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Encyclopedia of American radio, 1920-1960 - Sies, Luther F.

Call Number: Main Ref Coll PN1991.2 .S57 2000

ISBN: 0786404523

Publication Date: 2000

The International Encyclopedia of Communication - Blackwell

ISBN: 1405131993

The Museum of Broadcast Communications encyclopedia of radio - Sterling, Christopher H.

Call Number: Main Ref Coll TK6544 .M84 2004

ISBN: 1579584292

Publication Date: 2004

On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio

Call Number: Main Reference PN1991.3 .U6 D8 1998

ISBN: 0195076788

A second copy available at: Main Library PN1991.3.U6 D8 1998

The Great Radio Heroes

Call Number: Main Library PN1991.3.U6 H3 2001

ISBN: 0786408502

Radio Crime Fighters - Cox, Jim

Call Number: Main Reference Collection PN1991.8.D47 C69 2002

ISBN: 0786413905

Same Time--Same Stations

Call Number: Main Reference PN1991.3 .U6 L32 1996

ISBN: 0816028621

Historical dictionary of old-time radio - Reinehr, Robert C.

ISBN: 0810857804

Publication Date: 2008

Radio Drama - Grams, Martin

Call Number: Main Reference Collection PN1991.9 .G73 2000

ISBN: 078640051X

Historical dictionary of American radio soap operas - Cox, Jim

ISBN: 081085323X

Publication Date: 2005

Lux presents Hollywood : a show-by-show history of the Lux radio theatre and the Lux video theatre, 1934-1957 - Billips, Connie J.

ISBN: 089950938X

Publication Date: 1995

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