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Nothing On But the Radio

A Look Back at Radio in Canada and How It Changed the World

by (author) Gil Murray

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2003
Category
Social History, General, Radio
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550024791
    Publish Date
    Sep 2003
    List Price
    $22.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781459712706
    Publish Date
    Sep 2003
    List Price
    $8.99

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Description

Radio made its debut in the early twentieth century, and the world was never the same. The mysterious magic box brought people together as no other communication medium had ever done. In Nothing On but the Radio, author Gil Murray tells how the new household toy put voices and music into millions of homes. In the 1920s, families gathered around the crystal set; in the 1930s, radio comedians helped offset the Depression; in the wartime 1940s, radio kept up morale; in the 1950s and 1960s, its music, news, and information spread knowledge and entertainment. This book spotlights a popular revolution that was never quiet.

About the author

Gil Murray writes about radio from an extensive broadcasting background. He started his career performing on a children's program in the early 1930s. After graduating from the University of Western Ontario, he spent ten years at the Toronto Star and eight years at CFRB Toronto. Gil is the author of The Invisible War.

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