Start with high-confidence radio history books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Best Strangers in the World
Ari Shapiro, HarperOne
The Power of Podcasting
Siobhàn McHugh, Siobhaan McHugh
Radio on
Sarah Vowell
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton
Redeeming the Dial
Tona J. Hangen
Broadcast Hysteria
A. Brad Schwartz
Messengers of the Right
Nicole Hemmer
Lum and Abner
Randal L. Hall
The Bizarre Careers of John R. Brinkley
R. Alton Lee
John Vassos
Danielle Shapiro
One Night on TV Is Worth Weeks at the Paramount
Murray Forman
Right of the Dial
Alec Foege
This Is Jerusalem Calling
Andrea L. Stanton
Spooked!
Gail Jarrow
Born to Be Wired
John Malone
Radio Benjamin
Walter Benjamin, Lecia Rosenthal
