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| Local stations that have contracted with a specific network |
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Allows radio to switch from point to point to point to mass
Allowed radio waves to be better amplified
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Plays/Dramas
Ex. War of the Worlds |
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Applause Cards
Things to think about: What were some disadvantages of these? |
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| Little slips of paper containing surveys that would allow listeners to provide feedback for radio shows |
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| Electronic device used to measure audience data. It recorded the time the TV was turned on, what channel it was tuned into, and how long it was on that channel. |
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| A licensed commercial radio station that transmits at a very high power from one nation to another |
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| Live talent on amateur radio |
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The Radio Act of 1927 created clear channel stations by allowing by:
- allowing the public to decide what they want
- letting those with the best equipment get the station
- let those who serve "general interest" get the station
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| Simple radio reciever used by the amateurs that could be made out of household appliances |
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Development shaped by a range of forces
Ex. Technological, social, economic, political |
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| Refers to TV/Radio scheduled programming |
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| the writing of history; based on perspective and interpretation |
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| events that occurred some time in the past |
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| Advertisements worked into the content of the program |
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| part of the FCC's "Sixth Report & Order" of 1952. combined UHF stations with VHF stations |
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1. picture tube
2. film recording of a television broadcast |
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| An image dissector, also called a dissector tube, is a video camera tube in which photocathode emissions create an "electron image" which is then scanned to produce an electrical signal representing the visual image |
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| a product sold at a low price (at cost or below cost) to stimulate other profitable sales |
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| linking stations together |
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| Owned and Operated Stations |
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local stations owned and operated by the major networks. these are the profit centers for the networks
Ex. WJZ (NBC Blue) |
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| Point-to-Mass Communication |
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| made possible by the audion tube, allowed something to be transmitted from a single point to multiple points at once |
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| Point-to-Point communication |
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| transmitting from a single point to another single point |
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has a continuing story line from episode to episode
Ex. Soap Opera |
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story is usually contained within the episode
Ex. In the Friends episode where Ross loses the monkey, he finds the monkey by the end of the episode |
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| Pay television, premium television, or premium channels refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by both analog and digital cable and satellite, but also increasingly by digital terrestrial methods |
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| a program without a commercial sponsor |
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| Technological Determinism |
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| a reductionist theory that presumes that a society's technology drives the development of its social structure and cultural values |
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| By this method, a preselected sampling of people is called up and asked, "Do you have a television set? How many members of the family are watching it? What channel? What program? |
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| An Eidophor was a television projector used to create theater-sized images. The name Eidophor is derived from the Greek word-roots ‘eido’ and ‘phor’ meaning 'image' and 'bearer' (carrier). Its basic technology was the use of electrostatic charges to deform an oil surface. |
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| long shot, medium shot, close-up shot |
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| precursor to commercial radio. establishing a national network and selling air-time |
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| A written or printed representation of something |
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in 1912 created the regenerative circuit based on the audion tube
- strengthened the signal
- worked as a receiver and a transmitter
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| Buys NBC Blue in 1943, renamed ABC in 1945 |
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| reports "Visiting Buchenwald" |
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| Roman Catholic priest, preached over the radio |
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| invented wireless transmitter |
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| created The Guiding Light |
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| CBS journalist, several radio features during WWII |
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| first person to transmit spoken message wirelessly |
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| patented kinescope (picture tube) and iconoscope (camera tube) |
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| NBC Blue bought by Edward Noble, renamed ABC |
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- drop sustaining programs, go after sponsored programs
- use recorded programs
- start buying TV stations
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| AT&T's role in early broadcasting |
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| expert in wired telephone network/radio transmitters; owned NBC Red |
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| founded by Arthur Judson, Paramount owns 50% |
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