There is no place like home: NBC's search for a daytime audience, 1954-1957

Communication Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-161

  Stole, Inger L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1080/10714429709368554     Document Type: Article

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