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McGill, Earle L. See Lass-Plays from Radio.

Morris, James M. Radio Workshop Plays. New York, The H. W. Wilson Co., 1943.

An anthology of 26 radio plays written espe cially for radio. This is a revision and enlargement of the first volume published in 1940.

Murrow, Edward R. This Is London.
New York, Simon & Schuster, 1941.
Selected from the weekly broadcasts from
London during wartime.
National Education Association. Wash-
ington, D. C., 1201 16th St., NW.

A collection of radio scripts suitable for school public relations programs; also specially written scripts each year for use during American Education Week.

Oboler, Arch. Fourteen Radio Plays. New York, Random House, Inc., 1940. Fourteen original plays written especially for radio and produced by NBC. Foreword by Lewis H. Titterton.

New Radio Plays. New York, Random House, Inc., 1941.

A collection of plays that scored the greatest successes in one of Mr. Oboler's weekly radio series.

Oboler Omnibus: Radio Plays and
Personalities. New York, Duell, Sloan
& Pearce, 1945.
Fourteen radio plays.

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Prescott, Herbert, ed. Radio Players' Scriptbook. Portland, Maine, J. Weston Walch, 1949.

A collection of radio scripts of professional caliber, carefully selected so as to be within the production and acting range of high-school and college groups.

Radio-TV Scripts. New York. Facts on File, 1955.

A monthly collection of some of radio and television's outstanding program texts in the information field. Scripts were written for broadcast, or were transcripts of what was said extemporaneously. Rose, Oscar, ed.

and Television. Wilson Co., 1947.

Radio Broadcasting New York, H. W.

An annotated review of nearly 1,000 books, articles, and pamphlets on radio and television, classified under a dozen subject headings.

Settel, Irving, ed. Top TV Shows of the

Year. New York, Hastings House, 1955. Complete scripts, comments and background information on selected "best television programs of 1954." Formats include best comedy, drama, documentary, science, news, panel discussion, women, and children's programs. Skornia, H. J.; Lee, Robert H.; and Brewer, Fred A. Creative Broadcasting. New York, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1950.

A practical text for beginners in radio training. Each chapter concludes with pertinent questions and answers. Part II contains 12 scripts cleared for broadcast. Appendix includes list of books and glossary of radio terms. Stanley, Dave. See Gaver-There's Laughter in the Air.

Stasheff, Edward. See Bretz-Television Scripts for Staging and Study. Swing, Raymond. In the Name of Sanity. New York, Harper & Bros., 1946. Raymond Swing's broadcasts in 1945 devoted to the implications of the release of atomie energy.

Thorne, Sylvia, and Gleason, Marion N. The Pied Piper Broadcasts. New York, H. W. Wilson & Co., 1943.

A collection of seven scripts produced originally over Station WHAM, Rochester, N. Y. Those responsible for planning programs for young children should welcome this addition to the scant amount of published material at present available for their use.

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A collection of radio scripts suitable for broadcast on special holidays and historical occasions.

Van Doren, Carl, and Carmer, Carl. American Scriptures. New York, Boni & Gaer, 1946.

Thirty-three selections from the series of historical episodes broadcast during the intermissions of the Sunday concerts of the Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York from May 1943 through 1944.

Watson, Katherine Williams. Once Upon a Time. New York, H. W. Wilson Co., 1942.

Twenty-eight popular children's stories rewritten for radio broadcasting.

ed. Radio Plays for Children. New York, H. W. Wilson Co., 1947. Twenty-six radio plays varying in length from 5 to 30 minutes. Author indicates grade levels and suggests how the plays can be used in classroom for simulated broadcasts.

Weaver, Warren, ed. The Scientists

Speak. New York, Boni & Gaer, 1947.

A collection of talks on science during the intermissions of the New York Philharmonic concerts on CBS.

Weiser, Norman S. The Writer's Radio Theatre, 1940-41. New York, Harper & Bros., 1941.

Written by the drama critic of the Radio Daily, this book contains radio scripts selected as the best of the year.

The Writer's Radio Theatre. New York, Harper & Bros., 1942. Ten outstanding radio scripts of the year and 1 television script.

Welch, Constance, and Eaton, Walter

Prichard. Yale Radio Plays: The Listeners' Theatre. Boston, Expression Co., 1940.

Thirteen radio plays written and produced by Yale University drama students over WICC. White, James R. Let's Broadcast. New York, Harper & Bros., 1939.

Twelve one-act nonroyalty plays utilising broadcast technique for home or junior high school use.

Three-Way Plays. New York,

Harper & Bros., 1944.

Six nonroyalty 1-act plays and comedy sketches adaptable either for stage or radio. White, Melvin R. Radio and Assembly Plays. Minneapolis, Minn., Northwestern Press, 1941.

A collection of five adaptations from literature with brief production notes.

Radio Scripts for Practice and' Broadcast. Minneapolis, Minn., The Northwestern Press, 1950.

A workbook of articles and a collection of scripts selected for their usefulness to highschool and college radio production groups. Intended as companion piece to Beginning Radio Production.

