Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Preamble: A Personal View; Seeking an Approach; Chapter Structure; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 2: Approaching the Study of Radio Critics and Radio Criticism; Introduction; Why Study Radio Criticism and Radio Critics?; What Is a Critic? What Is Criticism?; The Critic as Cultural Intermediary; The Media Critic: Industry and Discourse; How to Study Radio Critics and Radio Criticism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Radio in Britain in the 1920s: Narratives of Spectacle and Concern; Introduction

Early Radio: From Communication to BroadcastingBroadcasting in Britain: The Birth of Public Service Broadcasting; Early Press Coverage: A Narrative of 'Spectacle', Wonder and Amazement; Early Press Coverage: A Narrative of Concern; Programme Listings: Newspapers and the Radio Times; Previews and Programme Highlights; Programme Reviews; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Rise of a Medium: Arrival of the Radio Critic; Introduction; The 1930s: From the Great Depression to the Outbreak of War; Radio and Newspapers in the 1930s; Changing Coverage: Popular Newspapers; Popular Radio Columnists

Quality Papers and Radio CoverageQuality Papers: Critics as Reviewers; The Listener; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 5: The Critic, Newspaper Radio Criticism and the Heyday of Radio; Introduction; The British Context: From War to Rock 'n' Roll; The War Years: Radio, The Press and Radio Criticism 1939-45; Post-War Years: Radio, The Press and Radio Criticism 1945-1959; The Radio Times and The Listener; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 6: From the Swinging Sixties to Thatcherism: The Decline of Radio Coverage; Introduction

The Wider Context: From Social and Cultural Revolution to Ideological SchismNewspapers: The Long Decline-Competition and Readership; Broadcasting: BBC Radio, Pirates and Local Radio; Newspapers' Radio Coverage: 1960 to 1989; Radio Coverage and Popular Newspapers; Radio Coverage and Quality Papers; End of The Listener and Continued Popularity of the Radio Times; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 7: The Digital Age: The Press, Radio, Radio Critics and the Public; Introduction; Digital Change: The Impact on Radio; Digital Change: The Impact on Newspapers

Changing Coverage of Radio in the Popular and Quality NewspapersListings: Expanded Coverage in the Digital Era; Radio Previews and Reviews in the Digital Era; Radio Coverage 2017; Newspapers and their Online Coverage; The Public as Critic: New Forms of Public Online Radio Coverage; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 8: Conclusion; Some Reflections; Conclusion: The Future; Bibliography; Index