The Radio Handbook (2nd edition)

The first edition of this work, published in 1984, was reprinted twice in the 1990s and the publisher now has seen fit to produce this second edition. The Radio Handbook is a comprehensive guide to radio broadcasting in the UK. Completely rewritten and updated for this second edition, using new examples, case studies and illustrations, it examines the various components that make radio, from music selection to news presentation, and from phone‐ins to sports programmes. The author explores the extraordinary growth of commercial radio, analyses the birth of digital audio broadcasting and Internet radio and evaluates their effects on the...