ANTHONY RUDEL has spent his professional life in radio, including ten years on the air, as well as stints as vice president of programming for WQXR in New York and SW Radio Networks. The author of the novel Imagining Don Giovanni and two books on classical music, he now consults for radio stations across the country and lives in Chappaqua, New York.
Hello, Everybody! offers rich rewards. Written in a conversational
style, it includes odd facts and eccentric people. Rudel goes back
and forth comfortably from radio programming to the social
upheavals of the 1920s and 1930s. As a story about the birth of
broadcasting, it's appropriately upbeat and optimistic.-- "San
Francisco Chronicle"
... a lively overview of the birth of radio with an emphasis on the
entrepeneurs and evangelists, hucksters and opportunists who saw
the medium's potential ... an authoritative and entertaining survey
of the early days of dial twisting.-- "Publishers Weekly"
Rudel uses wide-ranging examples--the coverage of the Lindbergh
baby's kidnapping and America's fascination with sports--to show
how radio and the nation grew and navigated change together. It's
thoughtful reading, particularly as radio and the rest of the old
media navigate today's new media age.-- "Post and Courier
(Charlotte) "
Rudel, with extensive professional radio experience, revels in the
enterprising personalities who set up shop on this technological
frontier ... Rudel vividly re-creates the anything-goes atmosphere
of the ether's early days.-- "Booklist"
Rudel's book is an enjoyable read, benefiting from the author's
extensive use of newspaper columns and a bibliography incorporating
both web and print sources ... the book will appeal to pop culture
enthusiasts and is recommended for all public libraries.-- "Library
Journal"
Turn down the television set and give Hello, Everybody! a look.--
"Mansfield News Journal"
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