Radio stations Essays

  • Should Radio Stations Sensor Songs?

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    to your favorite song on the radio and every swear they put a beep or some random word? For example, “Walk up to the club like, 'What up? I got a big (beep).' I'm so pumped about some (beep) from the thrift shop.” It tends to get very annoying. So the question is, should radio stations censor songs? Most parents will say yes. They do not want their children to hear those words. I have respect for these parents. Except, my opinion is different. I think radio stations should not censor songs but they

  • Pirate Radio Stations in the 1960s and 1970s Britain (with reference to recent cultural production)

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    explain the main reasons because of which pirate radio stations became popular and important in Great Britain, as well as the reasons for their manifestation. I will analyze the main features of this movement and the way they influenced radio broadcasting in general, its impact on a generation in need of fresh, new things in every aspect of their lives. Focusing on two decades of twentieth century Britain, as the most lucrative and important for pirate radio, I will explore the governments stances on this

  • A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

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    Miss Clairol In the story, Miss Clairol, written by Helena Maria Viramontes, was about a woman who goes to the store with her daughter to buy items for a date that she was preparing for later that night. Arlene, who was the woman that was getting ready for her date is a chicana (Mexican Amerian) who throughout the story refers to things or events that brought a smile to her face as “sounding right.” As I read the story I could not help but smile throughout the story because it was so close to home

  • My Personal Statement: Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications

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    Writing a personal statement can be a daunting task. A personal statement is unique to each person. “A personal statement is usually requested when applying for scholarships and graduate school.” Also certain type of jobs such as competitive teaching and research appointments in education, for positions with non-profit organizations, or for internship applications require a personal statement. (“Personal Statements”) So a good personal statement is very important. There things that must be done in

  • Descriptive Essay About Dreams

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    The sun rises behind the backdrop of the trees. Shining through the window with a blinding glare. The birds are chirping. The crows are cawing. A man in his mid-20’s lays in his bed in a mystical gaze at a woman in which he doesn’t know her name. But in his mind she is the most beautiful woman alive. Long brown hair, fair skin, with red lips sensitive to the touch. And she’s smiling in her sleep, like an angel. This man lays still wondering how to wake her from the magical ride that is transpiring

  • Simon: The Unexpected DJ

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    live DJ! Since I was a child I had always loved music and the radio. I remember leaping up onto my kitchen counter and perching there, anxiously listening to who would be crowned Number One that week on the Top 40. Or I would be in my cool, newly-furnished bedroom listening to the most-requested five-song countdown on Monday and Wednesday evenings at 8pm. For this assignment, I had emailed local rock and alternative radio station WRRV, explaining my situation and asking if there was a DJ interested

  • Being a Radio Disk Jockey

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    Being a Radio Disk Jockey missing sources cited Imagine a career that music fanatics everywhere would love to have. Imagine sitting in a sound room all day, talking calls from listeners and playing the music of one’s choice. Imagine interviewing your favorite musicians, and afterwards attending their concerts, including a tour backstage. The job being described is the one of a radio disc jockey. As a disc jockey, one communicates through music to an audience from around the surrounding areas

  • The Fire Station

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    of my car. I walk up the cement ramp towards the door of the metal-sided fire station. The steel door is cold and I carefully enter the door lock's code and turn the reluctant knob. The room is dark and I blindly reach around the corner and hit the light switch. Instantly the buzzing light of fluorescent bulbs fills the room. My nostrils also fill but with the smell of machines. Slowly as I walk further into the station, I can feel the loose grit and sand underneath my feet. Directly in front of

  • In the UK, radio and television broadcasting developed as a public service and remained so for a long time. But in the US broadcasting was dominated b

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    analyze how Radio and Television Broadcasting differs in approach within the UK and US. This essay will explain how the UK use Radio and Television Broadcasting as a Public Service opposed the US who dominate these services as a Private enterprise and will then determine which approach is better and why. Radio was invented in 1896 as a form of wireless telegraphy, which transmits the Morse code without the need for fixed stations and cables; this system was initially used at sea. Radio in the UK

  • The Radio: Past and Present

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    The Radio: Past and Present “He shoots!!! He scores!!!” these are famous words that Foster Hewitt made famous broadcasting a hockey game on the radio (“The Early Years”). It was words like these that the public became used to because there was no television. The radio served as the first medium to hear things live as they happened. This gave sport fans the opportunity to sit down and tune into a game anytime they like. The radio started off big and then took a dramatic fall due to the introduction

  • FM Radio: The Rise and Fall of the Radio DJ?

