Books and Reviews
- *****, Journal of Popular Culture, Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, Fall 1979
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- *****, Radio Guide MIKEROSCOPE ALBUM & LOG BOOK, Radio Guide, Inc., 1935
- [Review: OTRRpedia's Forum]
- Baber, David, Television Game Show Hosts, McFarland & Company, Inc
- [Review: Old Radio Times, January 2008, p 8]
- Balk, Alfred, The Rise of Radio, From Marconi Through The Golden Age, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2007
- [Review: Radio Recall, August 2007, pp 6-7]
- Bannerman, R. LeRoy, On a Note of Triumph: Norman Corwin and the Golden Age of Radio, Carol Publishing Group 1989
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, January 1990, p 13]
- Barnouw, Erik, A Tower in Babel - A History of Broadcasting in the United States to 1933, Oxford University Press, 1966
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Barnouw, Erik, The Golden Web - A History of Broadcasting in the United States 1933-1953, Oxford University Press, 1968
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Barson, Michael (editor), Flywheel Shyster Flywheel, Pantheon Books 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, January 1989, p 4]
- Berard, Jeanette M. and Englund, Klaudia, Radio Series Scripts, 1930-2001, McFarland & Company, Inc., 2006
- Birkby, Evelyn, Cooking With KMA, World Publishing Co. 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, April 1989, p 7]
- Birkby, Robert, KMA - The First Sixty Years, Barnhart Press 1985
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, April 1989, p 7]
- Blanc, Mel and Bashe, Philip, That's Not All Folks! My Life in the Golden Age of Cartoons and Radio, Warner Books 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, September 1988, p 7]
- Blue, Howard, Words At War: World War II Era Radio Drama and the Postwar Broadcasting Industry Blacklist, Scarecrow Press, 2002
- [Review: Radio Recall, February 2003]
- Boemer, Marilyn, The Children's Hour: Radio Programs for Children, The Scarecrow Press Inc. 1989
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, January 1990, p 12]
- Brickhouse, Jack with Jack Rosenber, Thanks for Listening!, Diamond Communications 1986
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, April 1989, p 6]
- Broadcasting Magazine Editors, The First 50 Years of Broadcasting, Broadcasting Magazine 1982
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, January 1989, p 5]
- Brown, Robert, Manipulating the Ether: The Power of Broadcast Radio in Thirties America, McFarland & Company, Inc., 1998
- [Review: Nara News, Fall 1997, p 7]
- Burns, George, Gracie - A Love Story, G. P. Putnam's Sons 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, January 1989, p 4]
- Burns, George, The Third Time Around, Putnam 1980
- [Review: Collectors Corner, Winter-Spring 1982, p 34]
- Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill, Radio's Golden Age - The Programs and the Personalities, Easton Valley Press, 1966
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill, The Big Broadcast 1920-1950, Second Edition, Scarecrow Press, 1997
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Cahn, William and Rhoda, The Great American Comedy Scene, Simon and Schuster, 1957 (Monarch, 1978)
- [Review: OTR Digest, September-October 1984, p 25]
- Clements, Cynthia and Weber, Sandra, George Burns and Gracie Allen: A Bio-bibliography, Greenwood Press, 1996
- [Review: Nara News, Winter 1997, p 40]
- Connor, D. Russell, Benny Goodman: Listen to his Legacy, Scarecrow Press, 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, June 1989, p 10]
- Corwin, Norman, Greater than the Bomb, Santa Susana Press 1981
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, January 1990, p 13]
- Cotten, Joseph, Joseph Cotten - Vanity Will Get You Somewhere, Mercury House, Inc., 1987
- Cox, J. Randolph, Man of Magic and Mystery: A Guide to the Work of Walter B. Gibson, Scarecrow Press, 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, June 1989, p 10]
- Cox, J. Randolph and David S. Siege, Flashgun Casey, Crime Photographer: From the Pulps to Radio and Beyond, Book Hunter Press, 2005
- Cox, Jim, Frank and Anne Hummert’s Radio Factory, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2003
- [Review: Radio Recall, October 2003]
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Cox, Jim, Historical Dictionary of American Radio Soap Operas, Scarecrow Press, 2005
- [Review: Radio Recall, April 2006]
- Cox, Jim, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons - A Complete History and Episode Log of Radio's Most Durable Detect, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2004
- [Review: Radio Recall, October 2004]
- Cox, Jim, Music Radio: The Great Performers and Programs of the 1920s through Early 1960s, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2005
