000718556 000__ 02311cam\a2200433\i\4500 000718556 001__ 718556 000718556 005__ 20210515102743.0 000718556 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000718556 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000718556 008__ 150427t20152015nbua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000718556 020__ $$a9780803277434$$q(electronic book) 000718556 020__ $$z9780803245006 000718556 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn905225516 000718556 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC2007414 000718556 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr11035373 000718556 035__ $$a718556 000718556 040__ $$aN$$T$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cN$T$$dE7B 000718556 043__ $$an-us--- 000718556 05014 $$aGV742.3$$b.W354 2015eb 000718556 08204 $$a070.4/49796 000718556 1001_ $$aWalker, James Robert,$$eauthor. 000718556 24510 $$aCrack of the bat :$$ba history of baseball on the radio /$$cJames R. Walker ; foreword by Pat Hughes. 000718556 264_1 $$aLincoln :$$bUniversity of Nebraska Press,$$c[2015] 000718556 264_4 $$c©2015 000718556 300__ $$a1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages):$$billustrations 000718556 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000718556 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000718556 338__ $$aonline resource$$2rdacarrier 000718556 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000718556 5050_ $$aIntroduction: A game in words and sound -- Part 1. The Formative Years, 1920-36. Early World Series coverage -- The local game begins -- Inventing a new craft -- The baseball-radio war -- The World Series triggers a national obsession -- Advertisers expand baseball coverage -- Part 2. The Age of Acceptance, 1937-60. Re-creating baseball -- Baseball reluctantly embraces radio -- An explosion in national coverage -- Part 3. The Television Years, 1961-present. Radio in the age of television -- The modern baseball announcer -- Baseball broadcasts in the digital era -- Epilogue. 000718556 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000718556 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000718556 650_0 $$aRadio and baseball$$xHistory. 000718556 650_0 $$aRadio broadcasting of sports$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000718556 7001_ $$aHughes, Pat,$$d1955-$$eauthor of introduction, etc. 000718556 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aWalker, James Robert.$$tCrack of the bat.$$dLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]$$z9780803245006$$w(DLC) 2014043891$$w(OCoLC)894747495 000718556 852__ $$bacq 000718556 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000718556 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=2007414$$zOnline Access 000718556 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:718556$$pGLOBAL_SET 000718556 980__ $$aEBOOK 000718556 980__ $$aBIB 000718556 982__ $$aEbook 000718556 983__ $$aOnline