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
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 enlightened by the mass media. Mass media is used in the transfer of information, perceptions and ideas to people. Media especially the use
control eastern Canada, and Shaw, who control western Canada. Rogers Communication started with a vision that "radio is an electric pipeline" by Edward S. Rogers, Sr. In 1925 Mr. Rogers, Sr. invented the world's first alternating "current (AC) radio tube."1 The radio tube was a huge break through in communication technology and in radio reception, and as a result of the invention; radios became common medium of communication. Edward's son, Ted Rogers has now created a new current of communication
The movie Radio is filled with heartwarming and good feeling moments. When coach Jones takes in a mentally disabled African-American nick-named Radio, he doesn’t just change Radios life he changes everyone in the town. Much like an actual radio, Radio takes a little tinkering to reveal his true character. Though some conflicts do arise from Radios presence on the field and court, many heartwarming moments do happen. A main theme in the movie Radio is change someone’s life and they could also change
family to Alabama and there assumed the presidency of the nearly bankrupt Talladega College for Negroes. Excluded by citizens of the white community who resented his father's efforts to educate blacks, Lee and his brother and sister made friends from among the black children of the town and spent a happy although sternly disciplined childhood in this rural community. (Kraeuter, 74). As a child he was fascinated with machinery and was often excited when hearing of the many technological advances during
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
Radio broadcasting is one of the most effective technologies that effected the world, it is conveying a voice message by means of electromagnetic radiation intended for a general audience. The main inventor is Guglielmo Marconi, beginning in the mid-1890s in Northern Italy and building on the work of others. For much of the twentieth century, the radio broadcasting was becoming dominant, because it is providing entertainment such as music, drama, and comedy also the news to millions of people all
In 1978 a radio station owned by Pacifica Foundation Broadcasting out of New York City was doing a program on contemporary attitudes toward the use of language. This broadcast occurred on a mid-afternoon weekday. Immediately before the broadcast the station announced a disclaimer telling listeners that the program would include "sensitive language which might be regarded as offensive to some."(Gunther, 1991) As a part of the program the station decided to air a 12 minute monologue called "Filthy
I would like to thank WLUV for providing me with the opportunity to assume the role as General Manager of your newest radio station. I would like to recognize that our goal and mission statement is to effectively communicate the faith and spread hope to a lost world. As the new General Manager, here are the steps I would take to establish WLUV in the community and fortify our brand. Target Audience According to Alan B. Albarran’s book Management of Electronic Media, when looking for a target audience
ROUGH DRAFT The film Radio is based on a true story of a mentally disabled man named James Robert Kennedy who is nicknamed Radio because of his love for them. Radios day consists of pushing or riding his grocery cart around town and listening to the radio. In the beginning of the movie it shows the abuse that he encounters from people every day. He gets strange looks from the people in town, yelled at from a driver as he crosses the road and picked on by the local High School football team. This
television and radio, has endured an interesting and tumultuous past, and most importantly faces a fascinating future in terms their unique funding model. That being said, the models of both television and radio in South Africa leads one to question the effectiveness of the broadcast system in providing news and content that is fair, unbiased and most importantly critical in helping members of the community make informed decisions about their own country. Beginning in 1923, radio was the only
sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.” (Anthony J. D’Angelo) The movie Radio is about a mentally challenged young man who immediately attracts the attention of the head football coach, Harold Jones. Radio (a nickname given to the young man due to his love of radios) starts to become a “symbol” and a “mascot” for the school Coach Jones coaches football for, but things begin to take a turn when others begin to think that Coach Jones’ care for Radio is getting of the way of his leadership
‘Liveness’ is a unique quality that has almost always been exclusive to the medium of television, only ever really being shared with radio, and more recently the internet. When it comes to televisions ‘liveness’ its clear to see that it has been its distinguishing feature amongst other visual mediums. However, Marriot stated that By the end of the twentieth century most television transmission on most channels were no longer live.” (Marriot, 2007) thus suggesting that televisions once key feature
“The growth and influence of radio broadcasting in the United States is one of the most dramatic chapters in the history of communication. In less than three decades 90.7 percent of…families..have acquired radio receivers. This means 33,998,000 “radio homes” or about 130,000,000 potential listeners” (Bartlett). For countless years in the United States, Americans have turned on the switches of their radios, whether in their cars, in their homes, or in their workplaces, and they have been greeted with
Radio Propaganda during World War II Propaganda played an important role before and throughout World War II. It helped accelerate the development of the war and hastened actually fighting. It also played a crucial role in individual countries in increasing production and helping the war effort. Without propaganda, it is doubtless that the war would have taken a different course. I. American radio propaganda during WWII The radio has had a huge impact on bringing information to the public
persuasiveness of the medium. Because radio and TV come into the house, and may be heard or seen by unsupervised children, the government feels a special responsibility to protect the American people. As Herbert Hoover said to, "doublegaurd them." This is the main reason why the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) independent agency of the United States government was created in 1934. The function of the commission is to regulate interstate and foreign radio, television, wire, and cable communications
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.
Module 1 Assignments 1. Explain how film, radio, and television helped change America from a community based culture to shared, homogeneous culture. Television altered the way we consumed our free time - people began remaining at home, more willingly than going out to the cinema or other places. Television exposed us to many different cultures on a bigger scale than ever before. Without doubt, the influence of television would prompt marked social change in America, as people began to relate to
the future. He calls himself "Dick Miff". Smith was studying in regular public schools and a engineering high school but did not completed. But his success story widely known in modern Australia because of his creation and curiosity. Development Radio stations is the great passion of Smith. The age of 17, after leaving the university, he was granted an amateur
During the early 1900’s and late 1800’s precipitated the first true form of American media. The daily newspapers have been a part of the United States for some time, but during 1880’s and 1890’s reports such as Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst began to transform the newspaper in order for it to become the first major stepping stone in mass media. These publishers, especially Hearst, took advantage of the American involvement in foreign affairs. Hearst convinced his audience that sinking