Radio

Question 1

Bessie Smith

Answer 1

“The Empress of the Blues”

First Major label jazz and blues vocalist, Signed with Columbia in 1923, Sold 6.5 million recordings

Question 2

Guglielmo Marconi

Answer 2

invented the radio, the first ship to shore signal

Question 3

Popular Music Narratives

Answer 3

Repetition through competition
Sense of audience participation
“The most popular songs are the best songs”

Question 4

The Rise of the DJ

Answer 4

WWII; radio destabilized
Microphone technology
Sound recordings replace live musicians

Question 5

The Rise of the Black DJ

Answer 5

“The Forgotten 15,000,000”
Television
Rhythm & Blues

Question 6

Alan Freed

Answer 6

Brought R&B to white teens (The Moondog Show)

Rock n’ Roll

Question 7

Top 40

Answer 7

Todd Storz and Jukeboxes

Same hits in frequent rotation

Question 8

National Public Radio

Answer 8

Public Broadcasting Act, 1967
NPR established 1970
News, information and culutral programming
Privately and publicly funded

Question 9

NPR Narratives

Answer 9

Aimed at educated audience
Gentle, focused, calm
Diversity

Question 10

Imagined Communities

Answer 10

the “image” of communion exists in the middle of those who imagine themselves belonging to a larger entity comprised of people they will likely never meet

Question 11

Narratives

Answer 11

the art of practice; the representation in art of an event or story (part of the process of mediation)

Question 12

Sponsorship and the mass-mediated consumer

Answer 12

audiences identified and addressed by consumption habits

Question 13

Your Hit Parade

Answer 13

First network to feature songs ranked by popularity

Question 14

Martin Block

Answer 14

Popularized sound recordings to replace live musicians

Question 15

Al Benson

Answer 15

Black DJ that promoted Rhythm & Blues

Question 16

College Radio

Answer 16

radio station licensed to a college or university that is generally run by and for students, and tends to feature alternative music programming.
UMD radio: WMUC