Updated
July 12, 2005
RADIO
HISTORY
Welcome to "A World of Wireless", our virtual radiomuseum
Radiohistory by "The World of Wireless"
Old Time Radio - Radio Days: A Soundbite History
The History of Broadcasting, 1920 - 1960
History of Radio and Television
History of Radio
Recording Technology History
Recording Technology History links
Old-Time Radio Program Guide
National Radio Hall of Fame & Museum
100 years of Radio: from Marconi to the future of communications
Surfing the Aether - Radio & Broadcasting Technology History
A Day in Radio
On the Air: 1930s Serials
The Visitor in Your Living Room: Radio Advertising in the 1930s
A Gullible Nation? War of the Worlds Revisited
Amos 'n' Andy in Black and White
The Cavalcade Moves Forward: Examining the Myth and Reality of Hero Worship in Radio
RadioLovers.com - Old Time Radio Shows
A History of Radio Program Collecting
Radio History Audio Snippets
The Broadcast Archive - Radio History on the Web!
AS@UVA IS ON THE AIR!
On the Air! Michigan Radio and TV Broadcasting 1920-2000
Lives of the Great DJs
FCC, Media Bureau
Howstuffworks "How the Radio Spectrum Works"
Kids' Stuff for On the Air! Michigan Historical Museum
The Museum of Broadcast Communications
Museum of Television & Radio
FDR SPEAKS - more on the Fireside Chats on my 20th Century America web page.
TELEVISION
- GENERAL SITES
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
TVparty!
TV Cream
TV Land Online
TV Tome - guide to the television shows you love
Television Heaven
Television Sources
Academy of Television - Emmy Awards
Emmy Awards Online
FCC, Media Bureau
TV Guide Online - [TV Guide Magazine]
Entertainment Scene - TV / Cable
UCLA Film and Television Archive
The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television
The TV Writer Home Page
OpenHere - Life and Society, Television, Television Production Business
The Online Communicator Website
Film and Television
TV links
Social History and TV Drama
Ultimate TV - Your Source for Everything Television (tm)
The TV Megasite
Special TV Resources
LikeTelevision - Broadband Streaming Movies, Music Videos, Comedy, Sport
Video 101 - HOME
about-arts.com - television
Jump The Shark...the turning point of television programming
JumpTV.com - TV Stations Around the World
Tim's TV Showcase
Cinescape
Saturday Matinee - Where Movies Come Alive! Movies, Theater, Television
Encyclopedia of TV (1st Ed.) - The Museum of Broadcast Communications
TV
HISTORY
Who Invented Television? - The Farnsworth Chronicles
The Media History Project
TIMELINE: Media History 1900s
U.S. Mass Media History
The American Experience/Technology/Big Dream Small Screen
The Museum of Television & Radio
History of Radio and Television
Recording Technology History - Recording Technology History links
Popular Culture -- TELEVISION
Television History - The First 75 Years
Television Finds a Home
History of TV
Network TV - Split Personality Television - Satellite & Cable Television - Digital TV
Television History Links
History of Television
The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television - Television
Saturday Matinee - History of Television
National British Museum of Photography, Film & Television
Motion Picture and Television Reading Room (Library of Congress)
Peabody Awards Archives
The Farnsworth Chronicles
The TELEVISION ARCHIVES
TVparty! Classic TV
The Classic TV Archive Home Page
TVDAYS.com - CLASSIC TV ARCHIVES
American Museum of the Moving Image
The Living Room Candidate - The history of presidential campaign commercials - 1952-2004
TV in the 50's
Game Show Network
The Quiz Shows
The American Experience | The Quiz Show Scandal
Nostalgia Central
Top
TV Shows, 1950's - 1960's
- 1970's -
1980's - 1990's
Retro TV Ads
History of Television News - for more, check out the section on TV NEWS just below.
