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On air : the triumph and tumult of NPR / Steve Oney.
"An epic, decade-long reported history of National Public Radio that reveals the unlikely story of one of America's most celebrated but least understood media empires. Founded in 1970, NPR is America's most powerful broadcast news network. In On Air, a book fourteen years in the making, journalist Steve Oney tells the dramatic history of this institution, tracing the comings and goings of legendary on-air talents (Bob Edwards, Susan Stamberg, Ira Glass, Cokie Roberts, and many others) and the rise and fall and occasional rise again of brilliant and sometimes venal executives. It depicts how NPR created a medium for extraordinary journalism -- in which reporters and producers use microphones as paintbrushes and the voices of people around the world as the soundtrack of stories both global and local. Featuring details on the controversial firing of Juan Williams, the sloppy dismissal of Bob Edwards, and a $230 million bequest by Joan B. Kroc, widow of the founder of McDonalds, On Air also chronicles NPR's daring shift into the digital world and its early embrace of podcasting formats, establishing the network as a formidable media empire."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451656091
- ISBN: 1451656092
- ISBN: 9781451656107
- ISBN: 1451656106
- Physical Description: 566 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, 2025.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-540) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- The philosopher king -- Encounter session -- Citizen Mankiewicz -- Resurrection -- Changing of the guard -- Foreign affairs -- Bobapalooza -- Bequest -- Broken in Baghdad -- Can't anybody here play this game? -- This American Ira -- Same as it ever was-but different -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Subject: | National Public Radio (U.S.) > History. Public radio > United States > History. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood River County Library | 384.54 ONE 2025 (Text) | 33892101032739 | Adult New Books | Available | - |
