| St. Louis Radio and Television Contributor(s): Absher, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738590576 ISBN-13: 9780738590578 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Performing Arts | Television - History & Criticism - Performing Arts | Radio - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 384.5 |
| LCCN: 2012948048 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - St. Louis, Missouri - Geographic Orientation - Missouri |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: St. Louis sits near the center of the United States in an area sometimes termed flyover territory by those who live on the coasts. Although this city in the middle of the country is not generally known as the birthplace of broadcasting, it is in fact where Nikola Tesla demonstrated the first true broadcast in March 1893. Later, in 1920, two St. Louis men began a radio broadcast announcing the results of the Harding-Cox presidential election on the same night as KDKA in Pittsburgh, but the Pennsylvania event received all of the national recognition. Wireless broadcasts (in Morse code) of weather information were emanating from the campus of St. Louis University in 1912; that station, 9YK, became WEW in 1922. Television was introduced to St. Louisans in 1947, although at least one forward-thinking local broadcaster was experimenting with the medium as early as 1928." |
Contributor Bio(s): Absher, Frank: - Author Frank Absher is a former St. Louis broadcaster who set out to preserve St. Louis media history in 1987. In 2011, he founded the St. Louis Media History Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to gathering and preserving St. Louis media history. The photographs in this book are the result of the foundation s efforts. |