Annotated Bibliography

Primary Sources
1. "Building the Studs Terkel Radio Archive: Part One." Lets Get Working Chicago
Celebrates Studs Terkel. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<http://studs.uchicago.edu/building-the-studs-terkel-radio-archive-part-one/>. A
website on the popular television show Studs along with archives of other radio
shows

2. Cougilin, Franais. "Chicago TV in the '50s; an Unforgettable Era." Chicago Tribune

[Chicago] 26 Apr. 1961, Three sec.: 6. Print. Gives direct quote regarding Importance
of the Chicago School and program style as well as provides insight into how the
public viewed it
3. "Digital History." Digital History. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3397>.Explains
the the mass culture in the 1920s as well as how it relates to broadcasting and film.

4. Dirks, Tim. "Film History Before 1920." Film History Before 1920. N.p., n.d. Web. 12
Dec. 2014. Given a brief overview of the film industry during several decades between
the 1920s and 2010.
5. Kogan, Rick. "Focusing on Chicago TV." Chicago Tribune 23 Apr. 1989: 23+. Print.
Provided Direct Quotes concerning the Chicago Television School and it's relevance
6. "Media Industry News Today." The Museum of Broadcast Communications. N.p., n.d.
Web. 20 Jan. 2015. The museum of Broadcast Communications has information on all
aspects of broadcast from the 1920's to the 1990's it also has information on the actual
museum which I plan to visit in the near future to get more information.
7. "NBC Chicago." NBC Chicago. NBC Corp., n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2015. The official Website
of one of the original broadcast companies that developed in Chicago. Provides some
history on the network along with recent information.
8. "New York Television Stations - Station Index." Chicago Television Stations - Station
Index. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2015. Gives list of television stations that are broadcast
from Chicago along with some brief information on the station.
9. "Radio and Digital advancement History." Digital History. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3397>.Explains
the the mass culture in the 1920s as well as how it relates to broadcasting and film.
10. Wolters, Larry. "For Warm Quiet Humor Drop in at Studs Place: Its Video with a Real
Chicago Touch." Chicago Tribune [Chicago] 10 Dec. 1950: 20. Print. Review of

popular 1950's sitcom that provided detailed description of what the show consists of
and how it was perceived by the public of that time
11. Wolters, Larry. "Rip Van Kukla and Ollie Awaken Burr Tilistrom to Return to TV after
Five Years. FAMOUS PUPPETS RETURN TO TV FIVE DAYS A WEEK STARTING
SEPT. 25." Chicago Tribune 26 Aug. 1961: 79. Print.Provides Information about
Kukla and Ollie broadcasting and programing as well as its significance to Chicago

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Secondary Sources
1. "Chicago History: Early Chicago Movie Studios." Chicago Tribune. N.p., 01 Apr. 2012.
Web. 12 Dec. 2014. <http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-01/site/ct-per-flashmoviemaking-0401-20120401_1_essanay-studios-first-narrative-film-charliechaplin>.Gives history of early Chicago film studios before the primary source of
broadcast and film was Californaia

2. "Chicago Television Stations - Station Index." Chicago Television Stations - Station

Index. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2015. Gives list of television stations that are broadcast
from Chicago along with some brief information on the station.
3. "Explore PBS." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2015. Official Website of PBS otherwise
known as the public broadcast network that has major ties to Chicago along with
informative information and videos about Chicago's broadcast history.
4. "Film Censorship." Film Censorship. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/453.html>.Gives insight in to
censorship laws for motion pictures that are enforced in Chicago Also provided pictures
5. "Public Broadcasting." Public Broadcasting. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Feb. 2015.
<http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/3216.html>.Useful secondary source
regarding public broadcast

6. "Station History." WGNTV. N.p., 06 Dec. 2012. Web. 20 Jan. 2015. Gives history of the
WGN network from the early development of television to the present day.
7. "Sept 30, 1962: Fifty Years Ago Radio Ended." Sept 30, 1962: Fifty Years Ago Radio Ended.
N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2015. <http://www.otrcat.com/fiftieth-anniversary-of-the-end-of-the-

golden-age-of-radio.html>. Archives concerning soap opera Radio and the development of

television

8. "TV Milestones." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2015.

<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/technology/bigdream/milestones2.html>. Provides
Pictures another Information on pioneer broadcasting an important details in
broadcasting
Audio and Visual References
1. 1950s TV Themes - Title Cross-Reference." 1950s American TV Themes. N.p., n.d. Web. 12

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Feb. 2015.
<http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themeTitleCrossRef.html>. Archives of
Television and Radio Programing that included descriptions and pictures, which were used in
this project
"Online Access to the Histories of Cinema, Broadcasting & Sound." Media History Digital
Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2015. <http://mediahistoryproject.org/broadcasting/>. This
source had pictures and video descriptions of radio and television as it progresses through
time
Tillstrom, Burr, Fran Allison, and Jack Fascinato. Burr Tillstrom's Kukla, Fran, and Ollie at the
Fair. Camden, NJ: RCA Victor, 1952. Print.Provided pictures of the Characters in the Show
"Studs' Place: Lost and Found Trailer." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoPC1yMhb6A>. Video to provide historical context
Studs pace
"Vintage TV Commercials WBKB 1950's.wmv." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2015.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z431F9v_OBw>.Video of commercials that aired on the
WSL news stations gives an idea of possible viewer audience and prove of how networks
made money