JREM 175 01 26 2012 Radio Broadcast News Wire services Press radio war 1933 1935 quicker on getting the news around news flash short announcement Biltmore Agreement an effort to avoid radio competing with primary hours of a newspaper sales Commentators emerged comment editorials CBS and NBC began to gather news CBS first to use stringers far away safe from headquarters worked on the story instead of sending people everywhere News hot commodity for advertisers prior to WWII US already knew about something going on over seas and hoping they wouldn t join but even though they did they knew mostly what was going on Edward R Murrow provided details of happenings to the English during the war Audiotape recorders became more technologically advanced WWI the government took over the airways Navy WWII no new radio licenses during the war Radio station revenue increased 155 million in 1940 to 310 in 1945 WWII after Pearl Harbor everyone wanted to know what was going on who was going to be getting hit next Revenue increase allowed NBC with necessary funds to invent in new technology Television The bubble burst Postwar Radio DJ s emerged after WWII like we know them now The records business began to change radio was cheaper portable in cars easy to manage 1950 s Alan Freed in Cleveland OH popular DJ first rock and roll DJ Mobility lower overhead Payola scandal late 1950 s DJ s getting paid under the table cash to play certain songs illegal Radio network programming decreased top talent and DJ s left radio for TV radio changed a lot AM came before FM AM amplitude modulation FM Radio Edwin H Armstrong frequency modulation WWII stalled developed of FM manufacturers and everyone was busy working on goods and stuff for the war to focus on radio After the war FCC thought TV audio should be in FM FCC began to offer FM station licenses AM before the war then FM 1945 FCC reserved 20 FM channels 88 1 91 9 exclusively for noncommercial radio classic school related hs radio stations Witk Rock music helped the growth of FM radio rock music saved radio 1965 FCC ruled that in cites with more than 100 000 residents AM and FM stations with the same owner had to separate programming at least 50 of the time people didn t focus just on those channels and their programs Public Radio Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 what established broadcasting NPR Washington D C in 1970 PRI Public Radio International 1982 very popular programs BBC world service studio 360 this American life the tavis live show APM American Public Media 2004 Prairie Home Companion Market Place As it Happens Educational stations College radio Modern radio networks Radio networks reemerged in a different form Disney radio ESPN radio localize it network and local programming West wood one network owned by NBC weather channel has a radio network ABC CBS news programming Moms and Pops station local stations Telecommunication Act of 1996 changed the ownership rules combined Ethnic and foreign language radio Talk radio shock jocks inappropriate things for radio Howard Stern huge shock jock cost his company 1 million a year in indecency fines moved to XM because no restrictions Bubba the love sponge out of south Florida talked about certain things messing with yourselves O P and Anthony radio to have sex in many and crazy places and report it including the cathedral in NY and got fired and are now on satellite radio Satellite Radio XM Satellite radio 2001 Sirius Satellite radio months later Pay for it less commercials one constant station always something on commercial set time programming defined Each have their own programming Sirius Paying Howard Stern millions on Merged in 2008 HD radio no one knows about it whats the point of it Radio and the Internet Pandora radio on the internet like satellite music by being so fine tuned Pandora station based on a certain artist where plays songs by them and then find artist similar to them to create your own playlist Early Television Philo T Farsnworth 1922 created images transmit an image Later in 1930 Farnsworth won his patent and received royalties from RCA RCA development Vadimir Zworykin and other engineers Felix the Cat silent movies were already out but was run by projection not wireless 1939 David Sarnoff displayed TV at World s Fair in NY FDR appeared on camera NBC scheduled broadcasting for NY only times it was just a still picture but people loved it NBC also had a mobile unit remotes broadcasting live from somewhere CBS experimented with color not compatible with RCA s system NTSC set national standard 525 line system rabbit ears resolution HD is 1 000s sometimes you could see the lines VHF channels very high frequency old TV two dials 23 stations on the air 1941 1942 Bulova bought first commercial clock WWII only six stations on the air CBS and RCA continued to fued over color nothing came much later after the war it took a while for TV to come color could not work on B W tv so have to buy all new set people didn t want to do that TV did not resume immediately after WWII 1948 TV became a mass medium TV s were very expensive first portable TV were black and white Reality TV Emerged during the freeze Folks in remote mountainous areas Mom and Pop companies Distant Programming 1948 1949 sports 30 of the programming 1949 1950 sports only 5 children s programs was tops Milton Berle Uncle Miltie Texaco Star Theater first appointment TV People s schedules were arranged around the TV schedule Seinfeld appointment TV people arranged their lives around that Much programming similar to early radio programs radio programs moved to TV Most programs were aired live 1951 I love Lucy filmed earlier not live TV 1950s TV newscast Meet the Press See it Now with Edward R Murrow 1951 Meet the Press is still on and running Tim Russet Best known talent and blacklisting Senator Joseph R McCarthy Red Channels The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television Lucy s husband Humphrey Boaguard very political and outspoken Live TV 1950s The golden age of television Programs were mostly live Pat Weaver president of NBC 1953 1955 Peter Pan The Today Show and Tonight shows Weaver networks should control programming not ad agencies Educational TV struggling Ford Foundation help out not ad supported television Color TV Color sets were expensive to manufacture had to change everything tv camera tv s vcr s etc CBS v RCA NTSC volunteered to study situation More members favored RCA than CBS 1953 RCA and CBS made peace RCA NBC