Library of American Broadcasting

References and Resources

Books


Crabb, Richard, Radio’s Beautiful Day, North Plains Press, Aberdeen SD,1983

Ghrist, John Russell, Valley Voices: A History of Radio Broadcasting in Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana from 1910–1992, JRG Communications, West Dundee IL, 1992

Lewis, Tom, Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, HarperCollins Publishers, New York NY, 1991

McCluer, Paul (collector), The WENR-KYW Scrapbook Collectio n, Library of American Broadcasting, University of Maryland Libraries, College Park MD, 1971.

Nachman, Gerald, Raised on Radio : In Quest of the Lone Ranger, Jack Benny, Amos 'N' Andy, the Shadow, Mary Noble, the Great Gildersleeve, Fibber McGee and Molly…etc. , University of California Press, Los Angeles CA, 2000

Articles, et al.


Buzay, Linda, “Building With a Past Makes Way for the Future,” Downers Grove Reporter, April 12, 1996, p. 2

Gager, E. H., “Some Facts About WENR – Largest Broadcasting Station in the West”, National Radio News, Washington, DC, September 1928, pp. 14-15

Hamlen, Patricia, “Illinois Historic American Buildings Survey, Curran Light Industrial Complex,” Illinois State Historical Library, IL HABS No. Du-1996-1

Klos, Lloyd, “The Story of Irma Glen,” Theatre Organ, August, 1971, pp. 8-10

Martin, Norman, “Turn Your Radio On,” Automotive Industries, April 1998

Great Lakes Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Radio Commission, 59 App. D.C. 197; 37 F.2d 993; 1930 U.S. App. LEXIS 2673. Precedent-setting court case that decided the proportion of times to be allocated to WENR, WLS, and WCBD, and defined guidelines for broadcast programming in the public interest.

Links


Museum of Broadcast Communication links, http://www.links2go.net/more/www.mbcnet.org/

Vorisek, A. M., “Radio’s Social Impact on Society During the Early Years of Popularity,” http://www.connix.com/~harry/radiohx.htm , 1997

Childers, Scott, “The History of WLS Radio,” http://www.scottchilders.com/timecapsule/TCWLS.htm

McLeod, Elizabeth, “Broadcasting History Links,” http://www.midcoast.com/~lizmcl/links.html

Miskind, Barry, “The Broadcast Archive–NBC Section,” http://www.oldradio.com/archives/prog/nbc.htm

Motorola History, http://www.motorola.com/General/Timeline

Roland-Borg Corporate Profile, http://www.rauland.com/nonframes/html/profile.htm

Samuels, Rich, “Broadcasting in Chicago, 1921– 1989,” www.mcs.net/~richsam/home.html