally, the public monopoly will share airwaves with a private broadcaster, usually a private monopoly (like Britain's ITV), making the system a duopoly. Still, the distinguishing characteristics of the West European model was its domination by a strong public broadcaster.

In contrast, the American model has had a thoroughly commercial character that can be traced back to radio days when big private investors were awarded frequencies over public, educational applicants. Reflective of its culture, the American model is based on the country's predominant values of individual initiative and economic freedom. Consequently, the U.S. television market is characterized by the domination of strong private networks and a marginal position of PBS, a public service broadcasting network formed by Lyndon Johnson as late as 1967.

Indeed, for several post-war decades both models coexisted with little policy exchange. However, the above distinction has become to a large extent obsolete.

The 1980s and 1990s saw an unprecedented series of changes in ownership patterns and regulation of the American media, culminating in the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The four major TV networks became part of huge business conglomerates; media outlets have been merging vertically and horizontally. Deregulating the system, the American government has encouraged further monopolization, conglomerization, and commercialization of the media. Consequently, the position of PBS has been subject to further marginalization. After all, the use people make of their media is mainly a reflection of the prevailing climate of the times. Moreover, deregulation is now being applied in Europe as well, bringing more changes in the international media landscape.

In his analysis, Michael Tracey gives priority to one aspect of that metamorphosis-the idea of public service broadcasting. Far from deeming the West European model underdeveloped or plagued by political dependence, he holds public broadcasting to be "the single most important social, cultural, and journalistic institution of the twentieth century." Tracing the roots of its origin and successive stages of application, Tracey primarily looks at Germany's NWDR, Japan's NHK, America's PBS, and Great Britain's BBC, whose early 1960s incarnation is regarded "a high-water mark of public service broadcasting." He defines public service broadcaster as one whose programming is widely available, caters to minorities, serves the public sphere, displays a strong commitment to the education of the public, and competes for quality rather than ratings.

Much as Tracey symphatizes with the idea that broadcasting involves a moral, intellectual, and educational mission apart from any technological or financial considerations, he is skeptical about the future of the idea. Charting the threats and challenges posed to it since mid1980s by new technologies (cable and satellite TV, video, Internet), tendency toward government withdrawal (cutting spending), and dislike of cultural elitism (people have the right to choose), Tracey says the preservation of public service broadcasting "will be more akin to the preservation of primeval bugs in amber than the continuance of any vibrant cultural species."

That is particularly self-apparent in view of the truisms he offers concerning the future of audio-visual culture such as: proliferation of sources; commercial rather than state funding, government self-withdrawal to encourage new technologies, increase in broadcasters' difficulty to reach large audiences with informative and educational programming, globalization of the market model, and the rise of the masses rather than elites as trend-setters.

Despite his ironic treatment of the viewpoint represented by intellectuals from "the common rooms of the academy, the better gentlemen's clubs of London, Amsterdam, New York, and Tokyo, the smoke-filled bars still visited by the remnants of the left, the opinion columns of more traditional newspapers" who feel nostalgia for the old media order that gave priority to public service broadcasting, Tracey shares one thing with them-negligible impact of their perspective on current media changes.

Impressive in scope, well-researched, informative, lucid, clear, and comprehensible (which, unfortunately, does not hold for many a critic whose work is more dense and obscure than what they seek to explicate), The Rise and Fall of Public Service Broadcasting offers an in-depth look at an era whose eclipse we are witnessing. Informed by the author's conviction that the idea in question is a positive social force, the study does, however, suffer from certain one-sidedness of argumentation. The amount of attention given to the alleged beneficiary effects of government-owned media significantly outweighs the opposing viewpoint. But that is only understandable in light of the predominant contemporary attitude to mass media, particularly in the U.S., one which highlights business control, privatization, feeling good, and immediate gratification. Regrettably, much as Michael Tracey may have a point lamenting the fall of public service broadcasting, his study is likely to become merely a historical account of a short era in media policy, which is even more clear now (in face of the recent problems of PBS, among other factors) than when the book was published and first reviewed by me in 1998 for a European journal.