Radio I have selected to listen to CBS (101.1) FM and WNYC (820) AM. CBS FM is considered to be a commercial radio station, were as WNYC is a public radio station. These are two entirely different radio stations, which I've selected to listen to for my assignment. In this essay, I will discuss the format of the stations, how they affect me personally, and the use of productions of each station. CBS FM has an old style sound that works well with the program. The sounds are from the fifties, producing a scratchy sound, as if the music were being played on an old record player. This is done to produce the style of the radio stations. I love the way the station produces that style of sound, thus allowing the audience to adjust and become familiar with the station. Listening to CBS FM, I've noticed the voice of the announcer to fit quite appropriately to the program. The announcer produces a fifties style voice as he accents his words according to the rhythm and style of the program. The words range from normal to high, going accordingly to the style of the music being presented. For example, the announcer says, "HELLLLLLLOOOOO EVERYBODY!" (Ala Buddy Holly style). By doing this, this appeals to the segment of the public, by sharing a preference for that style; attracting the listeners and even the advertisers wishing to sell their products to that target audience. CBS Fm announced a short segment, which was very effective and very entertaining to the audience. This is an example of the use of productions in radio. The segment was about "audiences letters," and how some are bizarre. Well, the announcer reads one letter and answers the letter in a funny matter. The issue was, "a seven letter word that cannot be said on the r... ... middle of paper ... ... it is so important, therefore making their message very clear. Also, since they were presenting a charity and encouraging callers to phone in and pledge, sounds of telephone operators and telephone noises were heard, as the announcers were communicating to the public. There was no music that was used because if there were, then it would be inappropriate to the subject matter. Also, their voice and their choice of words were well presented to the audience in order to produce an educational and effective program. In conclusion, listening to both CBS FM and WNYC, I've come to appreciate the different types of radio programs, beside the ones that I normally listen to. While listening to these stations, I come to notice my constant interest and involvement in the programs that were being broadcast. I very much enjoyed listening and analyzing both of these stations.
...ry on television as an extension of radio that the TV program does not provide. One of the biggest differences is the side-by-side timeline of radio events and timeline of contemporary events. This definitely helps provide a frame of reference for when the events of radio were happening and how they may have been affected by current events. The site also provides a page of resources for additional information and a glossary of terms used in the timeline and film. The website also expands on the idea that sound attracts and that radio is not dead in today’s society.
Canadian Associates of Broadcasters. “TRENDS IN CANADIANS’ USE OF RADIO AND TV” http://www.cab-acr.ca/english/industry/hearing/submissions/sub_sep1001_b.pdf, consulted on Friday, April 11, 2003
The Boston radio scene has changed a great deal since WRBB’s inception in 1968. Amid all of the corporate turnover and company buyouts, college radio in Boston is often left out of the important radio history of the ninth-largest media market in the country.
Today, CKLW is a news and information station for the Windsor-Essex community. Now in Windsor, Detroit radio dominates once again. Now, 68% of Windsorites listen to Detroit radio stations. The Big 8 still had a tremendous influence in shaping the face of radio, in creating megahits in music industry, and held a huge community presence in its hometown of Windsor, Ontario. CKLW was a small town radio station that became one of the biggest radio sensations of the 1960’s and1970’s. The Big 8 developed into an icon for not only music and radio; but, also brought out the music fanatic in everyone.
Ever since technology has advanced, it played a major role in bringing the American culture in Canadian homes, especially through radio. This resulted Canadians to become more familiar with American artists and performers, because of this, the Aird Commissions were concerned of Canada losing its identity to Americanization, thus was the birth of the successful Canadian Broadcasting Commission as its purpose was to “engage in the quick distribution of news across Canada...and providing exposure to Canadian compositions.” (“Creation of the Canadian Broadcast Corporation”) To begin with, CBC radio was successful because it established a powerful sense of national unity across Canada. This connected Canadians coast to coast with news about what was happening everyday in the urbanized life, and exchanged cultural expressions that were made available in French and English to reflect on national consciousness and identity. Without having to rely on American culture, CBC allowed more airtime with only Canadian content by replacing American cult...
By the late sixties FM radio had replaced AM radio as the focal points being Rock and Roll music, then into the seventies psychedel...
