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The great American broadcast : a celebration of radio's golden age by Maltin, Leonard is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The great American broadcast : a celebration of radio's golden age about?
Leonard Maltin, one of America's leading authorities on film and an ardent radio buff, takes us along for a fascinating oral history of radio's golden age from its beginnings through its heyday to the bittersweet end of an era. The Great American Broadcast is based on hundreds of personal interviews and is filled with behind-the-scenes stories of some of the most colorful personalities of the era, from actors, directors, and writers to annoucers, producers, sponsors, and soud-effects wizards. It includes more than 100 black-and-white photographs and illustrations - many never before published.
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Maltin, Leonard
- Publisher
- New York: New American Library
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780451200785
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Business, Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.91 / 5 (36 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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