Taishoff Sol Editor (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Slipcased Hardcover. Red Boards with Embossed Silver text and embossed WSB Building. Slipcase shows some shelf wear along edges. A 50 year History of Broadcasting at WSB Atlanta Georgia.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Without Dust Jacket. Free of markings. Slipcase in good condition.

First edition (not stated) INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR. [2], 198 pages. Hardcover; H 28.5cm x L 21.75cm. Brown dust jacket heavily rubbed, shallow chipping at spine head with heel nicked, front flap fold ends torn, creasing and short tears along panel edges with long tear and small paper loss at top of rear panel; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Green cloth with front board decorated with gilt stamping, slight fraying at spine ends with head bumped, mild bowing to boards with bottom corners bumped. Some foxing and slight staining along top edge, minor foxing to fore-edge. Slight musty smell to book with faint toning to endpapers but otherwise interior leaves are bright and clean. B/w photographs throughout; Index of Names; Addendum. An uncommon book in which the author reviews the history of radio throughout Mississippi from the state's first licensed station in 1924 through the late 1970s. Included among the book's text is biographical information of various radio personalities, station managers, and owners as well as brief histories of numerous AM and FM stations. A very good- copy in a good+ dust jacket with McRaney's five-line signed inscription upon the front free endpaper: "To My very good friend, | Shannon Carter - | Best Wishes | Bob McRaney, Sr - | July 3, 1981." Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS Shelf #4}.

First edition (not stated) INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. [2], 198 pages. Hardcover: H 28.75cm x L 21.75cm. Brown dust jacket well rubbed (as usual); light fading along spine; some nicks and creasing at edges with short tear at front panel's top right; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Green cloth; front board decorated with bright gilt stamping. Slight toning to endpapers. Author's nineteen-line inscription "to - Hunter S. Gholson | . . . Cordially - | Bob McRaney, Sr | January 8, 1980" on the front free endpaper; interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding is firm. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. With b/w photographs throughout, Index of Names, and Addendum. An uncommon book in which the author reviews the history of radio throughout Mississippi from the state's first licensed station in 1924 through the late 1970s. Included among the book's text is biographical information of various radio personalities, station managers, and owners as well as brief histories of numerous AM and FM stations. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS Shelf #11}.

First edition (not stated) INSCRIBED, SIGNED, AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR. [2], 198 pages. Hardcover: H 28.75cm x L 22cm. Brown dust jacket rubbed with a few nicks at edges, usual color fading to spine panel, white smudging/discoloration to front and rear panels but most prevalent on latter, short tear and long crease at rear panel's bottom edge; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Green cloth with decorative bright gilt stamping to front board. Faint toning to endpapers. Interior text leaves are bright and clean. Binding is firm. A near fine copy in a very good- dust jacket with the author's warm nine-line signed inscription dated January 1980 upon the front free endpaper. With b/w photographs throughout, Index of Names, and Addendum. An uncommon book in which the author reviews the history of radio throughout Mississippi from the state's first licensed station in 1924 through the late 1970s. Included among the book's text is biographical information of various radio personalities, station managers, and owners as well as brief histories of numerous AM and FM stations. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS Shelf #8}.

First edition (not stated) DATED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. [2], 198 pages. Hardcover: H 28.75cm x L 22cm. Brown dust jacket well rubbed (as usual); light fading along spine; nicks, tears. and bumping/creasing at edges; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Green cloth; small short ding to surface cloth at lower front joint and spine heel bumped; front board decorated with bright gilt stamping. Light toning and a few spots of soiling to endpapers. Author's three-line ink inscription "Best Wishes | Bob McRaney, Sr. | January 8, 1980" on the front free endpaper; interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket. With b/w photographs throughout, Index of Names, and Addendum. An uncommon book in which the author reviews the history of radio throughout Mississippi from the state's first licensed station in 1924 through the late 1970s. Included among the book's text is biographical information of various radio personalities, station managers, and owners as well as brief histories of numerous AM and FM stations. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS Shelf #12}.

Publishers wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Washington DC: Very Good. 1940 & 2 issues 1939. First Edition. Broadcasting" -- the entire year 1940, two issues per month. Our file lacks the issue published May 15, 1940, but does include issues for November 15 and December 15, 1939. These issues are bound (using spring-steel clips at the gutter margins) with the first group of issues for 1940 (through February) . All have the front covers intact, but all but the issue for February 15, 1940 are lacking the rear covers. The issues for March through June are bound together using another clip, and the issues for July 1 through October 15, 1940, similarly bound using a third clip. The final four issues for the year 1940 are loose as issued in their original printed wrappers. Generally excellent condition, with a very few issues showing minor folds or short tears to the wrappers. "Broadcasting" magazine was founded in Washington, D. C. , by Martin Codel, Sol Taishoff, and former National Association of Broadcasters president Harry Shaw; the first issue was published on October 15, 1931. Sol Taishoff became sole proprietor after June 1944 when he bought out his remaining partner, and appears on the mastheads as Publisher and Editor. Although Broadcasting magazine was early on devoted to the ever-increasing business of radio, commerical television was just coming into existence as our file of this important publication commenced. As early as our issue dated November 15, 1939 -- there is significant television news reported in "Broadcasting. " There is a discussion on page 17 of an important report of the FCC Television Committee (formed earlier in the year) -- suggesting details of how the 19 available channels might be divided between potential commercial and experimental stations. Only seven of the theoretical channels seemed nearly ready to begin experimental broadcasts. Fewer than a thousand television receiving sets had been sold Nationwide; nearly all in greater New York City. Also, see p. 77 for a notice that GE was testing the "practicability" of a television broadcast network based on radio relay rather than coaxial cable transmission. The test involved construction of a relay facility near the NBC & GE Schenectady station on Heiderberg Mountain. The aim was to receive signals from New York station W2XBS (120 miles distant) and rebroadcast via the airwaves. The diamond antenna covered an area of about 300 by 600 feet, giving the engineers a good chance of success, despite the fact that the new receiving station was about 8000 feet below a theoretical line-of-sight. Even though television broadcasting was already underway in 1939. For the moment, this notice shows how many technical details had yet to be worked out. Also, there was an entire page (86) of "Television News Notes. " This file of the important magazine "Broadcasting" shows the ever-enlarging business world of radio (and television in its infancy) in incomparable detail, as history was in the process of being made. Collectively, "Broadcasting" shows who filled America's airwaves, who hired that on-air talent, and who made and sold the advertising which paid for it all. The advertisements within these pages are a priceless record. Themselves. Twenty-five issues. . 1940 & 2 issues 1939; Science and History of Science, Music and Performing Arts, Most Recent Listing.