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    Commercial Media Analysis

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    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…

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    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…

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    Due to different media forms, New Zealand has experienced numerous transformations over time. There is a range of different media forms such as television and print media, however radio is an important one to be discussed, along with the negative impacts it has brought through the transformations. The transformations include deregulation, privatization and commercialization. It is important to consider how these transformations have then in turn negatively affected the media’s ability to…

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    system radio scaring millions of citizens leading to chaos. Orson Welles is guilty of violating the clear and present danger clause because he broadcasted fake news, caused police lines to become jammed and created mass fear and panic. Only real news should be played on the radio. Judge Kennedy, who testified against Welles at trial stated that the broadcast was “fraudulent and illegal,” which it was. Heywood Brown, another witness, thought that “Only actual news should be played on the radio,”…

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    The Italian inventor, Guglielmo Marconi, made the radio and was able to send and receive radio signals in nineteen sixteen. Radios had become an important technological advances that positively affected society (Taylor. Pg.5). The radio impacted many lives in the past and today. The greatest impact radios had in life was during the Great Depression. Without radios, the United States would have been socially and economically behind because of the Great Depression in the late nineteen twenties and…

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    Is the radio still one of the major devices? And what did the invention of the radio make possible for us? Radio made the communication over distance faster, it brought entertainment to the people’s houses, cars and it made live sessions possible. We have to ask ourselves what the radio waves might do to our body. Radio waves are made of two type’s, electrical and magnetic energy. (Steve Parker, “How Radio Works”) Nobody knew how it will affect the human body. They are largely unaffected by day…

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    Cja 201 Assignment

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    ROLE OF LOCAL RADIO? HOW DOES A LOCAL RADIO SEGMENT THEIR AUDIENCE? INTRODUCTION Until the 1970s the BBC had a legal monopoly on radio broadcasting and Independent Local Radio in the United Kingdom did not exist in any form apart from pirate radio stations. However, that changed with the election of Edward Heath’s government followed by the introduction of commercial radio (Reynolds, 2007). I had the opportunity to work in the local commercial radio station for Cumbria: Lakeland Radio and in…

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    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…

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    Wbh Research Paper

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    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 found…

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    Racism In RCA

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    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…

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