Radio

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the precursor of the radio technology invented in the 1840s

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telegraph

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series of dots and dashes that stood for letters in the alphabet

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Morse code

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invisible electronic impulses similar to visible light

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electromagnetism

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portion of these phenomena on electromagnetic spectrum

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radio waves

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form of voiceless point-to-point communication

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wireless telegraphy

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wireless voice and music transmissions

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wireless telephony

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once an agricultural term

referred to process of casting seeds over large area; transmission of radio waves to broad public audience

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braodcasting

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wireless was considered a form of ____ or person-to-person communication like the telegraph or telephone

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narrowcasting

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passed by Congress addressing problem of amateur radio operators increasingly cramming the airwaves (following the Titanic tragedy)

radio waves could not be owned; they were a collective property of all Americans and requires a license

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Radio Act of 1912

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GE took the lead in founding a new company called _____

to monopolize the wireless industry and expand American communication technology

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Radio Corporation of America (RCA)

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a cost-saving operation that links a group of broadcast stations that share programming produced at a central location

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network

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Paley and Barneys modified this concept

CBS paid affiliate stations for an option on a portion of their time

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option time

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restore order to airwaves

licenses did not OWN their channels but could only license them as long as they operated to serve public interest, convenience, or necessity

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Radio Act of 1927

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the 1927 act created the ____ whose members were appointed by the president

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Federal Radio Commission (FRC)

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When the FRC became the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

covered not only radio but also telephone and telegraph (later tv, cable, internet)

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Communications Act of 1934

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small electrical devices that like vacuum tubes could receive and amplify radio signals

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transistors

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static-free radio reception, greater fidelity and clarity, ideal for music

accentuated pitch or distance bet radio waves

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frequency modulation (FM)

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stressed volume or height or radio waves

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amplitude modulation

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formula-driven radio where management rather than deejays controlled programming each hour

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format radio

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playing top songs many times during the day

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rotation

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forty most popular hits in given week as measured by record sales

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Top 40 format

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dead air

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gaps in radio; djs talk; ads

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alternative to conventional formats

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progressive rock

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album-oriented rock (AOR)

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progressive rock had been copied, tamed, and abssorbed by mainstream radio

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heaviest radio listening occurs during ____ when people are commuting to and from work

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drive time

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1990s format of radio

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news/talk/info format

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middle of the road or MOR

one of radio’s oldest and most popular formats

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adult contemporary (AC)

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rap to pop punk songs, Top 40 radio

appeals to teens and young adults

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contemporary hit radio (CHR)

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popular during morning drive time aside from news/talk/info format

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country

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targets African American listeners in large cities

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urban contemporary

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run experimental public stations

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Pacifica Foundation

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first noncommercial networks

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National Public Radio (NPR) and Public broadcasting Service (PBS)

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NPR and PBS under the provisions of ______

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Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 and Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)

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series of satellites launched to cover continental USA created a subscription national service

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satellite radio

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available to public since 2004

digital tech that enables AM and FM radio broadcasters to multicast two or three additional compressed digital signals within their traditional analog frequency

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HD radio

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emerged in 1990s with popularity of Web

one kind exclusively for internet; other kind is “streaming”

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internet radio

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developed in 2004 refers to the practice of making audio files available on Internet so listeners can download them onto their computers and transfer them to mp3 players or listen on the computer

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podcasting

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practice by which record promotes pay deejays to play particular records

rampant in 1950s as record companies sought to guarentee sales

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Payola

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substantially changed rules concerning ownership of public airwaves because the FCC eliminated most ownership restrictions on radio.

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

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2000 - FCC responding to inquiries about development of new local radio braodcasting servic, approved a new noncommercial class of 10- and 100-watt stations in order to give voice to local groups lacking access to public airwaves

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low-power FM (LPFM)

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DXing – trying to tune in as many faraway stations as possible
Music listening – intro of better loud speakers 1925
Story listening – 1929 and after

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Broadcasting led to a cultural revolution in the 1920s: the turn to listening
3 shifts in the modes of listening during the 1920s