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Broadcast news remains a focal moment for many people in the evening. The broadcast stations tapped into this and created series of an evening or nightly news. The evening news is the most watched because the viewing public trusts the anchor’s credibility. Williams falls into this category due to his coherent progression in describing the event exactly how it happened. He does not rush to judgment, but rather to let facts emerge over time. Fabricating events to sell a story that may very well be…

The Golden Age of Radio lasted roughly around 1930 through 1940. That time was when the medium of commercial broadcast radio grew into the fabric of daily life in the United States. One time they provided news and entertainment to a country struggling with economic depression and war and much of the programming heard by listeners was controlled by advertising agencies which included the shows hired the talent and staff. Sometimes they draw performers directly from the old vaudeville theatre…

England in 1921. The brothers opened the initial store in downtown Boston to provide the public with radio equipment, sales and services. In addition, the company was a leading provider of “ham” radio and ship radio equipment to consumers. RadioShack would grow slightly as a very small regional chain supplier in the Northeastern United States, while also introducing and providing a mail order service of radio equipment to customers. As the company grew to nine stores over time, they became 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…

Media has gained a very large popularity in the world over the last few decades, especially within many different aspects of religion. As the popularity of the media has risen, the United States has seen a decline in the harshness of religiosity. Religion was once a pathway of life for many individuals but today, religion seems to have become just another channel on your television. The Evangelistic church is one that shows a very apparent use of media to spread their religion. The media is…

Alexander Graham Bell: The Man behind the Telephone We live in the 21st Century, the age of scientific and technological advancements. One aspect of life that humans take for granted is communication. When the word, “Phone” is said, the phone companies like “Apple”, or “Samsung” automatically come to mind. Companies have attempted to innovate the phone for a great length of years, and that is why modern-day telephones and cellular devices are cosmetically sleek, futuristic, and more sufficient…

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…

Personal Electronic Devices are a blessing and a curse to society. Some people believe that Personal Electronic Devices will spell the downfall of humanity as we 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…

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…