Author: Bernard Harte
Publisher: Rosenberg
Keywords: whislers, cat, radio
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2002-12
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 1877058084
ISBN-13: 9781877058080
Bernard Harte, as a small boy growing up in Brisbane, fell in love with radio and devoted his life to this exciting form of entertainment. When Radio Was the Cat’s Whiskers is more than a history of radio in Australia, it is also the story of a pioneer, technician and broadcaster. Harte has documented the history of radio as he lived it. Research and anecdotes are combined with photographs of days gone by to present this passionate look at radio in Australia. A wealth of personal recollection, from the first long distance wireless communication in Morse Code in 1901 to the opening broadc
Author: N.I.M.A.
Publisher: ProStar Publications, Inc.
Keywords: pub117, aids, navigational, radio
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2004-11-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 1577855361
ISBN-13: 9781577855361
Radio Navigational Aids (Pub 117) contains a detailed list of selected worldwide radio stations that provide services to the mariner. The publication is divided into chapters according to the nature of the service provided by the radio stations. The services include RDF and Radar Stations; stations broadcasting navigational warnings, time signals or medical advice; communication traffic for distress, emergency and safety including GMDSS; and long range navigational aids. It also contains chapters describing procedures of the AMVER system, and the interim emergency procedures and communication
Author: Darlene R. Stille
Publisher: Compass Point Books
Keywords: library, radio
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2001-08
List price: $19.93
ISBN-10: 0756501369
ISBN-13: 9780756501365
Author: Tania Shillam
Publisher: Trotman & Co Ltd
Keywords: careers, creative, radio
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2003-11-01
List price: $31.00
ISBN-10: 0856609021
ISBN-13: 9780856609022
Each title reveals what it is like to work in the industry on a day-to-day basis and is full of insider tips on how you can get your foot in the door. Each title contains: an overview of the industry, information on the jobs available - from the big wigs down to the entry-level jobs, an explorations of the core skills required to succeed and a quiz to see if you’ve got the right qualities, advice on training and where to look for work experience and jobs and also expert advice from people already in the jobs, on how they got into the industry and what they love and hate about their work
Author: Elizabeth Van Steenwyk
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Keywords: play, radio, day, fine, one
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2003-01
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0802852343
ISBN-13: 9780802852342
On December 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers changed the world when they first flew their homemade powered airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. In One Fine Day author Elizabeth Van Steenwyk celebrates that first flight in the form of an old-time radio play, beautifully illustrated by Bill Farnsworth. The brotherly banter of the dialogue captures the character of Wilbur and Orville Wright and the excitement of their accomplishment, while offering young readers an opportunity to reenact the drama of that important day
Author: Mahrie Locket
Publisher: iUniverse-Indigo
Keywords: sahib, marconi, man, radio
Number of Pages: 230
Published: 2007-09-28
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 059547022X
ISBN-13: 9780595470228
Radio Man consists of never before published stories and pictures about the British Merchant Marine seen through the eyes of Ship’s Radio Officer Alan Patterson. His diaries take us from 1938 through to the end of the war. Here is a glimpse of one day of his life as "Radio man". "Rangoon (1942)- The only way that Rangoon can be held is to keep the seaway open and they do not seem to be doing that. We saw no patrol ships at all while at sea, the poor old Merchant Service has to just plug along on its own with no protection and no guns. However, they had put a gun platform on our stern
Author: Bob Schulberg
Publisher: Natl Textbook Co Trade
Keywords: handbook, authoritative, advertising, radio
Number of Pages: 205
Published: 1988-09
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0844231304
ISBN-13: 9780844231303
With [Bob Schulberg’s] death, radio lost a brilliant advocate and a good friend. Fortunately, Bob’s gifted son, Pete, knows a lot about broadcasting, too both as a broadcast newsman and a newspaper journalist covering the media. Pete has picked up where his dad left off, bringing the book up to date with a skill and thoroughness I know Bob would be proud of. Good writing runs in the Schulberg family. Radio is magic all right. And the Schulbergs, Bob and Pete, explain how the magic works. "This is required reading for all broadcasters and all sales people in all markets and form
