Radio Broadcasting Today

Examines the role of radio as a means of mass communication from its inception up to, and including, 1950. Includes many of the radio personalities of the late 1940s such as Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Fibber Magee and Molly, Edgar Bergen, Fred Allen, and Walter Winchell, and also contains film clips of game shows and soap operas being broadcast. Explores the role of advertising in the radio industry and looks at the responsibility sponsors have in developing good programming for their audiences.

More in March of Time--Forum Edition Series

  1. March of the movies. 1949
  2. Radio Broadcasting Today 1950

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  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, description, catalog record