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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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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Radio Advertising Radio advertising is one of the earliest and most popular forms of advertising in today ’s world of mass media. Although television has shifted much of the audience away from radio it is undisputable that radio is always there. Radio is broadcasted everywhere twenty-four hours a day and always has the breaking news. Walter Cronkite‚ a famous broadcast journalist‚ started his career in radio and concluded‚ "Radio has its own special strengths and contributions. While TV pulls
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Harvard Referencing Hetal Patel‚ Student Support Officer in conjunction with Emily Shields‚ Padma Inala & Nicola Beck‚ Subject Librarians August 2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In constructing this guide‚ a number of handbooks from various institutions were consulted. Permission to use information from these institutes has been granted. The authors would like to thank and acknowledge the following institutes: David Rudd – University of Bolton Geoffrey Ward – University of Essex
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