Radio Broadcasting: A History of the Airwaves

An in-depth look at a century of radio history—and its continuing relevance in a radically changed world.

A century after Marconi's experimental transmissions, this book examines the history of radio and traces 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 networks in North America and around the world, an...