Television Sources
Encyclopedia of TV (1st Ed.) - The Museum of Broadcast Communications
TV
NEWS
CNN.com and CNN - Search!
TV News Archive: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
TV Rundown: Find What You Need To Know About Television News - Search The TV Rundown Site
Newseum - The Interactive Museum of News
History of Television News
Edward R. Murrow
1960 Debate
Television and Vietnam
Newseum: Reporting in a Time of Conflict
HOLOCAUST News Coverage: The Untold Story
The Living Room Candidate - The :30 Second Candidate
British Pathe Limited - British Pathe Limited Downloads
More info on TV News coverage in history can be found on specific topic pages on my Table of Contents page.
CARTOONS,
CHILDREN
AND TV
CTW Family Workshop - Home of Sesame Street
Nickelodeon - US based Children's TV Channel
Nickelodeon
Welcome to Cartoon Network.com!
Don Markstein's Toonopedia
Warner Bros. Cartoons Filmography
Looney Tunes
The Total Toon Tome
Looney Laughs, Lists, & Lyrics-Looney Lists
Straight Dope Staff Report: Did Bugs Bunny appear in a racist cartoon during World War II
IDENTITY CRISIS: The Many Faces of the Man of Steel
1988 Saturday Mornings
Mike's Classic Cartoon Themes & Images
TV Tunes Online Television and Cartoon Theme Songs, plus Trivia!
Television Cartoon Guide
Cartoon-O-Rama Main Page
CARTOON RESEARCH LINKS
TV! Favorite Television Shows From the 1960's!
Slam Bang Theater Starring Icky Twerp with Ajax and Delphinium! - classic 1960s kid's TV show in Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas
FORMER CHILD STAR CENTRAL
Parents Television Council - Because Our Children Are Watching
Parenting and the Media: A Column by Rod Gustafson
Children's Educational Television
Children and TV Violence
The FCC Gives Teeth to the Children's Television Act of 1990
The Children Act 1989: Summary
FCC, MB, Children's Television
How Violence On TV Effects Children: WORKS CITED
The Effects of Media Violence on Children
More on the Effects of Media Violence on Children
MediaFamily.org | Facts:
Children And Media Violence
Sociology and Philosophy Essays: TV & Violence
children and television violence - abelard
MediaFamily.org | Facts: Chidren And Media Violence
Television and Children
Television and Children: Guidelines for Parents
TV Single Dads Hall of Fame
More info available below in the Animation and Cartoons section.
SPECIFIC
TV
GENRES,
PERSONALITIES, CHARACTERS & SHOWS
AENTV Main
The History Channel TV Listings
TV Land Online
TV Tome - guide to the television shows you love
Television Heaven
TVparty! Classic TV
TV Cream: Show Themes
The '80s TV Theme SuperSite / 80stvthemes.com
Classic TV Theme Song Web Sites
TV Theme Songs Online - TV Land's Show Song List
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES
Jump The Shark - Chronicling the Moments of When TV Shows go Downhill
Tim's TV Showcase
TVDAYS.com - CLASSIC TV ARCHIVES
Game Show Network
Hall of Game Show Fame: Classic TV Game Shows Revisited
The American Experience | The Quiz Show Scandal
TV Single Dads Hall of Fame
Welcome to Episodeguides.com - all the guides - detailed guides
Lucille Ball - Desilu Home Page - The Toon Tracker Animated Lucy Page - Laugh with Lucy
The Cosby Show - The Cosby Show - Pazsaz Entertainment Network
BarneyFife.Com!
