Old-time radio

The increase in commitments that people have in their lives make it harder and harder to make it to church for a few hours one day. With the convenience of watching it in your own home, it is easier to be able to practice the religion on your own time. I watched the sermon online at 9PM in my bed in New York as it…

Alexander Graham Bell possessed all of these traits. He had a burning passion for communication and reshaping the future. Alexander always prevailed in times of devastation and tragedy. He continued to remain patient, and never gave up on his inventions throughout his career. The 20th president of the United States trusting Alexander with his life, illustrated how reputable, well- respected and trustworthy…

For many Americans TV is essential for life. Like water it is something that is needed to go throughout the day. But, what is the effect that this is having on one’s mind, body, and family? Is the joy of the television for those 5 hours’ worth it? TV has many effects that do not benefit American culture; this includes bad health, not being productive, the thought processes one has. Watching TV is bad for one’s health. So many Americans have been turned into couch potatoes. Figure one is…

Armstrong, a brilliant innovator of radio technology, spent more than twenty years fighting the legal battle between himself and de Forest as to who was the rightful patent-holder of the Audion circuit system that Armstrong had created using de Forest’s Audion. As Armstrong began to move on and discovered FM radio, Sarnoff did everything and anything in his power to prevent Armstrong’s FM frequency radio from being mass-produced. He didn’t do this in the name of radio technology, but because it…

know it and while I don’t personally agree with that statement I can see where people would come to that conclusion from. Personal electronic devices are more addicted to people in today’s society than any other addiction in human history. No other time in history has there been one sole thing that near every human has and uses constantly with little regard for what they are actually using. In addition to Personal electronic devices something that people have to look out for is the development…

that was used frequently was radio propaganda. Both the United States and the Soviet Union depended on Radio Propaganda to convey certain ideals to many individuals. Radio propaganda was used frequently during the early stages of the Cold War since many people owned radios. The United States…

anyone globally. Due to many cell phone users globally, it is important to understand, investigate and know any potential health impact it may cause to the public (World Health Organization, 2014). Cell Phones allow communication by transmitting radio…

I am a sports analyst for a radio station in Ghana called Gaskiya Fm transmitting on the frequency 105.5 mhz and on tunein as Gaskiya Fm. Recently, there was a conflict encountered at Gaskiya Fm and I will like to share it and analyse it with the critical thinking tools studied at UoPeople. A standard radio sports show in Ghana should last for a duration of two hours. 30 minutes dedicated to foreign news, 30 minutes for local news, 40 minutes for analysis of the news and 20 minutes for…

what they want the audience to consume. In a world where success is evaluated numerically, Radio is no exception this. Radio Stations are driven by ratings, a system that gives broadcasters an indication on the popularity of variables such as content, broadcasters and programming. How ratings and results are collected has changed numerous times to reach the few systems currently used worldwide. When radio was first adapted as a medium to entertain and inform in the 1920’s, knowledge of the…

act much like. A vibration, A.K.A the up and down slinky motion and the to and fro water wave motion, are called vibrations. A definition of vibration is “ A periodic wiggle in time” (Hewitt), meaning a wiggle that happens periodically- over and over- and that takes up time. A wave is “ A periodic wiggle in both space and time” (Hewitt), this definition adds the space meaning that this is a three dimensional thing that is now happening. With the space now involved a way is something that extends…