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Radio Speakers

Postby Stewart » Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:13 pm

Radio Speakers:
Narrators, News Junkies, Sports Jockeys, Tattletales, Tipsters, Toastmasters and Coffee Klatch Couples Who Verbalized the Jargon of the Aural Ether from the 1920s to the 1980s—A Biographical Dictionary
By Jim Cox


They were some of the most familiar voices during the Golden Age of Radio and beyond, but, in many cases, were also some of the most anonymous.
They were the announcers, news and entertainment reporters, sportscasters, show hosts, and others or as author Jim Cox refers to them, the "Radio Speakers."

In his new book of the same title, Jim provides Old-Time Radio fans with a wonderful new resource.
He has compiled an extensive body of information on an important segment of Golden Age of Radio talent; a segment that has received relatively little coverage in Old-Time Radio literature.
The reader will find that much new enlightening and fascinating information has been included in this volume.

The work is truly extensive and includes profiles of 1,161 "Radio Speakers."

The main portion of the book, The Dictionary, supplies detailed biographical sketches of some 569 announcers; narrators; newscasters reporters, anchors, commentators, analysts, and correspondents (News Junkies); sports reporters and sporting event broadcasters (Sports Jockeys); show business reporters (Tattletales); self-help advisors and advice consultants (Tipsters); masters of ceremonies (Toastmasters); and breakfast show hosts (Coffee Klatch Couples.)
These entries include birth and death information, series worked, personal and career information, and numerous entertaining anecdotes.

In the Appendix, there are very brief entries for another 592 network and syndicated radio personalities for whom little information exists on their careers and/or their performances on radio were relatively minor compared to their other activities in various other entertainment venues.

With the publication of Radio Speakers, Jim Cox has greatly expanded the body of knowledge on an important group of people who made vital contributions to Radio's Golden Age.
This book is a significant reference work that should find its way in the libraries of scholars and fans of Old-Time Radio.


Radio Speakers
Narrators, News Junkies, Sports Jockeys, Tattletales, Tipsters, Toastmasters and Coffee Klatch Couples Who Verbalized the Jargon of the Aural Ether from the 1920s to the 1980s—A Biographical Dictionary
Jim Cox
ISBN 978-0-7864-2780-2
appendix, bibliography, index
368pp. hardcover (7 x 10) 2007
$55.00
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Box 611
Jefferson, NC 28640
800-253-2187
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com

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