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The Herrold book is published by McFarland & Co, the DVD by San Jose State University

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Broadcasting's Forgotten Father: The Charles Herrold Story

This 1996 PBS documentary is now available on DVD for the low price of $10.00 (plus a tiny amount for postage). All profit realized from the sale will benefit students in Chair Mike's Department of TV-Radio-Film-Theatre at San Jose State University, one of the sponsors of the Herrold show.

The show is 55 minutes, close-caption. Contact Producer Mike Adams for ordering information. Phone him at 408-924-4545.Or you can U.S. mail $11 to Mike at SJSU

Gordon Greb's 1959 Journal of Broadcasting article, the "Golden Anniversary of Broadcasting"
Kittross and Baudino, "Broadcasting's Oldest Stations," 1977, Journal of Broadcasting

Read what leading broadcast scholars have written about Charles Herrold
1. Barnouw, Erik, A Tower in Babel, New York, Oxford University Press, 1966, pp 34-35, 61, 174
2. Baudino, J.E., and J.M. Kittross, "Broadcasting's Oldest Stations: An Examination of Four Claimants," Journal of Broadcasting, 21:1, Winter, 1977, p 61-83
3. Godfrey & Leigh, Editors, Historical Dictionary of American Radio, Greenwood, 1998, page 194
4. Kittross, John M. & Christopher H. Sterling, Stay Tuned; a History of American Broadcasting, Mahwah NJ, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 3rd Edition, 2002, pp 15, 45, 46, 63