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    had a favorite radio show on a favorite FM radio station, it’s only a memory from days gone by. The age of the FM radio DJ has been a large part of our culture in the past, but is has slowly been coming to an end. Djs were a very important part of the 60s and pirate radio as well as, continuing to do so throughout the 70s and 80s. Now with the availability of internet radios and national radio stations having a digital setlist, DJ’s no longer have the sway over the radio stations that they work

  • Radio Reader: The Limited Social Effect On Society

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    The radio began as a form of a telegraph from point to point. The radio impacted society in many types of ways in which made the radio such an amazing step for the society. The revolution in radio communication greatly increase the form of communication to a whole new advancement. Starting from not having any radio stations at all do having many today. In the past many people believed that radio would disrupt with other types of factors which were already there such as musicians, photographers, and

  • Birth of the BBC

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    the BBC In 1920 the first true radio station (KDKA) began regular broadcasting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Within two years the number of stations in America reached into the hundreds, concerts were being broadcast regularly in Europe from The Hague, and in Britain, Marconi stations broadcast from Chelmsford, Essex, and then London. It was in Britain that fears over the "chaos of the ether" led to the Post Office and leading radio manufacturers setting up the British

  • Technology of the 1920's

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    invention of the radio, television, automobile, and other minor advancements made the 1920's one of the most important decades of the 1900's. The 1920's brought many advancements in technology which allowed Americans to entertain themselves at home; the radio was one of them. The radio was actually developed before the 1920's; however, it was banned during World War I and allowed to reappear after the Prohibition ended in 1919 (Events 72). After the Prohibition ended, and radio broadcasting was being

  • Western Station Mission Statement

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    Mission Statement: The Western Station was created for listeners of many different tastes, focusing heavily on the genres intertwined with country and western. The Western Station is a community based radio station, supporting the local community whilst being run for the community, by volunteers from the community. The music played on The Western Station covers a range of diverse sub-categories of the genres, from country, swing, blues to rockabilly stylings. The Western Station’s mission is to keep

  • History Of Radio Technology

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    The Beginning The Radio was introduced to society because of the telegraph and the telephone. These inventions don’t do the same things but their similar branch of technology. “Radio technology began as “wireless telegraphy”. “It all started with the discovery of radio waves, electromagnetic waves that have the capacity to transmit music, speech, pictures and other data invisibly through air.” [Bellis] Majority of technology uses electromagnetic waves to send data information or TV broadcasts.

  • The Physics of an AM Radio

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    Physics of an AM Radio It’s was a beautiful sunny morning and Bill just kissed his wife goodbye and headed out the door on his way to work. As Bill got into his car he realized that he missed the Utah Jazz game the night before because of a late business meeting and fell asleep before the news came on so he couldn’t catch the highlights or even the score. He remembered that he could catch the rundown on AM frequency 930 (Sports News Radio). Many people enjoy listening to AM radio because of how

  • AM vs FM Radio

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    In modern society, radio is the most widely used medium of broadcasting and electronic communication. Radio can be broadcasted with both microwaves and longer radio waves. These are transmitted in two ways: amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM). Amplitude radio is created by combining a sound wave from a microphone, tape, record, or CD with a "carrier" radio wave. This results in a wave that transmits voice or programming as its amplitude (intensity) increases and decreases. Frequency

  • Mass Media And Popular Culture

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    Popular culture is described as the people’s culture that prevails in a society at a point in time. It involves all features that exist in a social life and is most actively absorbed in by the public. Popular culture is usually a culture of people in a particular society and the associations between the communities in their daily activities determine it. These activities of popular culture include way of dressing, use of slang; greeting practices and the foods, a community eats. Popular culture is

  • Empire of the Air: Invention of the Radio

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    Radio waves were first discovered in 1887, but radio itself was initially invented by Italian Guglielmo Marconi in 1895 (1). His biggest mentioned success was in 1901, when he managed to broadcast the letter “S” across the Atlantic Ocean (1). However, he focused primarily on point-to-point transmissions, not large scale broadcasts from one point (F). As such, three American inventors - Lee De Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff - took credit for making radio as it is today a success