On gary approve moscow construction up to new Nuclear Reactors. The countries foreign minister praises the thanks to these 2 new Nuclear Units, we can insure Hungary Energy security for the long term and protect the hungarian population. And the narrative that kosovo is therapy needs to be forgotten. Thats the controversial statement from american envoy to the western balkan during a visit to belgrade, in which he had time to eat conscience, but instead, leave many perplex ah, hello from martine or National Studios in moscow. Im carol, it is about with our top news stories from around the globe. Happy to have you join us. We begin with the latest on the ukraine conflict, cabs force the shell, the capital city of don. Yes, republic. Early this morning. Ah. As you can see, leaving trees on fire, car scorched and building shattered smoke from the fires drifted through the air near don. Yes, National Technical university. This footage was shot in front of a hotel which came under fire alon
Points on the dial. Youre watching booktv on cspan2. Were at Catholic University in washington, dc. Interviewing some of the professors who are also authors, and now joining us is alexander russo, the author of this book points on the dial the golden age of radio beyond the networks. Who invented radio . Guest thats a complicated answer, and marconi gets credit but like many of the stories there are lots of Different Actors operating, and lots of different times, and thats kind of institutional history. One of the reasons why i wanted to write this book. I initially conceived it thinking about our current moments, and the tendency of Media Industries to not particularly turn on a dime. We see lots of industries in our current era trying to figure out what to make of digital conversion. What struck me about radio, particularly radio starting in the 1940s and 1950s, is how quickly it had adapted to the introduction of television. Very quickly you had a return to profitability by the radi
American historians, is that right . Gas . And when he goes on tour with Thomas Jefferson to promote the bill of rights the constitutional amendments as well as becoming more acquainted with the country as he charmingly put it the to famously Founding Fathers didnt get along very well. They visited Newport Rhode island as you know. This sounds to me like, it sounded to myself like the kind of cross between a stuffy professor and keith richards. [laughter] they go to Newport Rhode island in the blazing august of 1790 and famously they have a wonderful visit and a letter has been written to them by the leader of the tourists center. Its really a beautiful place if you have never been there and it has inside this extraordinary made of deer skin which sounds very american but theres this extraordinarily beautiful rubicon tawny color. It probably was from ever on a family from some identified place after the explosion in 1492. Washington goes and has written this charming letter in which th
Unlike a lot of fears about a National Media culture that obliterates the local or obliterates these other kinds of cultures someone like shepard you can see some sort of pushback and some sort of hybrid culture that wasnt necessarily going to take everything that National Cultures offered up. Host the radio industry from the start in advertising based industry. Guest there was a fair amount of skepticism around radio advertising in the 1920s hoover actually decried what advertising would do to radio and the secretary of commerce but it quickly became supported by advertising and there were educational stations and, but they did not have very powerful signals. There were a number that were quite popular specially around agricultural universities that survived but there werent all that many nonprofit stations. My colleague here at catholic will have a book on that for you host where the nbcs and the abcs fattened by these local networks . Guest i dont know if they were necessarily threa
Now for 15 years, the only Television Network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2, created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. Alexander russo sat down with booktv at the Catholic University of america to discuss his book, points on the dial golden age radio beyond the networks. This 25minute interview is part of booktvs college series. Host and youre watching booktv on cspan2. We are at Catholic University in washington, d. C. Interviewing some of the professors who are also authors. And now joining us is Alexander Russo who is the author of this book, points on the dial the golden age of radio beyond the networks. Alexander russo, who invented radio . Well, thats a complicated answer, and, you know, the march coney often gets credit for it, but like many of these stories, there were lots of Different Actors operating and lots of different times. And that kind of instit