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Bibliography of Religious Broadcasting


BOOKS

Armstrong, Ben, ed. The Electric Church. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1979. BV 656.A75

Bachman, John W. The Church in the World of Radio-Television. New York: Association Press, 1960. BV 656.B3

Barnouw, Erik. A Tower in Babel: the History of Broadcasting in the United States to 1933. New York: Oxford University Press, 1966.

Barnouw, Erik. The Golden Web: The History of Broadcasting in the United States 1933-1953. New York: Oxford University Press, 1970.

Barnouw, Erik. The Image Empire: the History of Broadcasting in the United States from 1953. New York: Oxford University Press, 1970.

Benson, Dennis C. Electric Evangelism. Nashville: Abington, 1973.

Bleum, A. William. Religious Television Programs: A Study in Relevance. New York: Communications Arts Books and Hastings House, 1969.

Bruce, Steve. Pray TV, Televangelism in America. London: Routledge, 1990.

Buxton, Frank, and Bill Owen. The Big Broadcast. Forward by Henry Morgan. New York: Viking, 1972.

Dart, John and Jimmy Allen. Bridging the Gap: Religion and the News Media. Arlington: The Freedom Forum, 1994.

Dunning, John. Tune in Yesterday: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio, 1925-1976. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1976.

Ellens, J. Harold. Models of Religious Broadcasting. Grand Rapids, MI: Erdmans Publishing, 1974.

Erickson, Hal. Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1989.

Erickson, Hal. Religious Radio and Television in the United States, 1921-1991, The Programs and Personalities. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1992.

Ferré, John P. Channels of Belief, Religion and American Commercial Television. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1990.

Fore, William F. Television and Religion: The Shaping of Faith, Values, and Culture. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1987.

Frankl, Razelle. Televangelism, The Marketing of Popular Religion. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987.

Griswold, Clayton, T., and Charles H. Schmitz. Broadcasting Religion. Rev. ed. New York: National Council of the Churches of Christ, 1954.

Hadden, Jeffrey K. and Anson Shupe. Televangelism: Power and Politics on God’s Frontier. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988.

Hawkins, Karen M. ed. Directory of Religious Media, 1996. National Religious Broadcasters, 1996. (NAB 253.025).

Head, Sydney W. Broadcasting in America: A Survey of Television and Radio. 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972.

Hoover, Stewart M. Mass Media Religion. Newbury Park: Sage Publications, 1988.

Horsfield, Peter G. Religious Television, The American Experience. New York: Longman Inc., 1984.

Horton, Michael, ed. The Agony of Deceit, What Some TV Preachers are Really Teaching. Chicago: Moody Press, 1990.

Lichty, Lawrence Wilson, and Malachi C. Topping. American Broadcasting: A Source Book on the History of Radio and Television. 2nd ed. New York: Hastings House, Communications Arts Books, 1975.

Marcus, Sheldon. Father Coughlin: The Tumultuous Life of the Priest of the Little Flower. Boston: Little, Brown, 1973.

Packard, William. Evangelism in America: From Tents to TV. New York: Paragon House, 1988.

Parker, Everett, C. Religious Television, What To do and How. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961.

Parker, Everett C., David W. Barry and Dallas W. Smythe. The Television-Radio Audience and Religion. New York: Harper and Row, 1955.

Wishengrad, Morton. The Eternal Light. New York: Crown Publishers, 1947.

Woolery, George. Children’s Television: The First Thirty-Five Years 1946-1981. 2 vols. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1983.

Wolseley, Roland, E. Interpreting the Church Through Press and Radio. Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press. 1951.

ARTICLES


Dick, Donald. “Religious Broadcasting 1920-1965; A Bibliography.” Journal of Broadcasting, Vol. 9 (1965):249-79; Vol. 10 (1966): 63-180, 257-76.

AUDIO


  • Doris Ann Interview - au rl orig 63, transcript AT 46.
  • Dr. Benjamin L. Armstrong, 4/12/76, au rl orig 945 & 946, transcript AT 482.
  • Rev. Edward W. Bauman, 4/7/78, au ac orig 167, transcript AT 1142.
  • Dr. Preston Bradley Interview, 4/7/64, au rl orig 85, transcript AT 59.
  • BMI Program Clinic for Television, Beverly Hills, CA. 5/26/52. au rl orig 452. Topic: Religious programming.
  • BMI Program Clinic for Aberdeen, S.D. 11/7/51. au rl orig 817. Portion of sermon broadcast by Rev. Cederholm, “Moments on the Mount: #23”.
  • BMI Program Clinic for Gainesville, FL. 3/26/51. au rl orig 754.
  • Doris Corwith Interview, 7/16/64, au rl orig 1 & 2, transcript AT 2.
  • Jimmy Dean’s Hour of Prayer, ca. 1960. au ac orig 862.
  • Mary Dorr Interview, 3/90/77, au ac orig 154, transcript AT 1131.
  • Dr. Clarence W. Jones, 2/21/77, au rl orig 950, transcript AT 484.
  • Caroline Rakestraw Interview, 5/16/78, au rl orig 1005, transcript AT 530.
  • KRZ, Oil City, Pennsylvania radio programs. au rl orig 804.

PAMPHLETS


Archdiocese of New York. Extent of Catholic Programming in the United States. 6/1/56. LAB Pamphlet #72.

Bretz, Rudy. Religious Television Programming. National Council of the Churches of Christ. LAB Pamphlet #191.

Broadcast Institute of North America. Religious Programming on Television: An analysis of a Sample Week. 9/1/73. LAB Pamphlet #205.

Garrigus, Frederick H.The Contribution National Religious Broadcasters Can Make to the Radio and Television Industry. 4/11/56. LAB Pamphlet #732.

Lohr, Lenox R. The Partnership of Religion and Radio. 12/7/38. LAB Pamphlet #1047.

NBC. Broadcast To All Homes: Music, Drama, Literature, Art. (4 volumes). 1/1/35. LAB Pamphlet #1456.

National Catholic Welfare Office. The Church and Communications Arts. 1959. LAB Pamphlet 1414.

National Conference of Christians and Jews. Religious Broadcasting in Wartime. 5/3/42. LAB Pamphlet #1407.

National Council of Catholic Men. The Production of Religious Television Programs. 1/1/50. PAM Pamphlet #1413.

National Council of Catholic Men. The Catholic Hour on Radio: 1930-1955. 1/1/55. LAB Pamphlet #1412.

National Council of the Churches in Christ in the United States of America. Religious Television Program Ideas. LAB Pamphlet #1416.

Scroeder, Mary Agnes. Catholics Meet the “Mike”. 3/1/44. LAB Pamphlet #2345.


PHOTOGRAPHS

  • Louis Finkelstein
  • O. E. McCracken
  • Bruce Foote

SERIALS


Religious Broadcasting. 1979-present

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS


Hedges Collection - 77. Religion in Broadcasting

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Program by Type (PBT)-Religious


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