FRONTLINE: home | PBS
Official Gilligan's Island Fan Club
The Andy Kaufman Home Page
An Unofficial Ernie Kovacs Website
LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN Home Page - CBS | Late Show Top Ten Archive
Law & Order
Masterpiece Theatre - The Archive
American Experience | Miss America
BBC News | Monty Python
Monty Python Online
MunsterLand
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - MST3K Catch Phrase Catalog
Rod Serling's Night Gallery: Index
Northern Exposure
The Simpsons - The Simpsons Episode Guide
The Simpsons Archive - Another Simpsons Episode Guide
Simpsons Lists - Chalkboard Gags
The Twilight Zone
The Wonder Years
SCI
- FI TV
A Gullible Nation? War of the Worlds Revisited
SCIFI.COM
Science Fiction TV Shows
Bevis and Duncan's Science Fiction Page
TV page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE
Science Fiction TV Series Home
THE FEDERATION - A STAR TREK FAN ASSOCIATION
International Federation of Trekkers
Star Trek in Sound and Vision
TrekWeb.COM - THE Source For Everything Trek!
STARFLEET International
TrekToday - the first and only daily updated guide to all things Trek
STARTREK.COM: The Official Star Trek Web Site!
STARTREK.COM : Series & Movies
STasis: Your Guide to the Scholarly Literature of TREK
Science Fiction and Fantasy Clip Art
More on Sci-Fi can be found on my Literature and Movies pages.
COMMERCIALS
& ADVERTISING
Advertising Age
Advertising World
Advertising History & Museums
The Branding of America
EAA - Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920
The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 (American Memory, Library of Congress)
SAAM: Posters American Style
Posters American Style: American Events - Designed to Sell - Advice to Americans - Patriotic Persuasion
The Visitor in Your Living Room: Radio Advertising in the 1930s
The Ad Machine in Action: Cigarettes and Art in Advertising
"truth in advertising" - vintage cigarette & tobacco ads - 1940's - 1950's
Coca-Cola Television Advertisements: Home Page
Ad*Access
Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters
The Living Room Candidate - The history of presidential campaign commercials - 1952-2004
Fading Ad Campaign
AdCritic.com - All Ads, All The Time.
Special TV Resources - Commercials
Clipland - TV Commercials Database
Video Vault: Saturday Morning Commercials
Video Vault: Classic Car Commercials
TVparty: Commercial Icons of the 60s
Memorable Commercials of the 1970s
When Stars Did The Commercials
TV COMMERCIALS FROM THE 50s AND 60s
Commercials of the 70s - the 80s - the 90s
TV Commercial Archives
Download Old Commercials
Retromercials
Beer Commercials: A Brief History
Super Bowl Commercials SuperBowl-Ads.com - News, Polls, History
IFILM - Super Bowl Ads
CreatAbiliTOYS! - The Museum of Advertising Icons
Just one of my favorite fake TV ads from Saturday Night Live - Old Glory Robot Insurance-Saturday Night Live
THE
FAIRNESS DOCTRINE
FCC, Media Bureau
Fairness Doctrine
Fairness Doctrine, The Chilling Effect, and Television Editorials
PHOTOGRAPHY
Info and images can be found on my Art
& Galleries page.
For more on photography as a chronicle of historical events, please check out
specific time periods/topics on my Table
of Contents page.
MEDIA
& COMMUNICATIONS
***** The Media History Project
Media History Project: Timeline by Chronology
Media Awareness Network
Media Awareness Network For Teachers - Lessons and Resources for Media Education
The Media and Communications Studies Site
MediaFamily.org | Facts: Chidren And Media Violence
U.S. Mass Media History
The History of Broadcasting, 1920 - 1960
Early Recorded Sounds and Wax Cylinders
The Online Antique Phonograph Gallery
Sparks Telegraph Key Review
OLD NEWS homepage
Voice of the Shuttle: Media Studies Page
The Economics of Ethnic and Racial Stereotyping
Ethnic and Visible Minorities in Entertainment Media
Gender, Race and Ethnicity in Media - TV and Film
Popular Culture -- CENSORSHIP
Brief History of the Tabloids
VAUDEVILLE
Info can be found in the DRAMA SECTION on my Literature and Drama page.
DANCE
Terpsichore - The Greek Muse of Dance
Dance Instruction Manuals, Ca.1490 -1920
American Ballet Theatre
Classical Ballet: A History of the Art
History of Russian Ballet
The Bolshoi Ballet - English version coming soon.
Ballet
History of Dance
The Early Modern Dance -- Home
Western Social Dance
Burgundian Dance in the Late Middle Ages
Renaissance Dance Cheat Sheets
Renaissance Dance
Waltz Dance History Archives - Waltz History - The history of the waltz
THE WALTZ, history of and beauty of the waltz
Martha Graham - Martha Graham and Modern American Dance
dancingfeet.ws - The Ballroom Dance Resource
History of Modern Ballroom Dancing
Universal Ballroom Music by Dance
The Bad Fads Museum - Dance Marathons
The Beginning of the Lindy Hop
Hep, Hot, & Headbanging: The Retro Rebirth of Swing
Swing History origins of Swing Dance
Swing dance history
Swing Dance: History & Styles
Jump Site
UCWDC - United Country Western Dance Council
Country Western Dance & country western line dance floor etiquette
The School of Dance Theatre of Harlem
African Dance
Africa-Related Music, Dance And Cultural Resources
Mexican Dance, Music, Art & Culture Web Sites
CHICO's MHN Education Commons: Mexicano Folk Dancing
Noel's Pilipino Folkdance Glossary & Event Calendar
Filipino Folkdance Links
DANCES OF THE PHILIPPINES
500 years of dance - Learn dance steps on history of dance videos!
ARCHITECTURE
For info on architecture, please check my Art
& Galleries page.
CARTOONING
& ANIMATION
Celebrity Characitures in American from the National Portrait Gallery
Origins of American Animation, 1900-1921
The International Museum of Cartoon Art
The 100 Greatest Comics of the 20th Century
Don Markstein's Toonopedia
CARTOON RESEARCH
Animation World Network, the Hub of Animation on the Internet
The Censored Cartoons Page
Welcome to Cartoon Network.com!
Warner Bros. Cartoons Filmography
Looney Tunes
The Total Toon Tome
Looney Laughs, Lists, & Lyrics-Looney Lists
Straight Dope Staff Report: Did Bugs Bunny appear in a racist cartoon during World War II
The Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Page - Classic Cartoon News and Information
Toon Tracker Frames Main Page
The Simpsons Archive - Couch Openings - The Simpsons Episode Guide
MadBlast
Disney A to Z - Walt Disney: A Biography
Ducktators
Goopy Geer's Rare Cartoons Page - War Cartoons
Dr. Seuss Went to War: A Catalog of Political Cartoons
80's Cartoon Central--All your favorite 1980's cartoons!
Betty Boop: An Obsession - The Official Betty Boop Web Site - The Betty Boop Pages
Aardman Animations - Websites - Wallace and Gromit
Anime: Japanese Animation Art
Much, much more above in the section on "Cartoons, Children & TV."
More on animation can be found on my Movies page.
MISC.
SITES
Brief History of the Tabloids
Malaspina Great Books Home Page - Index of authors, composers, & artists
Timeline of American Literature, Music, and Movies: 1890-1929
TIME 100: Artist & Entertainers - From TIME Magazine...find the most influential entertainers of this century
Americans for the ARTS
Performing Arts Resources
World Arts and Culture
ARTSEDGE: The National Arts and Education Information Network
The National Museum of Women in the Arts
America Quilts
The Early Video Project
bewitched: cool interactive collection of visual widgetry by Martin Wattenberg, creator of the The Baby Name Wizard: NameVoyager
Devices of Wonder (Getty Exhibitions)
Devices of Wonder Teaching Tools (Getty Education)
::: Space Imaging - Visual Information. Visible Results. :::
WebSEEk: Content-based Image and Video Search and Catalog Tool for the Web
DocuSeek Film & Video Finder
Motion Visual Video Production
StupidVideos • Your Web-Repository of Stupid Videos
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