RADIO BROADCASTING: A HISTORY OF THE AIRWAVES (PB)

An examination of the history of radio, tracing its development from theories advanced by James Clerk Maxwell and Heinrich Hertz to the first practical demonstrations by Guglielmo Marconi. It looks back to the pioneering broadcasts of the BBC, examines the development of broadcast around the world and spotlights radio's role in the Second World War. It covers the radio programmes and radio personalities that made a considerable impact on the listeners during the Golden Era and examines how radio, faced by competition from television, adapted and survived. Finally it shows how radio has continued to thrive despite increased competition from mobile phones, computers, mp3 players and smart speakers, looking to the future and speculating how radio will fare in a multi-platform future.