Great Depression. But for radio it was the Golden Age. The radio was a great diversion from the terrible economy. Not only was radio a great source of entertainment‚ but it also provided relief from the depression and connected the home front with the war. There were many different “shows” broadcasted on the radio‚ there was a vast category of genres‚ such as drama (soap operas)‚ action/adventure‚ and comedies. It wasn’t just entertainment‚ it was also educational. The radio was a great way to unite
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In the mid-1960’s British teenagers had little to listen to on the radio; the UK government felt radio was such a powerful mass communication medium that it should be placed under state control (2)‚ so the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed and was the only radio allowed to be broadcast. BBC radio would air very little pop music due to so-called ‘needletime restrictions’‚ which were put in place to ease fears that if recorded music became popular then live music would disappear (1)
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Monday/Wednesday 2-3:15 Primary Focus Film Evaluation Radio Years ago I watched a movie for the first time that honestly changed the way I think. The movie Radio is based on the true story of James “Radio” Kennedy and T.L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones. It tells the story of a young mentally challenged man who is taken under the wing of a high school football coach after being bullied by the football team for his disabilities. Radio was released in October of 2003. The cinema was written
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Radio was originally created for the purpose of communicating with ships out to see and emergency broadcasting. Throughout history the United States government has had a major influence on the evolution of radio. The government was responsible for fostering ownership regulations for the stations in an effort to regulate information transmissions and military security. Unfortunately‚ in doing so the ownership of radio stations became about individual profit rather than national security. The
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How to Write Radio News Scripts Introduction Learning how to write news for radio broadcasting can be a challenge because it is a format that has its own rules. First and foremost‚ radio news scripts are written for listeners‚ not readers or viewers. Follow these basic guidelines for writing a radio news script: Instructions Difficulty: Moderate Steps Step One Know that radio news writing is aimed toward the listener‚ so the writing should be clear and simple. No words that are difficult to
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The history of radio in Malaysia started in the year 1921. A.L. Birch‚ an electrical engineer from the Johor Government brought the original radio set into the country. (Radio Television Malaysia‚ 2010) Johor Wireless Association was set up and broadcasting through 300 meter waves began. (Radio Television Malaysia‚ 2010) This was then followed by the establishment of the same association in Penang and the Malayan Wireless Association in Kuala Lumpur. Studio of Broadcasting Corporation of Malaya was
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In Britain‚ radio broadcasting was dominated entirely by the BBC‚ which since the early 1920s had been developing a broad spectrum of programming including different genres of music and speech‚ including documentaries‚ drama‚ comedy‚ news‚ religious broadcasts‚ children’s programmes‚ schools broadcasts and sports coverage). BBC output was a unifying force within British culture‚ and has been written about extensively elsewhere. In the 1950s‚ a small but growing cohort of Rock and pop music fans
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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‚ therefore must know what they are doing‚ and what the people want to hear. In this paper‚ one will see what it takes to become a disc jockey‚ and how to keep that career going for a long time. Today in the music industry‚ many jobs
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Although the stories don’t directly mention when they take place‚ one could infer that they take place in the sixties due to the way things are described. In “The Enormous Radio”‚ the radio was large and difficult to move; “…with the assistance of her maid and the handyman Irene uncrated it and brought it into the living room.” The time period of the stories is paramount to why they are so interesting. John Cheever’s stories‚ “The Enormous Radio” and “The Season of Divorce” both break the mold of a typical
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Summary Radio is a film based on the life of James Robert “Radio” Kennedy and a football coach‚ Harold Jones. The film‚ released in 2003‚ was based in the 1960s in South Carolina. Radio is a man with an unspecified intellectual disability who shows and interest in the high school football team. The coach befriends Radio who begins to help out the football and the basketball team. The plot of the movie follows the development of the coach and Radio’s friendship and the town’s journey to eventually
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