AM broadcasting Essays

and has a hard time adapting to change. For example, they switched music formats in April 2015, and received many concerned phone calls that were upset with the “modern, teenage” music (yes, that refers to the 1960s easy listening selection). Being an AM station, the radio signal only reaches one county; however, the brand made strides with online streaming there is room to expand signal with an FM translator. Lastly, the radio only employs 6 staff members so if the brand is looking to grow they may

are required to have a high school diploma; however, a Bachelor’s degree is optional. A Bachelor’s degree in communications, broadcasting, and journalism is highly recommended which will only increase acceptance rate (Bureau). The National Association of Sports Public Address Announcers recommend taking the online exam to receive official certification for sports broadcasting (Careers). A broadcaster should highly consider completing these courses and taking the exam if she plans on getting the job

containing profanities. Between the times of 6:00 am and 10:00 pm, the FCC regulates the use of profanities in broadcasters’ content. In contrast to the Commission's definition of profane speech, the FCC defines indecent material as one that “contains sexual or excretory material that does not rise to the level of obscenity”. Similar to its limitation on profane speech, the FCC has also limited the use of indecent programming to the time window outside of 6:00 am to 10:00 pm. Because of the similar restrictions

1894 into radio transmitters and receivers. Over the following decades, radio rapidly became the primary means of communicating within militaries and _____. Radio revolutionized ____ because it was an entirely new form of mass media, instantly broadcasting spoken information to entire regions of the world. The utilization of radio waves would ultimately lead to such developments as television, telephones, and radar. Radio changed mass media consumption on a worldwide scale

out against thousands of people, all #hashtagging for attention. Being actively involved in Media, whilst building a portfolio and gaining the knowledge that will help me to develop a rewarding career are the reasons why I would like to study Broadcasting, Media and Journalism. My biggest inspiration is Brandon Stanton, creator of ‘Humans of New York’- he is an example of how a small idea can blossom into millions of followers, a NY Times bestselling book and many charitable ventures. He uses photography

Based on the information I have learned about radio broadcasting from our group project, I know that millions of Americans listen to the radio. In fact, 232 million Americans listen to traditional AM/FM radio every week, which is more than all other media sources audience combined. This means that radio definitely has an impact in America, especially talk radio. Talk radio provides many people with entertainment while they are working or commuting. This audience many consists of farmers, the majority

operation of new low power radio stations (Birnbaum, 2002). In the Notice, FCC cited three major goals as the basis for justification of creating low power radio service: 1. to create community-oriented radio broadcasting. 2. to provide an opportunity for new entrants into the broadcasting industry that would lead to diversity in radio ownership 3. and to ensure integrity of the FM spectrum (Birnbaum,

The Evolution of Media and Production Prior to World War 1, there were numerous AM radio stations broadcasting across the United States on an experimental or part-time basis. The debate as to who started the first commercial radio broadcast can be viewed at this Wikipedia page. After the war, in the early 1920’s, there was a explosive increase in the number of commercial radio broadcasting across the United States. Television experiments continued into the early twentieth century, alternating between

I need to expand my audience and I need to get my content more out in the open. I have a few ideas of how I am going to do this. First step in the plan after implementing video is to produce flashy video introductions. This will allow me to have nicer looking “thumbnails” for the videos on YouTube. A thumbnail is the picture of the video on YouTube. A lot of

it should represent “the best that has been seen and thought” (eds Cunningham & Turnbull, 2014, p.18-19). This view of mass media, including radio, was that it was the culture of the lower classes. When we consider certain aspects of mass radio broadcasting today, we can see some truth to this such as the tragic case of the English nurse who took her own life after an Australian radio

I am 74 years old and I have seen a lot of racism in my life but “Gone With the Wind” was the worst. It depicted a black women as a slave, who at the same time had power. At the time of the film I didn’t really understand a lot about racism and the fact

Science Behind the Radio The radio was invented in 1893. It has made a big impact on society. The radio allows for society to stay in constant communications on special events going on around the world. There is much controversy over who invented the radio. In 1901 An electrical pioneer name Nikola Tesla went to the Supreme Court and claimed that he had developed a wireless telegraph before Marconi. Marconi's four radio patents were invalidated. People believe that Guglielmo Marconi was the first

1895 was very basic as it only utilized one spectrum of radio waves called the AM band. However, as it continued to develop, another spectrum, known as the FM band, was found to produce a better quality of sound. The music industry quickly began switching to the newer spectrum, thus leaving the AM band behind, up for anyone to occupy. It was this time the political talk shows, who previously didn’t have a spot on the AM band due to competition with music stations, stepped in the world of radio. So

This summer I had the pleasure of interning at WCBD News 2 in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Owned by Media General, WCBD-TV is an NBC affiliated television station for the Lowcountry area of South Carolina. The studio is located in the median of Highway 17 and SC 703. The station broadcasts a high definition signal on UHF channel 50 from a transmitter in Awendaw. Media General is among the nation’s largest local media companies and manages 71 television stations in 48 markets. The corporation

The Prince of Egypt is a beautifully written animation about the story of Moses and how he impacted Egypt. The movie is trying to tell the story of Moses, a former Prince of Egypt who finds out he is Hebrew and leaves his city to find out a way to free his people, who are being used as slaves. Once Moses finds the Israelites, they come back to Egypt to ask for their people to be free, Ramses, Moses’s brother, and the new Pharaoh denies their request. A series of plagues and life-threatening tragedies

This is to show why in modern America, media and commercial art have achieved a strong consensus on their portrayal of the working class. In our modern society, for better or worse, television has become an integral part of American life. Unfortunately, rapid improvement in technologies have altered the social behaviors and chipped away many valuable practices and values as a human being. Rapidly changing social behaviors with materialism have influenced misconception about working-class people and

Miranda McKellen: Good morning! My name is Miranda McKellen, and for you new listeners, this is the finest radio station where we talk about the greatest music! Today we have many special guests, starting with our first one: Tom Jenson. Tom has been on our station before, and he discusses musical links from two distinct musical cultures. Today Tom will be sharing the musical links that he has found between the cultures of German Baroque Music and American Cool Jazz. Good morning Tom! Tom Jensen:

As measured by total daily circulation, it is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher. It owns many firm include the national newspaper USA Today and the weekly USA Weekend. Gannett Company operates or owns 46 television stations through Gannett Broadcasting Incorporation and is the largest group owner of stations affiliated

Communication (Introduction) “The most important thing about communication is hearing what isn’t said.” (Peter Drucker, 2001) This quote from Peter Drucker, sums up the importance of nonverbal communication. Communication is the exchanging of information between people, which can be performed verbally, nonverbally, and written. Verbal and written communication use words to pass along information, which is important to communicating. Nonverbal communication delivers messages to others that are heard

Six Major Obstacles to Effective Business Communication The class book insists, "To avoid obstacles to communication we should avoid clichés, jargon, slang, sexist and racist language, euphemisms, and doublespeak" (Business Communication, 2012, p. 63). Let us define each of them and see how they can serve us a bad service and, maybe we will find them useful in rare circumstances. The first obstacle to communication is Clichés. Cliché merely is a hackneyed phrase. The course book adds that "cliché