General

• Encyclopedia of Television - http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/index.html
  From the museum of Broadcast Communication, this encyclopedia covers the history and social impact of television.
• FCC - http://www.fcc.gov/
  Home page of the Federal agency which regulates broadcasting.
• Frontline - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/
  Home page of the important PBS documentary series. Fifty-four reports are available for online viewing, others have substantial and informative commentary pages.
• Local TV News Media Project - http://www.localtvnews.org/index.jsp
  From the University of Delaware. This site archives three months worth of local TV news stories. Washington D.C. stories are included. "The database consists of over 10,600 individually digitized stories from over 600 broadcasts of 61 stations in twenty local television markets." All may be viewed online.
• Yahoo Directory--Radio - http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Radio/
  Good list of links.
• Yahoo Directory--Television - http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Television/
  Another good directory of links.
• You Tube - http://www.youtube.com/
  A huge collection of online videos, many serious, some hilarious, made by amateurs.

Technical

• Broadcast Net B-Links - http://www.broadcast.net/Blinx/alinx.html
  An exhaustive list of technical links.
• How Radio Works - http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/radio.htm
  Clear explanation of how radio works.
• How Television Works - http://www.howstuffworks.com/tv.htm
  Clear, simple explanation of how television works. The ads on this site are annoying, but the information is good.
• Radio Engineering Industry Links - http://beradio.com/industrylinks/
  An excellent list of links about the technical aspects of radio broadcasting.
• Shutters, Sprockets and Tubes - http://www.ammi.org/sprockets/menu.htm
  A more technical explanation of how television and television cameras work.
• Television Technical Theory Unplugged - http://www.danalee.ca/ttt/
  An online version of a book on the technical aspects of television.

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