Understanding Radio
“Understanding Radio” by Andrew Crisell, published by Methuen in 1986, offers a comprehensive exploration of the radio medium and its elements. This second edition presents an extensive history of radio, updated to reflect its significant role in shaping popular culture. The book delves into the various genres of radio, including news, drama, comedy, and music, highlighting the distinct programming and processing methods used for each.
Readers will find a detailed examination of how radio has influenced audience studies and the implications of listener engagement. The revised edition also addresses the emergence of the “talk-and-music” format and the programming changes that have occurred over time. With 236 pages, this edition serves as a valuable resource for those interested in the intersections of performing arts, technology, and telecommunications within the context of radio.
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The second edition of “Understanding Radio” gives the reader a comprehensive look at radio ands its element. Andrew Criswell gives an extensive history of the medium, brought up to date for this edition, and explains how radio, perhaps more than television, has played such a crucial role in the development of popular culture. The book also explores how the different genres of radio (news, drama, comedy, music) are programmed and processed in very different ways, and how those who listen to radio have important implications for audience studies. Included in the revised edition is an examination of the new “talk-and-music” format, and the changes in programming which have occured.
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