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Balk, Alfred William was born on July 24, 1930 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States. Son of Leslie William and Clara Irene (Buell) Balk.
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As the dominant form of electronic mass communication in the United States from the 1930s into the 1950s, radio helped to forge a modern continental nation. It fused myriad subcultures?heavily rural, ethnic, and immigrant?into a national identity, unifying the nation in the face of the Depression and war. Later, federal deregulation allowed the radio of the ?Golden Age, ? 1926?1952, to devolve int...
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In this title, the respected public affairs journalist Alfred Balk refreshingly and authoritatively challenges the new orthodoxy. Drawing on economic analyses and the perspective of thoughtful social researchers and government leaders abroad, Balk presents a challengingly different thesis, and one calculated to enliven current foreign and domestic policy debate.
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A recent Supreme Court decision confirmed the churches' right to tax exemption for religious property. In this highly relevant book, Alfred Balk places this question in social perspective and demonstrates how tax exemption and immunity affect the fiscal load of local communities and the well-being of our whole society. Among the "free list" or tax-free properties which the author examines are churches, hospitals, schools, and government buildings. Seven specific proposals for reform are set forth.
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(As the dominant form of electronic mass communication in ...)
As the dominant form of electronic mass communication in the United States from the 1930s into the 1950s, radio helped to forge a modern continental nation. It fused myriad subcultures heavily rural, ethnic, and immigrant into a national identity, unifying the nation in the face of the Depression and war. Later, federal deregulation allowed the radio of the Golden Age, 1926 1952, to devolve into a chain-dominated, satellite-fed plaything of Wall Street. Today, radio has the highest profit ratio of all the media outlets and Golden Age traditions of programming taste, diversity, balance, and localism are a legacy squandered. This anecdote-rich sweep of radio history, from its birth as Marconi s wireless telegraph through its current status under deregulation, analyzes the changing medium s social, political, and cultural impact. It casts new light on many topics, including the roles of women and African Americans, programming sources outside the Hollywood-Broadway nexus, and arguments about Amos n Andy once the hit that jump-started radio s young networks, now a controversial remnant of a bygone era. The book is augmented with more than sixty photos, extensive source notes, and a bibliography.
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Balk, Alfred William was born on July 24, 1930 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States. Son of Leslie William and Clara Irene (Buell) Balk.
Student, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1948—1949. Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1952. Master of Science, Northwestern University, 1953.
Reporter, Rock Island Argus, 1946-1950;
newswriter-producer, WBBM-television (Columbia Broadcasting System), Chicago, 1952-1953;
reporter, Chicago Sun-Times, 1956;
magazine writer, public relations, J. Walter Thompson Company, Chicago, 1957-1958;
freelance writer national magazines, including special writer, Saturday Evening Post, 1958-1966;
feature editor, Saturday Review, 1966-1968;
editor at large, Saturday Review, 1968-1969;
visiting scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, 1968-1969;
lecturer journalism, editor, Columbia Journalism Review, 1969-1973;
editor, World Press Review, 1974;
editor-public, World Press Review, 1975-1984;
editorial director, World Press Review, 1985-1986;
editorial consultant, contributing editor, World Press Review, 1986-1994;
managing editor, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Spectrum, New York City, 1989-1991;
associate professor, Syracuse University, 1991-1994;
freelance writer, consultant, Syracuse, since 1994. Consultant, rapporteur 20th Century Fund Task Force on National News Council, 1971-1972, Ford Foundation, Markle Foundation. Member of faculty Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Middlebury, Vermont, 1971.
Executive secretary New York Governor's Committee on EmploymentMinority Groups in News Media, 1968-1969. Member of advisory committee World Press Institute, 1984-1996.
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(As the dominant form of electronic mass communication in ...)
( In this title, the respected public affairs journalist...)
( A recent Supreme Court decision confirmed the churches'...)
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Board directors American Journal Nursing Company, 1990—1993, Landmark Theatre Foundation, 1996—1999. Member American Society Magazine Editors (executive council 1977-1983), Society Magazine Writers (president 1967), Society Professional Journalists, Overseas Press Club (governor 1978-1979), Century Association.
Married Phyllis Lorraine Munter, June 7, 1952. Children: Laraine M., Diane M.