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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio is a non-fiction book by Tom Lewis, which traces the early development of radio broadcasting in the United States, published by HarperCollins in 1991. The book was adapted into both a 1992 documentary film by Ken Burns and a 1992 radio drama written and directed by David Ossman . [3]
In Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio, Ken Burns examines the lives of three extraordinary men who shared the primary responsibility for this invention and its early success, and whose...
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio: Directed by Ken Burns. With Jason Robards, Red Barber, Erik Barnouw, Ken Bilby. For 50 years, radio dominated the airwaves as the first mass medium. Ken Burns examines the lives of three men who shared the responsibility for its invention and early success.
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- Documentary, History
- Ken Burns
- 1991-10
Sep 1, 1991 · Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio. Thomas S. Lewis. 4.24. 135 ratings21 reviews. The story of the invention of radio focuses on scientist Lee de Forest, brilliant recluse Edwin Armstrong, and RCA mogul David Sarnoff, who turned a basement discovery into a worldwide communications revolution.
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Nov 18, 2011 · Empire of the air : the men who made radio. by. Lewis, Thomas S. W. Publication date. 1991. Topics. De Forest, Lee, 1873-1961, Armstrong, Edwin H. (Edwin Howard), 1890-1954, Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971, Radio, Radio. Publisher. New York, NY : Edward Burlingame Books.
Sep 15, 2021 · Empire of the Air tells the story of three American visionaries—Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff—whose imagination and dreams turned a hobbyist's toy into radio,...
Empire of the Air: The Men who Made Radio. Tom Lewis. Edward Burlingame Books, 1991 - Biography & Autobiography - 421 pages.
