Historical Dictionary of British Radio

The first concern one has about this book is that, having published in USA, the editing has been done to American standards. We therefore frequently, but not always, have the word “programme” spelt as “program” and, clearly given the work's subject, this appears often throughout the text. The printers have also deemed it necessary to hyphenate words at line‐ends without regard to the reader's understanding of the text. Thus we have “ar‐rival”, of‐fered”, “The‐atre” and “be‐ing”.

Having exposed that concern, it must be reported that this book is an invaluable addition to the literature of radio broadcasting. It is 11...