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Media systems
exam 1 - Radio
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Undergraduate 1
02/28/2009

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Radio
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1st broadcast medium
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Marconi
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(Innovator) point to point telephony
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Lee de Forest
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(Innovator) The Audition Tube
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Edwin Howard Armstrong
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FM (1930s)
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David Sarnoff
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the business of radio
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Why success of the radio?
Definition
technological novelty, cheap, the "united states," form opinions, content takes off from popular art forms
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Federal Act of 1927
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Created Federal Radio Commission, o License transmitters: assign radio station frequencies, call letters, power limits, was not considered strong enough for ever changing industry
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Communications Act of 1934
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Formed the Federal Communications Commission, Law of the land until Telecommunications Act of 1996
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Network
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“A contract” (a joining of diff. things) instead of 1 station independently production programming.. lots of stations come together.
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Affiliates
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stations contracted to run programming which are owned bt others.
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O&O
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Stations owned and operated by the network
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NBC
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1926 - started by David Sarnoff
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CBS
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1927 - started by William S. Paley
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structured program service
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you and audience know when shows are on
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means of distribution
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one hub
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national sales organization
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reaches the largest audience
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top quality programs
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the best shows for the biggest audience
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one stop shopping
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the most stations in one buy
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instantaneous access 2 largest audience
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dependable broadcasting to asll
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Landmark radio moments
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Amos n' Andy, FDRs fireside chats, Orsen Welles' War of the Worlds, Edward R. Murrow WWII broadcasts
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Parsimony Principle
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Program material must be used up as sparingly as possible, repeated as often as possible and shared as widely as possible.
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NBC's 2 networks
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Red & Blue (uses Blue to undercut competition)
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Chain Broadcasting Decision
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No one can own 2 networks in the same market
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NBC sells ____ network, it becomes ____
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Blue, ABC
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NBC (#1) had the best..
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entertainment shows
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CBS (#2) had the best..
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news division, made impact in WWII, introduced more populist programming than NBC
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Radio goes from..
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network to local
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Radio brings about rise in ...
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formats & niches
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What saves the radio?
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Rock and roll (top 40 format)
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The non-duplication rule
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attempt to quickly develop FM radio
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Biggest change of radio?
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FM radio added to cars
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Satellite radio
Definition
2nd most subscribed media service
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