Crack of the bat : a history of baseball on the radio / James R. Walker ; foreword by Pat Hughes.
Walker, James Robert, author.; Hughes, Pat, 1955- author of introduction, etc.
2015
GV742.3 .W354 2015eb
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Title Crack of the bat : a history of baseball on the radio / James R. Walker ; foreword by Pat Hughes.
Author Walker, James Robert, author.
ISBN 9780803277434 (electronic book)
9780803245006
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]
Copyright ©2015
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages): illustrations
Call Number GV742.3 .W354 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 070.4/49796
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Hughes, Pat, 1955- author of introduction, etc.
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Introduction: 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.

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