Radio Broadcasting is familiar to everyone. We are all familiar with the simple task of turning on the radio‚ tuning to our favorite station and listening to news‚ traffic reports‚ weather forecasts‚ music and other programs. Radio broadcasting is defined as using radio waves to send transmissions to a large audience‚ who will listen to the transmission through a radio. The definition of radio broadcasting can be expanded by examining radio waves‚ radio transmitters and receivers.
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Radio advertising would be impossible without the radio. Radio waves were discovered and studied by Heinrich Hertz in 1867 (Schoenherr‚ 2001). Guglielmo Marconi invented a transmitter in 1894 and formed the first wireless telegraph and signal company in 1897 (Schoenherr‚ 2001). Reginald Fessenden of Canada invented the continuous-wave voice transmitter and sold it to Westinghouse in 1910. Several amateurs began to broadcast information from music to news over the airwaves as soon as crystal radio
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Radio Waves In the modern society‚ radio is the most widely used medium of broadcasting and electronic communication : it plays a major role in many areas such as public safety‚ industrial manufacturing‚ processing‚ agriculture‚ transportation‚ entertainment‚ national defense‚ space travel‚ overseas communication‚ news reporting and weather forecasting. In radio broadcasts‚ they use the radio waves which can be both microwaves and longer radio waves. These are transmitted in two ways: amplitude
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Unit 53: Radio Documentary Production Assignment: Treatment and First Draft of Script. Tutor: Wil McDermott Date of Issue: 24/10/2014 Submission Date: 14/11/2014 Brief IV: Yes Date: 14/11/2014 Assignment Title: You are to write a one-page treatment and a first draft of the script you hope to turn into a radio documentary. You must also include a report on the production of this work. Learning Outcomes To Be Achieved: Outcome Assessment Criteria 1.1. LO 2: Be able to develop scripts for radio documentaries
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programming‚ to advertising‚ to broadcast laws‚ etc. Beginning when the first radio station‚ KDKA‚ signed on in 1920 ‚ it was quickly being picked up as a new emerging form of mass media. By the mid-20’s radios themselves were better and easier to use‚ and by 1930‚ were being purchased by the millions. Radio not only survived but thrived through the great depression. This would only be the beginning of its journey of change. Radio‚ like many other mass media‚ has continued to evolve to meet the constantly
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Radio waves and Microwaves Radio communications Radio waves are used to broadcast radio or television signals from transmitters‚ which are then converted into electrical signals with an aerial (which is made out of metal to absorb the radio waves) so you can hear and see them. When done so the aerial converts this wave into an electrical signal (because of the electromagnetic waves energy exciting particles in the aerial and causing them to oscillate/vibrate and thus create an electrical current)
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us‚ eyes will light up as we enter‚ voices will celebrate with us whenever we come into our own power…” Radio is a dramatic and uplifting movie that is based on the true life story of James Robert Kennedy (aka Radio)‚ a mentally retarded African-American‚ who spends his days pushing a shopping cart around the streets of Anderson‚ a sleepy town in South Carolina‚ collecting junk and old radios. It features an emotional story
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The Roaring 20’s During the 1920’s‚ also known as "The Roaring 20’s"‚ Radio Broadcasting became one of America’s favorite sources of entertainment. During this time period most Americans depended on radio for their source of communication‚ since television was not yet invented. The invention of radio had a major impact on Americans. Radio stations transmitted a variety of shows and programs that entertained many people through out the nation. "In the 1920’s the Westinghouse engineer‚ Frank Conrad
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Radio One Inc. is a company that was founded in 1980 by Catherine Hughes who had learned the radio business while teaching at Howard University. Catherine and her husband purchased WOL-AM in Washington‚ D.C. for just under one million dollars. Hughes changed the format from R&B music and public affairs to talk radio. To cut back on expenses the Hughes became radio personalities. Expansion for Radio One began in 1987 when the Hughes’ purchased WMMJ-FM in Washington for about $7.5 million and
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What is a radio format? A radio format or programming genre refers to the overall content broadcasting over a radio station. Some stations broadcast multiple genres on set schedule. Over the years‚ formats have evolved and new ones have been introduced. NEWS BULLETINS News bulletins are too formal in language‚ structure and presentation Short sentences with facts and information are preferred for a bulletin National and international happenings get pride of place .Human stories and
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