The Broadcast Century and Beyond: A Biography of American Broadcasting » (4th Edition)

Robert L. Hilliard, Ph.D., is Professor of Media Arts and former Dean of Graduate Studies at Emerson College. He was Chief of the Educational/Public Broadcasting Branch of the F.C.C., Chair of the Federal Interagency Media Committee, and a former broadcasting writer and producer. Among his 25 books on the media is the classic Writing for Television, Radio, and New Media, now in its 7th edition. With Michael C. Keith he coauthored Global Broadcasting Systems and Waves of Rancor, which was named by President Clinton to his 1999 yearly reading list of 12 books. Hilliard s latest book is Media, Education, and America s Counter-Culture Revolution. Michael C. Keith, PhD., ranks among the most prolific authors on the subject of broadcast media, in particular radio. He is Senior Lecturer of Communication at Boston College and is author of over a dozen books including Voices in the Purple Haze, Signals in the Air, Talking Radio, and the classic Focal Press Textbook, The Radio Station. With Robert Hilliard he has coauthored Waves of Rancor, Global Broadcasting Systems, and The Hidden Screen. He is the author of numerous journal articles and served in a number of editorial positions. He is the past Chair of Education for the Museum of Broadcast Communication and a former broadcaster.

* Current events timeline running across every page compares progress in broadcasting to

historical events

* Lavishly illustrated with over 170 photographs



* Includes personal retrospectives by dozens of renowned individuals throughout the history of

broadcasting

The Broadcast Century and Beyond, Third Edition is a popular history of the most influential and innovative

industry of this century. The story of broadcasting is told in a direct and informal style, blending

personal insight and authoritative scholarship to fully capture the many facets of this dynamic industry.

The book vividly depicts the events, people, programs, and companies that made television and radio

dominant forms of communication.