Willis, Edgar E. Foundations in Broadcasting. New York, Oxford University Press, 1951.

A general history of radio and television with specifics on techniques of programing as they relate to each medium.

Wishengrad, Morton. The Eternal Light.

New York, Crown Publishers, 1947.

A collection of 26 of the radio scripts from the series The Eternal Light, as they were broadcast over the network of the National Broadcasting Company.

Wylie, Max. Best Broadcasts of 1938-39. New York, Whittlesey House, 1940.

An anthology of radio programs presented on all three major networks between January 1, 1938, and July 1, 1939. Suitable as a student guide to radio writing technique.

Best Broadcasts of 1939-40. New York, Whittlesey House, 1940.

Best Broadcasts of 1940-41. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1942. Another compilation of the author's yearly anthology of radio programs. Contains talks by the late President Roosevelt, and former Prime Minister Churchill and scripts by the late Stephen Vincent Benet, Robert Sherwood, and others.

Ziebarth, E. W. See Erekson-Six Classic Plays for Radio and How to Produce Them.

Technical Aspects

Albert, Arthur Lemuel. Electrical Fundamentals of Communication, 2d Ed. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1952.

Presents fundamentals upon which telegraphy, telephony, and radio are based; also includes section on television.

Almstead, Frances E.; Davis,. Kirke E.; and Stone, George K. Radio: Fundamental Principles and Practices. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1944.

A technical book to be employed along with a good laboratory manual. Includes theory, equipment, operation, instruments, and terms, and has brief sections on frequency modulation and television.

Anderson, L. T. See Shultz-Experi

ments in Electronics and Communications Engineering.

Anner, George E. Elements of Television Systems. New York, PrenticeHall, Inc., 1951.

A text for the advanced student of sending and receiving television apparatus. Atherton, Ralph. Principles of Radio for Operators. New York, The Macmillian Co., 1945.

A practical illustrated training manual and handbook for radio operators and mainte

nance men.

Basic Standards for School Sound Systems. Washington 25, D. C., U. S. Office of Education.

One of a series of reports prepared by the Joint Committee on Standards for School Audio Equipment for the purpose of giving general information on the selection, installation, and utilization of school audio equipment.

Classroom Radio Receivers.

The third in the series dealing with receivers for the classroom. Also contains chapter suggesting utilization procedures.

School Sound Recording and Play

back Equipment.

The second in the above-mentioned series dealing with recording and playback equipment.

Begun, S. J. Magnetic Recording. New York, Murray Hill Books, Inc., 1949.

Beginning with the history and theory of magnetic recording, this book gives in considerable detail an analysis of modern equipment as well as its present and potential possibilities.

Boyce, William F. Fundamentals of Color Television. Indianapolis, Ind., Howard W. Sams & Co., Inc., 1954.

Prepared to assist those interested in technical aspects of television to understand color television without pronounced reference to mathematics.

Brittin, F. L. Radio, Television and Electronics Handbook. Chicago, Popular Mechanics Press, 1950.

A book on radio-electronics as it applies to everyday life. Contains latest developments as well as basic fundamentals in radio, TV, and electronics.

Chinn, Howard. Television Broadcasting. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1953.

A comprehensive guide to technical aspects of television broadcasting. Has no mathematics beyond arithmetic. Presented as a reference to readers already in television or as self-training for radio engineers interested in television.

Cocking, W. T. Television Receiving Equipment. New York, Nordeman Publishing Co., Inc., 1940.

Treatise on design and operation of various parts of receivers, including cathode-ray tubes. Corbett, Thomas E. New Directions for Television. Pleasantville, N. Y., The Brownlee Pub. Co., 1949.

An analysis of what is involved in operating a metered television system and its effect upon motion pictures, sports, radio, advertis ing, etc.

Davis, Kirke E. See Almstead-Radio: Fundamental Principles and Prac

tices.

Dome, Robert B. Television Principles. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1951.

A treatise on principles of all stages of television transmission and reception. Helpful to radio engineers who want a better understanding of more specialized fields of television engineering.

Dorf. Richard H. See Kamen-TV Master Antenna Systems.

Drew, Charles Edward. How To Pass Radio License Examinations. 2d ed., New York, J. Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1944. Discusses basic radio laws, theory, and practice. Presents questions and answers to examinations of all classes of radio operators. Eby, G. S. See Watson-Understanding Radio.

Emery, Willis L. Ultra-High Frequency Radio Engineering. New York, The Macmillan Co.

A brief, clear explanation of principles and applications for those who construct or operate modern ultra-high-frequency equipment. Ennes, Harold E. Broadcast Operators Handbook. New York, John F. Rider Pub., Inc. (2d printing 1949).

A comprehensive treatise of controlroom operation for broadcast technicians together with preventive maintenance instructions.

Principles and Practices of Telecasting Operations. Indianapolis, Ind., Howard W. Sams & Co., 1953.

A concise volume giving basic technical background on transmitter and studio operations as well as on cameras and their components.

Federal Communications

Commission.

