Same Time... Same Station: An A-Z Guide to Radio from Jack Benny to Howard Stern |  | Authors: Ronald W. Lackmann, Ron Lackmann
Publisher: Facts on File
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Pages: 370
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Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 8.8 x 1.3
ISBN: 0816028621
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.44750973
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Publication Date: December 1995
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 Here's an honest review March 5, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
There's something highly suspicious about all the one-star reviews on this book. Sounds like somebody is out to promote their competing book if you ask me. Some of the "reviews" contain outright fibs: e.g., the entry on NBC's Monitor Show states very clearly it was a radio show that ran from 1955 to 1974, not a "TV show" as the reviewer alleges. I used to listen to radio as a kid, starting in the late 1940s. I looked up all my old favorites, and found the entries to be accurate and informative. The huge number of entries are necessarily short, but this book brought back memories! It's good place to start in getting into the history of old radio. Also contains 120 period photos.
 Worst excuse for a "reference" book I've ever come across January 26, 2005
Five years later, and nothing's changed - this book is still an embarrassment and Facts on File will never own up to it.
I need not cite any other example than this one: The entry on the pioneering program "Amos 'n' Andy" runs for several pages - and through the entire piece, Lackmann confuses Charles Correll, who played Andy, with Freeman Gosden, who played Amos, persistently having it the other way round. If he cannot even get this elemental fact about the show straight, there is no reason to pay attention to any other assertion he might make. It's inexcusable.
As others note, errors like this may be found on every single page. What a waste of paper.
Readers interested in old-time radio are directed to the very excellent "On the Air: the Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio," by John Dunning.
Sloppy, Sloppy Research December 31, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book is published by Facts on File. Apparently having facts on file is not a substitute for knowledge of the subject. In just one sitting I discovered... The Lone Ranger was produced in Pittsburgh (No, Detroit). NBC Monitor was a TV show (No, radio). Paul Harvey retired in the mid 80's (I heard him yesterday). And the errors just keep on comin.' Buy Tune in Yesterday, instead.
In response to Mr. Lachmann's comments March 15, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Mr. Lachmann, in his comments on our 'amateur reviews,' says that its easier for us to criticize his work than produce one of our own, and in that manner dismisses our critiques. Yes, writing is definitely hard work, completing a project even harder. Congrats to Mr. Lachmann for that. BUT, we are not saying that the book is poorly written - i.e., something that is subjective. We are saying that the book is filled with factual errors! Mr. Lachmann should rather embrace our comments so that he can fix these errors in a new edition, rather than not even address the issue. As for the 'professional' people who gave it such good reviews, it can only be that they didn't do much more than skim over it. If we 'amateurs' saw all these errors, think what the pros would have seen had they actually concentrated on it!
Riddled with inaccuracies as from a .357 Magnum September 19, 1999
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is full of inaccuracies from beginning to end. I list a few of them in Cave Canem, an online guide to reference book erratas. Email me for the URL.
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