Radio Critics and Popular Culture: a History of British Radio Criticism

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Preamble: A Personal View -- Seeking an Approach -- Chapter Structure -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Approaching the Study of Radio Critics and Radio Criticism -- Introduction -- Why Study Radio Criticism and Radio Critics? -- What Is a Critic? What Is Criticism? -- The Critic as Cultural Intermediary -- The Media Critic: Industry and Discourse -- How to Study Radio Critics and Radio Criticism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Radio in Britain in the 1920s: Narratives of Spectacle and Concern -- Introduction -- Early Radio: From Communication to Broadcasting -- Broadcasting in Britain: The Birth of Public Service Broadcasting -- Early Press Coverage: A Narrative of 'Spectacle', Wonder and Amazement -- Early Press Coverage: A Narrative of Concern -- Programme Listings: Newspapers and the Radio Times -- Previews and Programme Highlights -- Programme Reviews -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Rise of a Medium: Arrival of the Radio Critic -- Introduction -- The 1930s: From the Great Depression to the Outbreak of War -- Radio and Newspapers in the 1930s -- Changing Coverage: Popular Newspapers -- Popular Radio Columnists -- Quality Papers and Radio Coverage -- Quality Papers: Critics as Reviewers -- The Listener -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: The Critic, Newspaper Radio Criticism and the Heyday of Radio -- Introduction -- The British Context: From War to Rock 'n' Roll -- The War Years: Radio, The Press and Radio Criticism 1939-45 -- Post-War Years: Radio, The Press and Radio Criticism 1945-1959 -- The Radio Times and The Listener -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: From the Swinging Sixties to Thatcherism: The Decline of Radio Coverage -- Introduction -- The Wider Context: From Social and Cultural Revolution to Ideological Schism