Amateur radio

The Federal Communication Commission is responsible for overseeing all television, radio and telephone industries in America. It is managed by five members picked by the president. These people work until their five year term ends regulating communication through all the mass media. Only three workers can be from the same political party. There are many different jobs for the FCC. The FCC workers handle license applications, analyze complaints, develop regulations, and participate in hearings. Consumer and Governmental Affairs (CGB) looks over the FCC’s customers, including people with disabilities. These workers are responsible for answering any questions or complaints a customer might have. For example, let's say a deaf person is having…

I will analyze Verizon using Porter’s Five Forces Model. Verizon faces a strong threat of existing competition. This force deals with the effects of competing firms which influence Verizon as an organization. There are many external factors which guide me to my position regarding existing competition. Besides Verizon, there are other companies that provide similar services as Verizon. Verizon offers diversified services to its consumers. These services range from providing television access to…

Much like Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in the movie 'Twins', the walkie-talkie can claim to have many fathers. However, one of the most prominent names in the debate (and maybe the one with the single strongest claim to having invented the walkie-talkie) is Canadian/American inventor Al Gross. The son of Romanian immigrants, Al Gross was born in Toronto, Canada in 1918, but his parents moved to Cleveland, Ohio, USA when he was quite young. Whilst on a steamboat trip across Lake Erie, the…

Television and the Internet are, in the 21st century, replacing radio. In fact, advances in technology have allowed people to access an increasing amount of information, through different forms. A person wanting to learn about world news can now go on the Internet, read a newspaper, watch television or listen to the radio. The technology behind radio as well as its inventors is the reason why, nowadays, people have an unlimited access to information; it began in 1844, with the invention of the…

RCA, the Radio Corporation of America, was formed in October 1919 by major radio interests, General Electric, Westinghouse, the United Fruit Company (UFC), and AT&T, to pool patents and research, and to coordinate radio development. Its formation received congressional support due to its ability to keep radio control in US hands in the face of foreign competitors like Marconi and after Congress denied the Navy of control of radio in the 1918 Congressional Radio Hearings which also excluded…

interactions between people. Before the radio mass culture was essentially non-existent, the culture was defined to local communities through the daily interactions of people ("Mass Culture - Oxford Reference"). When radio was popularized it became the common source of media that brought communities of the United States of America together by providing it with a common culture. This paper will focus on the birth of radio in the 1920s, elucidating how advances in radio brought about a newer…

Today, Morse code remains popular with amateur radio operators around the world. It is also commonly used for emergency signals. It can be sent in a variety of ways with improvised devices that can be switched easily on and off, such as flashlights. Morse code was a significant invention that revolutionised the world of communication and majorly effected society, Morse code was a long term effect as without Morse we would not have the technology we have today such as mobile phones, google,…

extensively maps the process and history of how impactful and successful the media and particularly television shifted america into the strong capitalist, product-consuming society we are known for. In order to be a lucrative business, the television industry has to sell like one. Advertising is arguably one of the most important components in striking revenue and producing strong sales of air-time. The main source of fuel in the television industry is advertising and the sales of advertising.…

advantage of the “little man” in the current NCAA system. Figuratively speaking, the “big man” is the NCAA, with the little man being it’s athletes. The NCAA knows it cannot get away with not paying it’s head coaches “market value” so they are left no other choice then to do just that. However, the NCAA knows that it has its athletes pinned against a wall, in that they have no other choice then to play NCAA sports before trying to go professional, due to this I believe the athletes are easily…

NCAA: Always and Forever Amateur Imagine being able to go to college for free and be able to play the sport you enjoy the most. This is the life of many college athletes. They get free rides in college, and they get to play their favorite sport as well. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA, has kept the athletic events amateur since the beginning of college sports. Now, athletes are demanding that they get paid for their college services. Student athletes already get…