AM-FM Broadcasting Equipment, Operations, and Maintenance Guide
1974
Author: Stanley Leinwoll
Medium: printed paper booklet
Publisher: Howard W. Sams & Co., Inc
Media Archaeology Lab
Label written by Elliot Pearson
Published in 1964, over a decade after the television’s takeover of broadcasting, Space Communications invites all experience levels to participate in radio. It serves itself to anyone with a hint of curiosity. The bright magenta cover and flashy title are perhaps used here to repackage the dwindling radio medium. Sitting next to a control panel in a musty basement full of vinyl records, this handbook would complete the lighthearted scene of a college radio station. No matter how lax its nature, continued broadcasting requires upkeep. There exist innumerable radio broadcasting handbooks in the world to keep up with the varying sizes of technological advancements in radio, especially in the 20th century. Some of these guides are archived and available to be read and many are not. Space Communications has not been digitized, at least not accessibly to the public, beyond just its front cover, which its archivist therefore suggests to be its most valuable feature.
Image Citations:
Media Archaeology Lab, AM-FM Broadcasting, Creative Commons: Attribution, Non-Commercial.