Public Radio International

One company that I previously interned for and would be interested in pursuing a career at is WGBH, a radio and television facility located in the Brighton suburb of Boston, Massachusetts. The first thing I wanted to know is what the call letters WGBH stand for. After some research I discovered that the “W” – indicates that the station is located east of the Mississippi River (a “K” is used for stations to the west) and “GBH” - stands for Great Blue Hill (named for the blue hue of the granite…

transmit tactics to the soldiers quicker than a messenger could and also give updates to the commanders on the outcome of the battles. “The Army often carried telegraph lines with it to lay down for future communications” (Mountjoy). During the war, the public also benefitted from new ways to use the telegraph. Newspaper reporters submitted their stories about the battles through the telegraph wire (Mountjoy). Needless to say, the American Civil War was shaped by the…

One comparison that I would like to note, is the way the radio is portrayed throughout the movie. There are several scenes throughout the entire movie where a radio was used. One specific scene is towards the end of the movie, where Red Pollard is not able to race because of his injuries. Instead, he gets to hear the entire race, in detail, while listening to his radio (Ross, 1:40). All throughout the movie, there are scenes similar to this one. Whether it was families listening to a broadcast,…

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…

Even though many research findings have found that age-related changes do not differ too much between DPOAES and TEOAES, I would use DPOAEs to test the adult population because of other factors, such as comfort of presentation level, frequency specific information, and more manual control options for the examiner. First, DPOAEs are presented at a moderate intensity level (70dB) compared to TEOAEs which are presented at a higher presentation level (78-80dB). Furthermore, to check for test-rest…

It's 12:30 in the afternoon and I have just rolled out of bed. I made myself a veggie omelette with a side of turkey bacon and a cup of coffee. I make myself comfortable on my living room couch and turn on Netflix. As I sit there and contemplate about what to watch, I decide to take a trip to the 1970's and turn on "That '70s Show." "That '70s Show' is a television sitcom about a group of teenagers living in a suburban town in Wisconsin in the 1970's. In episode 18 of season one of the comedy…

Today, television is an incredibly large part of basic American culture, with many people’s lives revolving completely around the little screens, or sometimes large, that dominate nearly every single living room in the modern family’s home. But, in the late 1940s, when TV was first introduced, this wasn’t the case. Television has always been on a rollercoaster between fads, and new technologies introduced throughout the decades. But one of the overall most influential decades for the television…

In the late 20th and early 21st centuries television and movies have been controlled by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) everything we view is regulated in some way by the government. We had acts enforced, rules established and other types of regulations. The FCC is like the police for broadcasting it can fine broadcasters for violating anything that airs on television. The FCC has done this many times before for example an article from CNN.com posted in June, 2012 by Bill Mears…

The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneer delivers a tale of the history of the telegraph - one of the most essential technological innovation. The book gives a comprehensive view on the developing of the telegraph with its obstacles and successes, and also the story of the scientists who pioneer it. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneer tells the story of the…

The person I researched was Robin Williams. He was an American actor and comedian. He was loved by all of America. He stared in many films and television shows. Robin Williams was born on July 21, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. He died on August 11, 2014 by suicide. He hung himself. He was married to Susan Schneider at the time. He had three children. I researched Major Depression Disorder, or MDD. MDD is also called clinical depression. Depression is a serious mood disorder. It can cause people to…