From the Publisher
Thomas Ryan has been actively writing about music trends since the first publication of American Hit Radio in 1994. He is a regularly scheduled guest on National television's Fox News Network for entertainment and media-related issues and the music correspondent/critic for Cablevision's News 12 Network. He is also the founder of AmericanHitRadio.com, a music information web site, and is the co-host of Listen Up, a biweekly drive-time radio program on WHPC-FM. His passion is playing drums and percussion with his band, Big Medicine. He lives in Melville, New York with his wife and two children. Other books by Tom Ryan include The Parott Head Companion (Citadel Press 1998) and The Jimmy Buffett Trivia Book (Citadel Press 1998).American Hit Radio has been called "The New Testament of Rock and Roll Writing" by radio personality John Gomez, "A perfect book to bring to the beach or anywhere else" by Cottage Views Magazine and "entertaining and informative reading" by Family Digest. American Hit Radio has earned a 'Four-Star' rating from Amazon.com