- [Review: Radio Recall, October 2005]
- [Review: Old Radio Times, May 2006, p 15]
- [Review: OTRRpedia's Forum]
- Cox, Jim, Radio Crime Fighters - Over 300 Programs from the Golden Age, McFarland & Company 2002
- [Review: Radio Recall, December 2002]
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Cox, Jim, Radio Speakers, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2007
- [Review: Radio Recall, April 2007, p 5]
- [Review: Old Radio Times, May 2006, p 15]
- Cox, Jim, Sold on Radio: Advertisers in the Golden Age of Broadcasting, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
- [Review: The Old Radio Times, October 2008, p 12]
- Cox, Jim, The Great Radio Audience Participation Shows : Seventeen Programs from the 1940s and 1950s, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2001
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Cox, Jim, The Great Radio Sitcoms, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
- [Review: Old Radio Times, September 2007, p 7]
- Cox, Jim, The Great Radio Soap Operas, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 1999
- Cox, Jim, This Day in Network Radio, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
- [Review: The Old Radio Times, December 2008, p 33]
- Cullen, Frank; Hackman, Florence and McNeilly, Donald , Vaudeville, Old & New, Routledge, 2006
- DeForest, Tim, Radio by the Book: Adaptations of Literature and Fiction on the Airwaves, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
- [Review: The Old Radio Times, September 2008, pp 12-13]
- DeForest, Tim, Storytelling in the Pulps, Comics, and Radio, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
- [Review: Radio Recall, October 2004]
- Delong, Thomas A., Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary Of 953 Performers 1920-1960, McFarland & Company, Inc., 1996
- [Review: Nara News, Summer 1997, p. 28]
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Dundas, James L., Collecting Toy Premiums, Bread, Cereal, Radio, Schiffer Publishing Ltd 2001
- [Review: Radio Recall, 2-Oct]
- Dunn, William J., Pacific Microphone, Texas A&M University Press 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, July 1989, p 6]
- Dunning, John, On the Air : The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, Oxford University Press, 1998
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, February 1989, p]
- [Review: NARA News, Summer 1998, p 34]
- Dunning, John, Tune in Yesterday, Prentice-Hall, 1976
- [Review: Airwaves, Jan-77]
- Dunphy, Don, Don Dunphy at Ringside, Henry Holt and Co. 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, April 1989, pp 6-7]
- Felbinger, Lee, The Lone Ranger Pictorial Scrapbook, Countryside Advertising, 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, February 1989, p 4]
- Gibson, Walter B., The Shadow Scrapbook, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- [Review: Collectors Corner, Spring 1981, pp 4-5]
- Goldman, Herbert, Al Jolson: The Legend Comes to Life, Oxford University Press, Inc. 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, April 1989, p 6]
- Grams Jr., Martin, Radio Drama - A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932-1962, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2000
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Grams Jr., Martin, The History of the Cavalcade of America, M. Grams, 1998.
- Grams, Martin Jr and Wilson, Gerald, The Railroad Hour, Bear Manor Media
- [Review: Radio Recall, October, 2007, pp 8-10]
- Greenfield, Thomas, Radio: A Reference Guide, Greenwood Press, Inc. 1989
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, September 1989, p 4]
- Halblum, Stuart and Isaobie, Faster than a speeding Bullet, Playboy Paperback
- [Review: Collectors Corner, Fall 1981, p 10]
- Hall, Randal L., LUM AND ABNER: Rural America and the Golden Age of Radio, University Press of Kentucky, 2007
- [Review: Old Radio Times, November 2007, p 15]
- Halper, Donna, Invisible Stars: A Social History of Women in American Broadcasting, M E Sharpe Inc, 2001
- [Review: Old Radio Times, March 2009, p 8]
- Harmon, Jim, Radio Mystery and Adventure and Its Appearances in Film, Television and Other Media, McFarland & Company, Inc., 1992
- Harmon, Jim, The Great Radio Heroes, Doubleday & Co., Inc. 1967
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Harper, William H., Straight Arrow: The Definitive Radio Log and Resource Guide for that Legendary Indian Figure On the, Bear Manor Media, 2007
- [Review: Radio Recall, August 2007, p 6]
- Henderson, Amy, On the Air: Pioneers of American Broadcasting, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, February 1989, p 5]
- Hickerson, Jay, The 3rd Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows, Jay Hickerson, 2005
- Hill, George and Davis, Lenwood, Religious Broadcasting: 1920-1983, Garland Publishing, Inc. 1984
