television broadcasting

Surveys all aspects of television, including technology, personalities, programs, power, commercials, and current controversies.

A season-by-season story of television personalities, shows, and events with prime time schedules from 1944 to 1981.

Presents an overview of the operation and uses of television broadcasting.

When they discover the power of the transmitter they built, eleven-year-old Bennet and his best friend Pete send out television broadcasts using Pete's dog to challenge the current governor in his bid for reelection.

Photographs and text provide information about such careers in the television industry as production assistant, camera operator, sound engineer, costume designer, and actor, which are open to young people with basic skills and training.

Covers television programming year by year from 1946 to 1981-82, with over 2,000 total photographs and a commentary summarizing each year.

A collection of essays by 14 historians exploring individual examples of TV programs as documents or artifacts of the American past.

Presents a brief biography of television news broadcaster Katie Couric, providing information on her childhood, her education, and her achievements in journalism.

An overview of movies and television in America, in the context of popular culture, from the late nineteenth century until today.

Presents hundreds of alphabetized descriptions of television series, performers, and significant televised events that appeared on the networks or in syndication (not cable) between 1947 and 2000.