Standards of Good Engineering Practice Concerning FM Broadcast Stations, 1945. (Rev. to Jan. 1950.)

Fink, Donald G. Television Engineering, 2nd Ed. New York, McGraw Hill Book Co., Inc., 1952.

Prepared to enable the technician to make the transition from radio to television engineering. Knowledge of elementary principles of vacuum tube circuits and processes of amplification, modulation, carrier transmission, and demodulation is assumed. Fischer, Bernard. Radio and Television Mathematics. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1950.

A useful reference for the technician in constructing and servicing radio, television, and other equipment. Also a textbook for teachers, students, and amateurs.

and Jacobs, Herbert. Elements of Mathematics for Radio, Television, and Electronics. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1954.

A methodical course in basic mathematics in radio-television. Primarily a classroom text, but may be used in home study. Frayne, John G., and Wolfe, Halley. Elements of Sound Recording. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Detailed coverage of those subjects pecularly belonging to sound recording and reproducing with brief reference to such related subjects as electro-chemical analogies, acous tics, vacuum tubes, and audio amplifiers. Ghirardi, Alfred A., and Johnson, J. Richard, Radio and Television Receiver Circuitry and Operation. New York, Rinehart & Co., Inc., 1951.

Primarily written for use as a text in radio- and television-servicing courses of technical schools. Emphasis is on basic principles of receiver circuitry and operation. Goldman, Stanford. Frequency Analysis Modulation and Noise. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1948.

A mathematical text dealing with certain phases of radio engineering important especially since the development of television and radar.

Gorder, L. O, ed. A Dictionary of Radio Terms. Chicago, Allied Radio Corporation, 1946.

Miniature encyclopedia with more than 800 commonly used terms in radio and electronics. Easy-to-understand definitions.

Grob, Bernard. Basic Television: Principles and Servicing, 1st and 2d Editions. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1949 and 1954.

A comprehensive work for servicemen, technicians, or student with background in radio fundamentals. Has chapter on color television. First edition does not contain chapter on "Image Orticon Tube," but except for revisions, both editions are substantially the same.

Happell, George E., and Hesselberth, Wilfred M. Engineering Electronics. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1953.

A text for a beginning course in electronics for the electrical engineering student.

Helt, Scott. Practical Television Engineering. New York, Murray Hil Books, Inc., 1950.

A detailed engineering treatment of television, fully acquainting manufacturing and sales engineers, broadcast technicians, and students with components of television transmitting and receiving and how they work.

Practical Television Engineering, 2d Ed. New York, Rinehart & Co., Inc., 1953.

Further expansion of the earlier treatment. Includes useful glossary of television engineering terms.

Henney, Keith, and Richardson, Glen A. Principles of Radio, 6th ed. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1952. Fundamentals of basic radio circuits with step-by-step examples of the more difficult type of computations. Also contains chapter on FM, television, radar, and wave-shaping circuits.

Johnson, Jr., Richard. See GhirardiRadio and Television Receiver Cir. cuitry and Operation.

Kamen, Ira, and Dorf, Richard H. TV Master Antenna Systems. New York, John F. Rider Pub., Inc., 1952.

A manual dealing with the installation, maintenance, usage, manufacture, and mer chandising of television master antenna systems.

Kiver, Milton S. Introduction to UHF Circuits and Components. New York, D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., 1955.

A comprehensive and up-to-date handbook for technicians, amateurs, and “Hama." Profusely illustrated.

Kraus, John D. Antennas. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1950.

Presents basic theory of antennas with emphasis on engineering applications. Material is suitable for use at college senior or firstyear graduate level; also reference book for engineers and scientists.

Hesselberth, Wilfred M. See Happell Lytel, Allan. TV Picture Projection and Engineering Electronics.

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An explanation in simple terms of the science of electronics and its modern applications.

Hurlbut, Adrian L. Servicing the Mod

ern Car Radio. New York, Murray Hill Books, Inc., 1948.

One of the few comprehensive books devoted exclusively to the servicing of mobile radio equipment.

Jacobs, Herbert. See Fischer-Elements

of Mathematics for Radio, Television, and Electronics.

Johnson, J. R., and Newitt, J. H. Practical Television Servicing. New York, Murray Hill Books, Inc., 1949.

A practical how-to-do-it working manual on servicing of television receivers.

Enlargement. New York, John F.
Rider Pub., Inc., 1949.

An illustrated book for the television servIceman dealing with the optical systems employed in television receivers with emphasis on projection types.

McNicol, Donald. Radio's Conquest of Space. New York, Rinehart & Co., Inc., 1946.

A "stimulating and informative" record of radio's development.

Mandl, Matthew. Mandl's Television Servicing. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1952.

A text for radio servicemen entering the field of television servicing and for others with similar technical training. Includes a master index to common television troubles. Marcus, A., and Marcus, William. Elements of Radio, 2d ed. New York, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1948.

A revised edition of the 1943 publication which provides the beginner with a simplified, complete study course in the fundamentals of radio operation. No advanced knowledge of physics or mathematics is necessary. It includes a new section on radar and television and a special chapter on modern radio receivers.

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