Music has been ingrained in the American heart for generations. From African American slaves singing songs to boost the overall happiness of the people they worked with (Songs in Slave Society, 2009) to the Beatles performance on The Ed Sullivan Show that was seen by 73 million people, or 40 percent of the U.S. population. (Lule, 2012) With the explosion in the popularity of owning a home radio, it has further shaped American culture and its values. In 1922 there were 60,000 households in the United States with radios; by 1929 the number had topped 10 million. (David Marc, 2000) When radio stations started, creating programming, it started breaking down racial bonds, not immediately there were still white only radio stations, yet Black radio became more common on the AM dial. (Lule, 2012) With varying musical styles that could be picked up on any radio by any race, enabling people to gain insight into different cultures, bringing with it, acceptance of those differences. Early Black disc jockeys even began improvising rhymes over the music, pioneering techniques that later became rap and hip-hop. This new personality-driven style helped bring early rock and roll to new audiences. (Lule, 2012) Between the years 1960 and 1966, the number of households capable of receiving FM transmissions grew from about 6.5 million to some 40 million. (Lule, 2012) During the sixties music was a platform for artists to share their feelings on many different social issues, including civil rights and race relations; drugs, affluence, and consumerism; the Cold War; Vietnam and the peace movement; the sexual revolution; women’s liberation; and ecological and environmental concerns. (Ward, 2002)
Traditional AM/FM Radio. Sirius’s competition also includes traditional AM/FM radio. Unlike SIRIUS radio, traditional AM/FM radio has had a well established market for its services for many years and generally offers free broadcast reception paid for by commercial advertising rather than by a subscription fee. Also, many radio stations offer information programming of a local nature, such as local news and sports, which Sirius does not offer as effectively as local radio. Some radio stations also have begun reducing the number of commercials per hour, expanding the range of music played on the air and experimenting with new formats in order to compete more directly with satellite radio services.
We often take for granted items that we use in our everyday lives. When I was a child, I never once stopped to think about the radio. It had simply always been there. I would record songs on a cassette tape off the radio. I would call into radio stations to wish my friends a ‘Happy Birthday’ on the air. When I started driving the radio was a constant presence. Even today on my daily commute to work I turn the radio on and sing along, not once wondering where it had come from. Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio was the documentary I never knew that I needed. It was interesting to learn not only how the radio we take for granted today came to be, but also the intense drama and fighting that the men who made radio went through.
In “Wires and Lights in a Box,” the author, Edward R. Murrow, is delivering a speech on October 15, 1958, to attendees of the Radio-Television News Directors Association. In his speech, Murrow addresses how it is his desire and duty to tell his audience what is happening to radio and television. Murrow talks about how television insulates people from the realities in the world, how the television industry is focused on profits rather than delivering the news to the public, and how television and radio can teach, illuminate, and inspire.
I enjoy and listen to variety of music from classical music to rap music. I have attended many concerts, mostly symphony bands concerts. However, interestingly, through whole my life, I have never experienced jazz music and I have never been to jazz concert. Therefore, it was hard for me to decide which jazz concerts would give me most pleasure and exciting experience. I researched for jazz concerts listing and I have decided to go to the Ron Eschete Trio Concerts because it was held closed to my house and was free.
(Chicago, 2018) Advertising with radio or even television gives has an advantage of including not only an auditory aspect but also a visual one thanks to websites, and social media pages. Social media can not only improve the quality of your stations brand and website, but also provide a stronger and farther reach in advertising. One of the main goals of having a successful station website is having one that potential advertisers are impressed with. They need to be to willingly pay you to place their content on your site. Stephanie Theisen defined the key characteristics of effective radio advertising as dramatization, differentiation, consistency and frequency. (Theisen, 2017) Effective radio advertising is advertising your good or service in such a way that boost their sales so they will continue using your influence to help each those sales goals. Station managers have the ability to use listening trends paired with online trends to appeal to their chosen demographic on multiple platforms. (Chicago, 2018) You can link radio contest to information on your website, or vice versa. While advertising food on air, they can find coupons on your site. When telling listeners about the next parade, you can post maps on your site. Listeners and viewers have multiple opportunities to receive your information, regardless of time. People retain information differently but with radio, television, and social media you have different ways of giving it to
main advantage of FM broadcasting is of it is static free. But the drawback to
During the 1920s “other companies struggled to compete in the new radio market, and the basic characteristics of broadcasting industry emerged” (Spigel 1992 P: 29) before the arrival of television in the home environment, the radio used to like the “fire place” of the home, or public, audience received news about the war via radio broadcast the fastest. Radio also broadcast poplar programs like west end musicals, political discussions and series like “war of the worlds” these were all the thing that families sat around and enjoyed together, and people were able to make contact with stations to review shows, and nowadays some of the ways to interact with the radio broadcast is to request for songs or enter competitions or the “call in for advice” type radio programs. Before the rise of home entertainment, audiences receives forms of media by going to theatre or cinema, where the whole area is gathered with massive amount of people, these people can respond together or even have discussion after the viewing, it brought people together. We are now becoming more aware of the notion that consumption of media is becoming more and more privatised.
Radio is one of the easiest and cheapest media sources. The giant advantage of radio as a part of globalization process is that it can be understood by even illiterate people and can be served to a larger number of people. Moreover it is accessible to the people who l...