Frank and Anne Hummert's Radio Factory: The Programs and Personalities of Broadcasting's Most Prolific Producers
Frank and Anne Hummert brought 125 series to the radio airwaves. Their production empire went far beyond the serialized melodrama to include music, mystery, juvenile adventure, quiz, sports, news, comedy and dramatic theater. The Hummerts tried to appeal to everyone; by the 1940s they controlled four and a half hours of each day's broadcast schedule. This book explores the private lives and professional dealings of broadcasting's most prolific creator-producers. There are several appendices,...
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This book, aiming at vintage radio enthusiasts as an audience, profiles two radio series producers, their production company, the numerous series they produced, and some of the main personalities that were involved in the productions. The author includes a number of appendices that: list other prolific radio producers and their series, briefly describe all of the Hummerts' radio series, present a chronology of their lives, and describe typical radio broadcast schedules. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
AcknowledgmentsPreface11Ethereal Empire52The Odd Couple113Merrie Melodies474Mystery Theater655Child's Play816Matinee Melodrama957The Troika1258The Moguls of Melodrama145App. AProlific Producers151App. BHummert Broadcast Series157App. CIn Their Own Words181App. DA Hummert Chronology185App. ETypical Air Features Schedules191Notes197Bibliography209Index213