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, February 1990, p 4]
- Holland, Dave, From Out of the Past: A Pictorial History of the Lone Ranger, The Holland House 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, February 1989, p 4]
- Jackson, Carlton, Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel, Madison Books 1989
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, March 1990, p 5]
- Jones, Louis "Grandpa" with Charles, Everybody's Grandpa - Fifty Years Behind the Mike, The University of Tennessee Press 1984
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, January 1989, p 5]
- Julian, Joseph, This was Radio : A Personal Memoir, Viking, 1975
- [Review: Airwaves, December 1976, p 7]
- Koch, Howard, The Panic Broadcast, Little, Brown
- [Review: Stayed Tuned, October 1971, p 18]
- Lackmann, Ron, Comic Strips & Comic Books of Radio's Golden Age, Bear Manor Media
- [Review: Radio Recall, August 2006]
- Lackmann, Ron, The Encyclopedia of American Radio, Checkmark Books, 2000
- Lamparski, Richard, Whatever Became Of ... ?, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1967
- Lichty, Lawrence W. and Topping, M., American Broadcasting: A Source Book on the History of Radio and Television, Hastings House Publishers, 1975
- [Review: Radio Historian, Fall 1975, p 8]
- MacDonald, J. Fred, Don't Touch That Dial, Nelson-Hall
- [Review: NARA News, Spring 1980, p 47]
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- MacDonald, J. Fred, Richard Durham's Destination Freedom: Scripts from Radio's Black Legacy, 1948-1950, Praeger Publishers 1989
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, March 1990, p 6]
- MacVane, John, On the Air in World War II, Morrow
- [Review: NARA News, Spring 1980, p 47]
- Maltin, Leonard, The Great American Broadcast - A Celebration of Radio's Golden Age, A Dutton Book, 1997
- [Review: Nara News, Spring 1998, p 17]
- Marx, Arthur, My Life with Groucho, G. K. Hall Large Print Series, 1992
- [Review: Nara News, Summer 1998, pp 35-36]
- Marx, Arthur, Red Skelton, Dutton, 1979
- [Review: Collectors Corner, Spring 1981, p 7]
- Matelski, Marilyn, The Soap Opera Evolution: America's Enduring Romance With Daytime Drama, McFarland & Co. 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, August 1989, p 8]
- McLeod, Elizabeth, The Original Amos 'n' Andy: Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, and the 1928-43 Radio Serial, McFarland Publishing
- McNeil, Bill and Wolfe, Morris, Signing On, The Birth of Radio in Canada, Doubleday
- [Review: NARA News, Winter 1982, pp 5-8]
- Morse, Carlton E., The One Man's Family Album: An Inside Look at Radio's Longest Running Show, Seven Stones Press, 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, September 1988, p 7]
- Mote, James, Everything Baseball, Prentice-Hall Press 1989
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, August 1989, p 8]
- Nevins, Jr., Francis M. and Stanich, The Sound of Detection. Ellery Queen's Adventures in Radio, Brownstone Books
- [Review: OTR Digest, July-August 1984, pp 10-11]
- Oberfest, Robert, Al Jolson - You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet!, A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1982
- [Review: OTR Digest, May-June 1984, p 10]
- Ohmart, Ben, IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN! - The New Stories of Old-Time Radio, Bear Manor Media
- [Review: Radio Recall, February 2003]
- Osgood, Dick, WYXIE Wonderland - An Unauthorized 50 Year Diary of WXYZ Detroit, Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1981
- [Review: NARA News, Winter 1982, pp 18-26]
- Parish, James R. and Leonard, Willi, The Funsters, Arlington House, 1979
- [Review: NARA News, Autumn 1979, p 28]
- Paulson, Roger C., Archives of the Airwaves (10 volumes), BearManor Media 2005-
- [Review: The Old Radio Times, December 2008, p 28]
- Payton, Gordon and Grams Jr., Marti, The CBS Radio Mystery Theater: An Episode Guide and Handbook to Nine Years of Broadcasting, 1974-198, McFarland & Company, 1999
- Persico, Joseph, Edward R. Murrow: An American Original, McGraw-Hill Book Company 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, April 1989, p 7]
- Poindexter, Ray, Golden Throats and Silver Tongues - The Radio Announcers, River Road Press, 1978
- [Review: Collectors Corner, March 1979, pp 21-22]
- [Review: OTR Digest, November-December 1985, p 20]
- [Review: OTRRpedia's Forum]
- Poole, Gary, Radio Comedy Diary, McFarland & Company
- [Review: Radio Recall, June 2007, p 5]
- Rayburn, John, Cat Whiskers and Talking Furniture: A Memoir of Radio and Television Broadcasting, McFarland and Company
- [Review: Old Radio Times, April 2008, p 16]
- Rhymer, Mary and Rhymer, Paul, Vic and Sade: The Best Radio Plays of Paul Rhymer, Continuum International Publishing Group, Inc, 1976
- [Review: NARA News, Spring 1984, p 35]
