Building Blocks : Buckeye CableSystem's communications revolution, from printer's ink to cable to fiber / Tom Dawson.

Building Blocks is the history of Buckeye CableSystem. Buckeye is part of a family empire started in 1900 by the son of an immigrant in upstate New York. This book is a fascinating tale of the family's progression into the fourth generation and through the myriad of daily newspapers, radio and...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Dawson, Tom (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Hamilton Books, [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""I: The Early Years""; ""1 “She Wanted Pictures with Her Radioâ€?""; ""2 “We Were Doing It the Hard Wayâ€?""; ""II: Building for the Future""; ""3 “Our Localness and Service Will Set Us Apartâ€?""; ""4 “He Who Owns Production Owns the Client Relationshipâ€?""; ""5 “You Couldnâ€?t Get a Dial Tone in Sandusky When That Call-in Show Was Onâ€?""; ""6 “We Spent the Money to Continue the Businessâ€?""; ""7 “Weâ€?ll Do Whatever We Can to Help Toledo Reach Its Full Potentialâ€?""
  • ""8 “Theyâ€?re Leaders in Technology and Communicationsâ€?""""III: What to Provide the Viewers, and at What Cost?""; ""9 “We Experimented with Everything. We Even Had a Fish Tank on Cameraâ€?""; ""10 “We Can Give Viewers Something They Wonâ€?t See Elsewhereâ€?""; ""11 “Everybody Wanted to Be Part of the Excitementâ€?""; ""12 “Their Demands Are Outrageous on Their Faceâ€?""; ""IV: The Future""; ""13 “Broadband Is the Businessâ€?""; ""Appendix""; ""Index""