| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Series |
Haworth press : popular culture |
| Contents |
The Beginning of Everything -- Television's Debut -- The Jenkins Television System -- RCA Television -- Television's First Season -- Test-marketing in Newburgh -- The FCC's First Report on TV -- The Amber Light -- Hearings in Washington -- A Torch of Hope -- The Future Appears in Newburgh -- The War in Europe -- The 1940 Republican Convention -- A Disappointing Fall -- Debating TV's Future in 1941 -- In a Troubled World -- The 1941 FCC Hearings -- The Beginning of Commercial TV -- The Summer of 1941 -- The Buildup to War -- Wartime Television -- Schenectady's WRGB -- Plans for Postwar TV -- Television As a War Weapon -- The Studios Reopen -- TV's First Censored Program -- The Winds of Postwar -- The Homefront TV War -- The 1944 Conventions -- TV Programs Blossom Again -- Docket No. 6651 -- TV and the End of the War -- Turning the Corner -- The Camera with the Eyes of a Cat -- TV Begins in Washington -- The Louis-Conn Fight -- Hour Glass -- The New Postwar Sets -- The Bikini Bomb Explosion -- Surveying the TV Viewer -- The Emerging Genres -- Drama in Washington -- The First Color Telecasts -- Integration on TV -- The Second Wave of TV Stations -- The "Split" TV Audience -- Television and Women -- Middlebrow Television -- From Boom to Berle -- The 1947 World Series -- Puppet Playhouse -- The Expanding Network -- The "Original Amateur" Network -- "Miss Television of 1948" -- "Mr. Television" -- The 1948 Conventions -- The Cold War on Television -- CBS's Revival -- The Big Freeze -- The 1948 Election |
| Summary |
"This book tells the story of how television became popular in the United States following the medium's debut at the 1939 New York World's Fair. You'll learn about the people, events, and performances that were televised - or influenced what was being televised - from 1939 to 1953. In addition to the entertainment and cultural aspects of this newborn medium, The Magic Window also explores the business, politics, and technology of early television."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Television broadcasting -- United States -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Media & Communications.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Telecommunications.
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Television broadcasting
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Fernsehen
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Television broadcasting -- United States -- History.
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136398605 |
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1136398600 |
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9780203048788 |
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0203048784 |
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9781136398674 |
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1136398678 |
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9781136398742 |
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1136398740 |
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