- Rivadue, Barry, Alice Faye: A Bio-Bibliography, Greenwood Press 1990
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, March 1990, p 6]
- Rogers, Dale Evans, The Woman at the Well, Fleming H. Revell Company
- [Review: Nara News, Spring 1998, pp 27-28]
- Rothel, David, Who Was That Masked Man?, A. S. Barnes and Company
- [Review: Collectors Corner, March 1978, pp 12-14]
- Rudel, Anthony, Hello, Everybody! , Harcourt
- Schaden, Chuck, Speaking of Radio: Chuck Schaden’s conversations with the Stars of the Golden Age of Radio, Nostalgia Digest Press
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, March 1990]
- Settel, Irving, A Pictorial History of Radio, Grosset & Dunlap, 1967
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Shapiro, Mitchell E., Radio Network Prime Time Programming, 1926-1967, McFarland & Company, Inc., 2002
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Siegel, Susan and David S., A Resource Guide to the Golden Age of Radio: Special Collections, Bibliography, and the Internet, Book Hunter Press, 2006
- [Review: Radio Recall, February 2006]
- Siegel, Susan and David S., Radio and the Jews, Book Hunter Press
- [Review: The Old Radio Times, August 2007, pp 11-12]
- Siegel, Susan and David S., Radio Scripts In Print, Book Hunter Press, 2006
- [Review: Radio Recall, December 2006]
- Singer, Arthur J., Arthur Godfrey: The Adventures of American Broadcaster, McFarland & Company, Inc., 2000
- Skutch, Ira, Five Directors - The Golden Years of Radio, The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 1998
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Slater, Robert, This... CBS: A Chronicle of 60 Years, Prentice Hall, Inc. 1988
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, October 1988, pp 4-5]
- Slide, Anthony, Great Radio Personalities in Historic Photographs, Dover Publications
- [Review: OTR Digest, September-October 1984, p 25]
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, September 1988, pp 6-7]
- Slide, Anthony, Great Radio Personalities in Historic Photographs, The Vestal Press
- [Review: NARA News, Spring 1996, pp 20-21]
- Smith, Mickey, Pharmacy and Medicine on the Air, Scarecrow Press, Inc. 1989
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, March 1990, p 6]
- Stamper, Pete, It All Happened in Renfro Valley, The University Press of Kentucky, 1999
- Striker Jr., Fran, His Typewriter Grew Spurs, Questco
- [Review: OTR Digest, July- August 1984, pp 10-11]
- Summers, Harrison B., A Thirty-Year History of Programs Carried on National Radio Networks in the U. S. 1926-1956, Arno Press & The New York Times, 1971
- Swartz, Ph.D., Jon D., Handbook of Old Time Radio, The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1993
- [Review: Illustrated Press, May 1996, p 6]
- Taylor, Glenhall, Before Television: The Radio Years, A. S. Barnes and Company, 1979
- [Review: Collectors Corner, Fall 1981, p 8]
- Taylor, Robert, Fred Allen - His Life and Wit, Little Brown and Company 1989
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, July 1989, pp 5-6]
- Terrace, Vincent, Radio Programs, 1924-1984. A Catalog of Over 1800 Shows, McFarland & Company, 1999
- Terrace, Vincent, Radio's Golden Years - The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs 1930-1960, A. S. Barnes and Company
- [Review: Collector's Corner, Winter-Spring 1982, p 28]
- Thomas, Lowell, History As You Heard It, Doubleday
- [Review: OTR Digest, January-February 1985, p 28]
- Tumbusch, Tom, Illustrated Radio Premium Catalog and Price Guide, Tomart Publications, 1989
- [Review: Sperdvac Radiogram, February 1989, pp 4-5]
- Van Loon, Hendrik William, Air Storming, Harcourt, Brace and Co. 1935
- [Review: OTR Digest, January-February 1985, p 28]
- Walker, Leo, The Big Band Almanac, Ward Ritchie Press, 1978
- Warlick, Tom and Warlick, Lucy, The WBT Briarhoppers: Eight Decades of a Bluegrass Band Made for Radio, McFarland & Company, Inc., 2008
- [Review: Radio Recall, February 2008, pp 8-9]
- [Review: Old Radio Times, March 2008, p 7]
- Wertheim, Arthur Frank, Radio Comedy, Oxford University Press, 1979
- [Review: NARA News, Summer 1979, p 10]
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Widner, James and Frierson, Meade, Science Fiction On Radio: A Revised Look at 1950-1975, AFAB
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Wright, Stewart, Gunsmoke: The Myth of the Prime-Time Repeats,
- [Review: Radio Recall, August 2006]
- Wylie, Max, Best Broadcasts of 1939-1940, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1940
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Wylie, Max, Best Broadcasts of 1940-1941, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1942
- [Review: OTRRpedia’s Forum]
- Wyndham, John, The Kraken Wakes, Penguin
- Young, Jordan R., Spike Jones and His City Slickers: An Illustrated Biography, Moonstone Press 1984
- [Review: OTR Digest, May-June 1986, pp 22-23]