Empire of the Air: The Men who Made RadioA new empire for a new century - The faith in the future - The will to succeed - "What wireless is yet to be"--Sarnoff and Marconi : inventing a legend - Wireless goes to war - Releasing the art : the creation of RCA - Snapshots from the first age of broadcasting - Court fight - the godlike presence - Armstrong and the FM revolution - The wizard war - "Until I'm dead or broke" - Victories great and small - The empire in decline. |
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A New Empire for a New Century | 1 |
The Faith in the Future | 7 |
The Will to Succeed | 35 |
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