REVIEW: Everybody's uncle
Review of: Scrim – the man with a mike, by William Renwick. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2011, 308 pp. ISBN 978-0864736956 Biography is currently one of the most popular literary genres but New Zealand writers seem to choose their subjects from quite a narrow range of sportsmen and milit...
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oai:doaj.org-article:2f5acd2c646e46be8fbd0fb94701bf072021-12-02T11:51:23ZREVIEW: Everybody's uncle10.24135/pjr.v18i1.3001023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/2f5acd2c646e46be8fbd0fb94701bf072012-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/300https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 Review of: Scrim – the man with a mike, by William Renwick. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2011, 308 pp. ISBN 978-0864736956 Biography is currently one of the most popular literary genres but New Zealand writers seem to choose their subjects from quite a narrow range of sportsmen and military figures. Few have chosen to write about historic media individuals. The last one I recall was Facing the Music: Charles Baeyertz and the Triad, by Joanna Woods (2008). Renwick sets out to put the record straight on some of the myths surrrounding this controversial broadcaster, a methodist minister, whose Friendly Road sessions on provate radio 1ZR in the 1930s made him one of the most popular men in the country. Allison OostermanAsia Pacific NetworkarticleBiographyMedia historyPublic broadcastingRadioReviewsCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 18, Iss 1 (2012) |
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Review of: Scrim – the man with a mike, by William Renwick. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2011, 308 pp. ISBN 978-0864736956
Biography is currently one of the most popular literary genres but New Zealand writers seem to choose their subjects from quite a narrow range of sportsmen and military figures. Few have chosen to write about historic media individuals. The last one I recall was Facing the Music: Charles Baeyertz and the Triad, by Joanna Woods (2008).
Renwick sets out to put the record straight on some of the myths surrrounding this controversial broadcaster, a methodist minister, whose Friendly Road sessions on provate radio 1ZR in the 1930s made him one of the most popular men in the country.
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