Routledge Library Editions: Broadcasting
Behind the Tube: A History of Broadcasting Technology and Business
1st Edition
By Andrew F. Inglis
July 04, 2025
Behind the Tube (1990) tells the story of the unseen foundation of modern radio, TV and cable – the technology that enables programming to reach an audience. It charts the evolution of this technology in all its facets – technical, personal, economic and social. It captures the efforts, strategies,...
Rebel in Radio: The Story of the New York Times 'Commercial' Radio Station
1st Edition
By Elliott M. Sanger
July 04, 2025
Rebel in Radio (1973) looks at the story of WQXR, the rebel New York commercial radio station. It examines WQXR’s place in broadcasting history, and how, at a time when American commercial radio had become but a pawn of the advertising industry, it showed that a radio station could be competitive ...
A Director's Method for Film and Television
1st Edition
By Ron Richards
June 04, 2025
A Director’s Method for Film and Television (1992) presents the ‘cinematic language’ approach to directing for film and television directors. It shows how the viewer perceives the nuances of the various pictures used to tell the story, and how movement within the frame creates drama and development...
A Guide to Commercial Radio Journalism
1st Edition
Edited
By Lawrie Douglas, Linda Gage, Marie Kinsey
June 04, 2025
A Guide to Commercial Radio Journalism (1999) covers every aspect of the profession, from journalistic practice to media law, and gives detailed instruction on the techniques of editing and using equipment and on the basic skills of writing, reporting and producing. There is also a whole chapter ...
Audio Control Handbook: For Radio and Television Broadcasting
1st Edition
By Robert S. Oringel
June 04, 2025
Audio Control Handbook (1989) employs a step-by-step approach to prepare students for audio work in the broadcast industry, covering real-life principles, tools and procedures. It uses clear, nontechnical language to look at the effective use of standard audio equipment, from basic microphones and ...
Audio Production Techniques for Video
1st Edition
By David Miles Huber
June 04, 2025
Audio Production Techniques for Video (1987) looks at the mechanics and operation of audio tape and video tape recorders; audio and video synchronization-technology; studio and location audio production processes; video and audio post-production; troubleshooting time-code problems....
Broadcast Data Systems: Teletext and RDS
1st Edition
By Peter L. Mothersole, Norman W. White
June 04, 2025
Broadcast Data Systems (1990) looks at the broadcasting technology of data transmission over TV and radio channels – commonly known as teletext and RDS. It describes the development of the technology, together with the data signal format and coding methods used, the networking of teletext data ...
Broadcast Indecency: F.C.C. Regulation and the First Amendment
1st Edition
By Jeremy H. Lipschultz
June 04, 2025
Broadcast Indecency (1997) treats broadcast indecency as more than a simple regulatory problem in American law. The author’s approach cuts across legal, social and economic concerns, taking the view that media law and regulation cannot be seen within a vacuum that ignores cultural realities. It ...
Broadcast Sound Technology
1st Edition
By Michael Talbot-Smith
June 04, 2025
Broadcast Sound Technology (1995) covers the basic principles of all the main aspects of the broadcast chain, including microphones and loudspeakers technology, mixing consoles, recording and replay (analogue and digital) and the principles of stereo....
Broadcast Transmission Engineering Practice
1st Edition
By William Wharton, Shaun Metcalfe, Geoff C. Platts
June 04, 2025
Broadcast Transmission Engineering Practice (1992) contains a wealth of technical knowledge and practical experience, as well as detailed guidance on how to initiate, supervise and bring transmission engineering projects to fruition....
Broadcast Voice Performance
1st Edition
By Michael C. Keith
June 04, 2025
Broadcast Voice Performance (1989) incorporates the insights and experience of more than 100 successful practising voice performers to succinctly and realistically examine the techniques, equipment and criteria of announcing within the context of major types of radio and television productions and ...
Broadcast Writing: Dramas, Comedies, and Documentaries
1st Edition
By Ken Dancyger
June 04, 2025
Broadcast Writing (1991) looks at the tools necessary for writers to find and develop stories for radio and television. Through the use of numerous original examples, the reader learns to shape ideas into well-developed scripts. It addresses the challenges of documentary and dramatic writing for TV...