Research Catalog

Title

Television in America : local station history from across the nation / edited by Michael D. Murray and Donald G. Godfrey.

Publication

Ames : Iowa State University Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors

• Murray, Michael D.
• Godfrey, Donald G.

Description

xxvii, 428 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• Television in America examines the history of the industry from a local station perspective. Some interesting ramifications are: What would have happened to the ABC network without the support of its key station, WABC? What effect did KSL television have on the Mormon Church communication empire? Can stations in Atlanta and Orlando be credited with promoting a civil-rights agenda before it was politically correct?
• Would the Kefauver hearings have taken on as much national significance had it not been for the local coverage of WMAL-TV? Without the efforts of WEW's Dorothy Fieldheim and Nancy Craig at WABC, would women have been welcomed in the nation's newsrooms? The histories of the 20 television stations in this unique collection help answer these questions and set the stage for further inquiry.

Subject

• Television broadcasting > United States > History
• Television stations > United States > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-406) and index.

Contents

• I. The Eastern Establishment. 1. Tackling the TV Titans in Their Own Backyard: WABC-TV, New York City / Craig Allen. 2. The Hustler: WTNH-TV, New Haven / Margot Hardenbergh. 3. Forgotten Pioneer: Philco's WPTZ, Philadelphia / Michael Woal and Linda Kowall Woal. 4. Capitalizing on the Capital: WMAL-TV / David Weinstein -- II. Southern States. 5. WSB-TV, Atlanta: The "Eyes of the South" / Ginger Rudeseal Carter. 6. "Foremost in Service, Best in Entertainment": WHAS-TV, Louisville / John P. Ferre. 7. WTVJ, Miami: Wolfson, Renick, and "May the Good News Be Yours" / Fran Matera. 8. A TV Pioneer's Crusade for Civil Rights in the Segregated South: WFTV, Orlando, Florida / Linda M. Perry. 9. The Nation's Station: WLWT-TV, Cincinnati / Russell A. Jenisch and Yasue Kuwahara. 10. A West Texan Fulfills His Dream: KDUB-TV, Lubbock / Jay A. R. Warren -- III. The Central Heartland. 11. Fist in Education: WOI-TV, Ames, Iowa / Don Caristi.
• 12. Pulitzer's Prize: KSD-TV, St. Louis / Michael D. Murray. 13. News in the Heartland: WBBM-TV, Chicago / Marjorie Fox. 14. News Leader: WCCO-TV, Minneapolis / Mark Neuzil and David Nimmer. 15. In the Public Interest: WEWS-TV, Cleveland / Mary E. Beadle. 16. "In the Heartland": WDAF-TV, Kansas City / William James Ryan -- IV. The Western Frontier. 17. The West Coast's First Television Station: KCBS, Los Angeles / Steven C. Runyon. 18. Paramount's KTLA: The Leading Station in Early Los Angeles Television / Mark Williams. 19. KSL, Salt Lake City: "At the Crossroads of the West" / Donald G. Godfrey, Val E. Limburg and Heber G. Wolsey. 20. San Francisco's First Television Station: KPIX / Steven C. Runyon. 21. King-TV, Seattle: King of the Northwest / Val E. Limburg. 22. Alaska's Television Frontier: Northern Television, Inc., and the Augie Hiebert Story / B. William Silcock.

ISBN

0813829690

LCCN

96031760

OCLC

• 35095983
• ocm35095983

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries