Beyond the Bakelite Box: A History of Commercial Radio in Australia

超越电木盒子：澳大利亚商业广播的历史。超越电木盒子是澳大利亚商业广播的第一个全面的历史。这是一部商业无线电的经济史，从20世纪20年代的起源到现在，研究了将业余电报转变为大众传播手段的因素，无线电广告的动态，以及连锁媒体王朝的出现和扩张。这是一部政治历史，涉及执照的颁发和监管、政治家使用广播以及审查制度。这是一部文化历史，探讨了节目类型，广播“社区”的建设，以及商业和公共部门广播之间的关系。

Beyond the Bakelite Box: A History of Commercial Radio in Australia. Beyond the Bakelite Box is the first full-scale history of commercial radio in Australia. It is an economic history of commercial radio from its origins in the 1920s to the present day, examining the factors that transformed amateur telegraphy into a means of mass communication, the dynamics of radio advertising, and the emergence and expansion of interlocking media dynasties. It is a political history, addressing the awarding and regulation of licences, the use of radio by politicians, and censorship. It is a cultural history, exploring programming genres, the construction of radio 'communities', and the relationship between commercial and public sector broadcasting.