Intro to Mass Media Exam #2

Guglielmo Marconi

credited as the inventor of the radio.

Telegraph Technology

19th century technology used to communicate through a series of long and short clicks thanks to cables across the ocean and countries.

RCA

The Radio Corporation of America, was pivotal in the development and commercialization of radio and television technology, playing a key role in the entertainment industry. Including creating NBC

Radio Act of 1927

Established the Federal Radio Commission to oversee regulation of the airways and correct interference problems caused by excessive and overlapping frequencies

The Golden Age of Radio

A period between the 1930’s and mid 1950’s where radio entertainment was cheap and served as an inexpensive form of entertainment that forced people to plan around it

National Radio Networks

4 national stations founded by Mutual Broadcasting Networks their programming set the stage for modern television programming like soap operas

Communications Act of 1934

An act that replaced the Federal Radio Commission with the Federal Communications Commission

Fairness Doctrine

A FCC rule made in 1949 that stated radio broadcasts are obligated to give equal time to all sides of a political issue

Border Stations

Stations broadcasting from across the Mexican border because they were not regulated by the FCC and broadcasted at 25,000 watts higher covering most of North America leading to the played music like country and western that could not be heard on regular radio stations

Communications Satellite Act of 1962

An Act to provide for the establishment, ownership, operation, and regulation of a commercial communications satellite system, and for other purposes

First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

The amendment that guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition. It prohibits Congress from restricting the press or the rights of individuals.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Created by the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was charged with generating funding for public television and radio outlets

Local Marketing Agreements

Due to the effects of economic recession some stations initiated LMA’s to share facilities and resource leading to the consolidation of industry

Contemporary Hit Radio

focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts

Fireside Chats

Radio addresses by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression, aimed at informing and comforting the American public.

Podcasting

Employs downloadable rather than streamed programs that are easier to produce than internet radio