Local Radio, Going Global

An examination of the development of local radio broadcasting and the trend for locally-owned, locally-originated and locally-accountable commercial radio stations to fall into the hands of national and international media groups. Starkey traces the early development of local radio through to present-day digital environments.

Guy Starkey is a Professor of Radio and Journalism and Chair of the Radio Research Section of the European Communication Research and Education Association. He has written widely within his areas of research interest. His publications include Radio in Context (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), Balance and Bias in journalism: Representation, Regulation and Democracy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007} and Radio journalism (with Professor Andrew Crisell, 2009). His journal articles include 'Radio Audience Research - Challenging the Gold Standard' and 'Estimating Audiences: Sampling in Television and Radio Audience Research' in Cultural Trends.

Acknowledgements
Preface
The Sleeping Giant: Resistance and Repression in the Monopoly Years (1906-1972)
The Wake-Up Call: The New Dawn and Local Radio's Place in the New Duopoly (1973-1983)
Growing Pains: Localness: Regulation, Deregulation and What About Automation? (1984-2003)
Homogenisation, or Two Digits to the BBC – and to Everyone Else? (2003-)
Global Village or Total Eclipse?: From 'Hot' and 'Cool' Media to 'Active' and 'Passive' Media
References
Index