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
Doing something yourself is accomplishing something on your own without the help of a professional. It can be to modify or repair something. People have started to DIY because of today’s economy or to add a touch of their own style to the item. DIY has been linked to start in the 1910s. There are different types of DIY: Music, Craft, and Fashion. The term “do it yourself” can be linked to the consumers since 1912. At this time they would do home improvements and maintaining their homes. In the 1950s
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
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
1960’s news reports became mandatory to all radio programming. For most radio stations in the 60’s and even today when the news comes on, people usually change the station. The exception to the rule was CKLW. Their 20/20 news report would happen twenty minutes before the hour and twenty minutes after the hour. This was very different format; CKLW is credited for changing radio broadcasting of news forever with this particular format. When all other stations were reporting the news at the top of the
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
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
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
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
Mass communication is the study that only outline the media as a way different types of media communicating with public, but what is the purpose of it, how messages can persuade people. And how people from different groups, countries, beliefs perceive this information. Mass communication covers a variety of forms: advertising, broadcasting, journalism, public relation and many others. 1. MEDIA: PUBLIC RELATIONS For developing and successfully realizing public relations campaign abroad, acknowledgment
and while censorship is never a good thing, it is understandable in the context of the film why it was wanted. To begin to explain this, the suicide of one of the students’ needs to be discussed. Malcom one of the listeners calls into the Harry’s station and ultimately commits suicide, despite Harry’s attempts to reason with him. The suicide causes an out lash by the parental community, who holds the Harry responsible for young Malcom’s death. It’s here where it’s easy to see how censoring the broadcasts
“There is no truer truth obtainable by man, than comes of music." -Robert Browning Today in every country around the world there exists censorship laws regarding what is appropriate to be broadcast on television and radio for consumption by the general public. Things such as inappropriate or offensive language, references to drugs, criminal activities or even references to sex can be deemed inappropriate and not broadcast. The question arises, is this something done for the good of the public, or
United Fruit Company, and would also result in a decrease to US federal government revenues. The CIA decided to perform a coup, ““For four weeks, starting on May Day 1954, the CIA had been waging psychological warfare in Guatemala through a pirate radio station called the Voice of Liberation, run by a CIA contract officer, an amateur actor and
people. I have chosen this topic as the 60’s stand out for me as a revolutionary and often misrepresented period in history. The films I have chosen to look at are The Baader Meinhof Complex from director Uli Edel, Woodstock from Michael Wadleigh, Pirate Radio from Richard Curtis, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas from director Terry Gilliam. I chose to analyse these films as I believe they clearly demonstrate the social and political issues of the 1960’s and societies response to them. From these
eye-opener for most was Flight 19. On December, 05, 1945, taking off from Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station, Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers started their training mission. A couple hours after the mission started, they reported having issues with both of their compasses, and… they were lost. A Mariner Aircraft of 13 men were sent to search for them, but only after a few minutes, they lost contact with all radio stations. With most people worried by now, one of the largest search parties was formed. Hundreds
audience, but a smaller one by comparison. World War II 's "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree," "Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B," and "I'll Be Home for Christmas" were positive and sentimental favorites heard not only in dancehalls but also on radio. Any antiwar tunes were most likely drowned out by post-Pearl Harbor anger. Vietnam, on the other hand, didn't really have an original theme or even a cadre of original artists to convey its messages. Many of the artists singing out about Vietnam
finally commenced. In 1944, radio remained the fastest way to inform the public of when D-Day had begun and all around the world, citizens of the allied nations waited breathlessly for the broadcast that the liberation of France had begun, for to them, this would mean the end of the war was soon to come. Radio’s role in D-Day does not begin on June 6th (the day of the actual invasion) however, it begins on the 3rd of June. At 4:39 p.m. eastern war time, as many Americans were
At the turn of the century, it was apparent that we, the human race, could no longer continue at the rate we were going. At several billion people, we were rapidly multiplying at an exponential rate. Scientists declared an international emergency because of drastic depleation of natural resources. It became obvious that in a few decades the continuation of the human way of life would be impossible if we did not find a solution to our problem. We needed more space for our species, and something with
Although Backbone is frequently mentioned in PRO files on home defence in the late 1950s it is hardly mentioned at all in the 1960s. It seems that the original Backbone stations became absorbed into a much larger microwave network and reports speak of "completion of the system which began with Backbone" and "stations supplementing Backbone". Files which give details of pre-and post-strike communications from the end of the 1960s do not mention it at all.
1990’s Pump Up the Volume follows Mark Hunter, a shy student at his suburban Arizona high school that adopts the persona of outspoken pirate radio deejay ‘Happy Harry Hard-on’ by night. Although his broadcasts are an outlet for his own angst, he inspires his teen audience by demonstrating how to express their malcontentment: by distancing themselves from the previous generation though the use of language, and connecting with their peers by subverting the mold set by parents and adults. Hard Harry’s