Television films

time. Its first televised event was a slow-pitch world series softball game between the Milwaukee Schlitzes and the Kentucky Bourbons. ESPN's first sponsor was Anheuser-Busch, which purchased $1.4 million worth of advertising--a record for cable television. Through a deal with the NCAA, ESPN broadcast college football games as well as other sports. To fill airtime, ESPN would often broadcast the same games more than once. In March 1980 ESPN covered early rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament,…

government approved the first national television service in Sydney called the ABC. The introduction of the television was gradual, starting in Sydney and Melbourne, then slowly reaching rural areas towards the end of the 50s decade. Televisions at this time often had built-in stands and screens that were soft at the corners. You operated them through the dials to change channels and were tuned through a wire aerial system. The 50s were an important era for television in Australia because of…

Sound Recording: My mom grew up in Long Island, New York and was the only girl in her family for most of her childhood. Because of this, she described her family as “uncultured,” and much of her time was spent outdoors or in playing sports rather than in radio, TV, and so on. She listened to records like Neil Diamond, Cat Stevens, The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and Joni Mitchell. California based group the Beach Boys was one of her favorites. She discovered artists pretty much solely through…

TV food shows have proven to be a big part of American culture since televisions were introduced. This lead to the promotion of in-home cooking that brought forth a multitude of TV personalities and simple food shows. Dione Lucas, Julia Child, Emeril Lagasse, Rachel Ray, Bobby Flay are the few that are considerably the most important figures in TV food shows that showed an amazing progression of how preparing different cuisines were taught. Each generation developed their own style and variation…

In 2009, a show that would change the teenage tv show genre aired its pilot. Glee the first of its genre and the first of many other shows to come. Teenagers in the twenty-first century took a huge liking to shows that were either dramatic or comedic. Musical movies were making a boom in Hollywood. With this in mind, Ryan Murphy created a teenage musical dramedy (drama, comedy) that succeeded more than what colleagues had expected of the show. Glee took these three genres and combined them,…

Caving You may be informed about multiple sports out in the world, but did you know that caving was a sport. Caving is the recreational sport of exploring caves and is very popular among young men and woman. Caving can be done by anyone who is interested or curious about the sport. Since caves are naturally made, caving has been done for many years. Caving can be done anywhere in the world that has caves. Because Alabama is one of the most popular places for caving, it is a great…

An Analysis of Obsession on the Knowledge of the Others’ Private Lives in John Cheever’s “The Enormous Radio” The desire of discovering the others’ secrets is part of human nature, but it becomes a problem if it is too excessive. “The Enormous Radio,” by John Cheever, is a simple tale which can be interpreted as a lesson of life. The story focuses on Irene, a middle-class woman, who enjoys listening to the music on the radio. She is obsessed by the new radio which allows her to eavesdrop on…

Ever since television came about in the late 1940s, the way people view the world has changed (“Has Television Reshaped Politics?”). As Frank Stanton, the president of the Columbia Broadcasting System, said: “Not even the sky is the limit.” (“Has Television Reshaped Politics?”). Television has changed politics a great deal. The way the people get to know the candidates and their policies have totally changed. The real question is has it changed for better or worse? Television has taken some of…

Phil873 | Tuesday, 06th October 2015, 9:49 am | I hardly ever watch TV until there is a good movie because I hate this 15 minutes advertisement after every 30 minutes. Therefore, I decided to go for radio and internet. To be honest I am only listening to the radio when eating my breakfast or lunch. But once I hear something strange, I cannot believe, I start my laptop and google the thing to be sure that the media did not lied to me. There are many ways how the media manipulates us and I…

Radio’s dad died a while back Coach Jones had found out from Radio’s mother. The coach also finds out that Radio’s real name is James Robert Kennedy. Radio ends up not being allowed to get on the bus with the football team to travel to the game. The last football game for the season, Radio gets to keep the game ball. Frank (coach’s “friend”) calls Radio a distraction on the sidelines during a football game and it offends the coach. The school board assumes Radio is a distraction in a classroom…