Local Radio, Going Global
Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2011), xv, 202 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 190-194, index
ISBN 978-0-230-34799-1 (ebook); 978-1-349-32541-2 (pbk)
"An examination of the development of local radio broadcasting and the trend for locally-owned, locally-originated and locally-accountable commercial radio stations to fall into the hands of national and international media groups. Starkey traces the early development of local radio through to present-day digital environments." (Publisher description)
1 The Sleeping Giant – Resistance and Repression in the Monopoly Years, 1
2 The Wake-Up Call – The New Dawn and Local Radio’s Place in the New Duopoly, 27
3 Growing Pains – Localness: Regulation, Deregulation and What about Automation? 80
4 Homogenisation, or Two Digits to the BBC – and to Everyone Else? 129
5 Global Village or Total Eclipse? – From ‘Hot’ and ‘Cool’ Media to ‘Active’ and ‘Passive’, 160
2 The Wake-Up Call – The New Dawn and Local Radio’s Place in the New Duopoly, 27
3 Growing Pains – Localness: Regulation, Deregulation and What about Automation? 80
4 Homogenisation, or Two Digits to the BBC – and to Everyone Else? 129
5 Global Village or Total Eclipse? – From ‘Hot’ and ‘Cool’ Media to ‘Active’ and ‘Passive’, 160
