- Paperback: 296 pages
- Publisher: John Libbey Cinema and Animation; Pap/Cdr edition (15 Dec 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0861966686
- ISBN-13: 978-0861966684
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.4 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Histories of British broadcasting suggest that the BBC monopoly was never seriously challenged until the coming of ITV in 1955. "Crossing the Ether" counters this view, telling the story of commercial radio's first challenge to the Public Service monopoly between 1930 and 1939. In the telling, this account provides substantial primary evidence that radio in Britain during the 1930s was a battleground between continental-based stations, run by British and American commercial interests, and the BBC. Legal, land-based independent radio in Britain first began in October 1973. Prior to this, Radio Luxembourg and the offshore 'pirate' stations of the 1960s had challenged the BBC's monopoly of the airwaves. It is, however,a lesser-known fact that the debate between public service and commercial interests in UK radio goes back much further - in fact to the very beginnings of the medium.Between 1920 and the outbreak of World War II, radio listening in Britain was a battlefield fought over on one hand by a somewhat paternalistic BBC, and on the other by Europe-based commercial stations, broadcasting populist sponsored English-language programmes.This book explores fully for the first time the importance of the tension between the two in terms of the cultural and technical evolution of British sound broadcasting. In so doing, it questions the traditional historical view of the BBC as an unchallenged monopoly during the period, providing evidence that a number of crucial areas of broadcasting development in pre-war Britain resulted directly from the pressure of competition.
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This review is from: Crossing the Ether: Pre-War Public Service Radio and Commerical Competition in the UK with CD (Audio): The Untold Story of Pre-War UK Commercial Radio (Paperback)
This book provides a very fully researched account of the commercial radio broadcasting stations Radio Normandy and Radio Luxemburg which operated from outside Britain so that they were able avoid the ban on stations in UK other than the BBC. The effect of these broadcasts on the BBC's programmes is considered in detail. In particular BBC programmes on Sundays kept in mind that for many listeners it was a day for serious music that was consistant with religious observance. The continental programmes provided lighter and more cheerful entertainment for working people who wanted to enjoy themselves on their one day free from work. The book describes how the competition eventually caused the BBC to change its output. Many of the programmes were recorded in Britain on disks and sent in that form to the stations on the continent. The process is described in some detail, including the types of recorder available at that time.
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This review is from: Crossing the Ether: Pre-War Public Service Radio and Commerical Competition in the UK with CD (Audio): The Untold Story of Pre-War UK Commercial Radio (Paperback)
As a 1923 baby I remember pre-war commercial radio very well, so it was good to learn more about the inside picture.
Very well researched and written - but then that was to be expected from the Prof A bit hard on pre-war BBC. I enjoyed and miss the mix of type of programmes - classical music followed by variety, etc. Strongly recommended Geoffrey Hodson, Norwich
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