Martin Grams sees the importance of documenting pop culture, especially old time radio and retro television. "Very fe wpeople actually do any research," he remarks. "What they usually do is consult other books that were published prior and then add a little of their own work but that only carries over the mistakes from one book to another. When people do real research, they discover the mistakes and set out to make the corrections."

1999 Ray Stanich Award, the 2005 Parley Baer Award, the 2005 Stone/Waterman Award, the 2008 Rondo Award.