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English. Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio is a non-fiction book by Tom Lewis, which traces the early development of radio broadcasting in the United States, published by HarperCollins in 1991. [2] The book was adapted into both a 1992 documentary film by Ken Burns and a 1992 radio drama written and directed by David Ossman. [3]
For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.”. In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three ...
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio: Directed by Ken Burns. With Jason Robards, Red Barber, Erik Barnouw, Ken Bilby. For 50 years, radio dominated the airwaves as the first mass medium.
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Nov 18, 2011 · Empire of the air : the men who made radio by Lewis, Thomas S. W. Publication date 1991 Topics De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961, Armstrong, Edwin H. (Edwin Howard), 1890 ...
Sep 1, 1991 · Tom Lewis in Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio writes about the early days of radio covering the first half of the twentieth century. The book is very readable, with numerous interesting facts and research showing on every page. Mr. Lewis focuses on three men in particular, two inventors who helped guide radio into being a viable project and one businessman who made it a profitable industry.
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In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success, and whose ...
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For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.”. Empire of the Air examines the lives of three remarkable men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success, and whose genius, friendship, rivalry and enmity combined in unexpected and often tragic ways.
