Commercial Broadcasting Pioneer: The WEAF Experiment, 1922–1926

William Peck Banning

Published by Harvard University Press 1946

Commercial Broadcasting Pioneer

The WEAF Experiment, 1922–1926

William Peck Banning

In the series Publication of the Business Historical Society

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674280540

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
BUSINESS HISTORICAL SOCIETY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
ILLUSTRATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xix
TABLES AND CHARTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxiii
EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxv
AUTHOR'S PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxxi
A CONDENSED WEAF CHRONOLOGY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxxv
PART I. THE GENESIS OF BROADCASTING, 1915-1921
CHAPTER I. EARLY BELL SYSTEM EXPERIMENTATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CHAPTER II. TUBE PATENT LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
CHAPTER III. THE STAGE IS SET Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
CHAPTER IV. THE “ TOLL BROADCASTING” IDEA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
PART II THE BIRTH OF WEAF, 1922
CHAPTER V. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WBAY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
CHAPTER VI. WBAY BECOMES WEAF Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
CHAPTER VII. PROGRAM EXPERIMENTS AT WALKER STREET Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
CHAPTER VII. “HELLO, ENGLAND” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
PART III. POLICIES AND PROGRESS, 1923
CHAPTER IX. PATENT INFRINGEMENT PROBLEMS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
CHAPTER Χ. WEAF AT 195 BROADWAY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
CHAPTER XI. EARLY NETWORK EXPERIMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
CHAPTER XII. WCAP: A SECOND EXPERIMENTAL STATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
PART IV. MILESTONES ALONG THE WAY, 1924
CHAPTER XIII. EARLY EPISODES OF 1924 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
CHAPTER XIV. RESOLVING THE PATENT SITUATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
CHAPTER XV. NETWORK BROADCASTING MADE PRACTICAL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
CHAPTER XVI. THE ARMY TESTS THE BELL SYSTEM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
PART V. THE TRAIL IS BLAZED, 1925-1926
CHAPTER XVII. NETWORK EXPANSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
CHAPTER XVIII. ANOTHER DEFENSE TEST DAY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
CHAPTER XIX. THE SALE OF WEAF Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
Maps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	310

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1946
Edition: Reprint 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 33
- Main content: 308
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 35
- Tables: 2
- Other: 6 charts; 2 tables; 30 illustrations
Keywords: Radio broadcasting -- United States.; WEAF (Radio station : New York, N.Y)

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674280540

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1946
ISBN: 9780674730625