The Radio Station, Seventh Edition: Broadcast, Satellite & Internet [Paperback]

Michael C Keith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 27, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0240808509 | ISBN-13: 978-0240808505 | Edition: 7

The bible for beginning radio professionals. A complete guide to the internal workings of radio stations and the radio industry.

Readers new to radio understand how each job is best performed, and they will know how it meshes with those of the rest of the radio station staff. For readers uncertain of career goals, this book provides a solid foundation in who does what, when, and why. The Radio Station details all departments within a radio station.

Topics explained include satellite radio, Web radio, AM stereo, cable and podcasting. Also, mergers and consolidation, future prospects, new digital technologies. This edition is loaded with new illustrations, feature boxes and quotes from industry pros.

Going strong after 20 years, The Radio Station is now in its seventh edition and long considered the standard work on this audio medium. It remains a concise and candid guide to the internal workings of radio stations and the radio industry, explaining the functions performed successfully within every well-run station.

*Classic and candid guide to the internal workings of radio stations
*Updated to include a discussion of the podcasting boom
*New analysis of satellite radio and its role in radio broadcasting today

Editorial Reviews

Review

* Reviewer: A reader
This new edition is the best yet! Keith is the authority on this subject. There are no rivals to this commanding overview of the audio medium. The coverage of this topic is complete and then some in this edition. You want to know about radio? This incomparable book will tell you all you need to know. First rate.

* Reviewer: Dr. W. G. Covington, Jr. (Edinboro, Pennsylvania) -
If you want to know what the radio industry is all about read this book. It is written by a veteran in the field who has published extensively on the subject, presented research at conferences, and worked in the radio business before entering academe. Dr. Keith knows the business.
He traces trends and provides historical perspective on how things came to be as they are. Station managers would find this to be a useful resource manual. There are all kinds of subjects covered that they would face on a daily basis.
I recommend this book. I've used it in teaching at the university level over the years. Student feedback has been positive.

"Just as radio changes with the rise of digital options, so, too, does The Radio Station, Michael Keith's masterful updated survey of what has changed and what remains the same in the dynamic audio industry."
- Christopher Sterling,
George Washington University

About the Author

Michael C. Keith, Ph.D., ranks among the most prolific authors on the subject of broadcast media, in particular radio. He is a member of the Communication Department at Boston College and is author of over twenty books, including Voices in the Purple Haze, Signals in the Air, Talking Radio, Radio Cultures, and Sounds in the Dark. With Robert Hilliard he has co-authored The Broadcast Century and Beyond, Waves of Rancor, Dirty Discourse, Global Broadcasting Systems, and The Hidden Screen. With Christopher Sterling he co-authored Sounds of Change: FM Broadcasting in America. In addition, he is the author of numerous journal articles and has served in a number of editorial positions. He is the past Chair of Education for the Museum of Broadcast Communications, the inaugural chair of the Broadcast Education Association's Radio Division, and a former broadcaster. He is the recipient of several honors, including the Distinguished Scholar Award given by the Broadcast Education Association in 2008, and the Stanton Fellow Award given by the International Radio Television Society. He is the author of a critically acclaimed memoir, The Next Better Place: A Father and Son on the Road (Algonquin Press), in 2003. Visit the author's website: www.michaelckeith.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Focal Press; 7 edition (December 27, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0240808509
• ISBN-13: 978-0240808505
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #637,627 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael C. Keith was born in Albany, New York. After serving in the Army, he spent a decade as a broadcaster and then became a college professor and eminent radio studies scholar. He has authored dozens of books, articles, and short stories. Among the former are a critically praised memoir (The Next Better Place), the most widely used text on radio (The Radio Station), a young adult novel (Life Is Falling Sideways), and two collections of stories (And Through the Trembling Air and Hoag's Object). His short stories have appeared in countless webzines and printed anthologies and have been nominated for the Pushcart Award and PEN/O.Henry Award.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Delivery, February 20, 2010

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This book is up to date. It has current popular names in radio and has information about current radio technology. I think those are really the only things that get changed from each edition. This book gives a good general overview of all the aspects of radio.