Radio has been around for decades. It is something we all have interacted with at some point in our lives. Radio stations have problems that need help being fixed. This report addresses the problems facing KFJM (90.7 FM), a public radio station in Grand Forks, which is a member station of NPR and Prairie Public. This will be accomplished by observing what NPR stations needs to do to still exist in the current digital age. It will start by introducing what NPR is as well as KFJM (90.7 FM), a public
Telecommunications act of 1996 affected both station managers’ duties and community programming by radio stations. According to Keith’s Radio Station, the act “forced radio station management to adjust and evolve to ensure that radio stations remain financially competitive.” Due to the Telecommunications act, individual companies can own a number of stations from the same market, which affects station managers because they have to manage many more stations and operations in the same building now than
In the start of the 20th century radios offered the people an immediate coverage of any news that needed to be told. Not only was radio one of the fastest ways to get news at the time, it also gave its listeners entertainment such as sports, music and comedy skits. In the early 1800’s, any news that needed to be sent often took days to reach its recipient. Later on inventions such as the telegraph and the telephone allowed messages to be delivered in faster way. In 1887 Henry hertz in the Hertzian
Micro radio has been considered by many as the best way for serving local communities for a simple reason - by its nature LPFM embodies diverse programming, local ownership and community affairs. Supporters of the micro radio claim that it facilitates localism and diversity in many ways. To start with, low power radio stations are considerably cheap, easy to establish and operate and therefore are affordable to local groups and individuals to launch, while high power radio stations costing over
Radio stations started the new wave of media technology during the era of Industrialism. As technology evolves, the radio stations and managers adapt with the respective technologies. Radio Stations and the music industry parallel as the technology progresses. In the current era of music, people buy their music through online distribution sites such as Spotify, Apple Music and third party sites. Previously, music was sold on cassettes, compact discs, and vinyl. The one thing that seems the same is
If you’re someone who enjoys listening to the radio, you may have wondered who decides what songs get played on the air. The answer lies in the influence of public relations. It’s a difficult task to please station listeners, artists, and the radio station itself, but the use of public relations can navigate this balance in pleasing as many people as possible through song plugging. Song plugging has been a part of the music industry for many years and it continues to evolve with technology innovation
The Songs On The Radio Are Okay As an avid music listener, I tend to tune into the local radio stations when wanting a daily dose of music, but in these last few years I’d rather dig out my old iPod and aux cord than endure the repetitive new age nonsense that plays on a continuous loop every two hours. No matter what button your finger eagerly clicks, you’ll have at least three stations playing the same Justin Bieber song about loving oneself or some offspring sound with a regurgitated beat and
Radios Impact in the 1920’s Do you wish you heard the first radio station broadcast in America? In the book “The Great Gatsby”, by F.Scott Fitzgerald was influenced by radio in the period of the 1920’s. In his book, radio is an illusion of Fitzgerald’s opinion calling the 1920’s the Jazz era. Radio was a big influence on Americans in the 1920’s. It helped people to communicate and share ideas. Radio provided Americans a source of entertainment that they could
their pocket with devices like the iPhone. Before that there was the iPod, CD’s, cassettes, the radio and record players. Not only are people able to carry their music with them, but there are also multiple applications to download or stream music from. With all of the different ways music can be accessed multiple questions arise regarding how artists will earn money from their music, how radio stations will be effected, and issues with copyright. Within the past week I have kept a
Jaylen Poe Mr. Shedlock ELA 8 January 24, 2023 How Radios Affected Society The invention of the radio brought life and entertainment to all of America. It was invented to send transmitters over long distances. Broadcasters send messages using radio waves instead of wires. It began broadcasting commercials after being able to transmit sound. Radio stations broadcasted news, music, sports, drama, and a variety of shows. The invention of the radio astonished America by building popularity in companies
How did the radio stations Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty contribute to the democratization of the Eastern Block? In October 2017 it will be 24 years since Radio Free Europe stopped broadcasting to Hungary. The generations – our fathers and grandfathers, the millions of people regardless their social status, whether they were peasants, working or middle class, even members of the Communist / Socialist leadership - they all listened to Radio Free Europe. People had two sets of radios. One was a Soviet-made
of Radio Formats “I get to choose the radio station today!” Kristin declared defiantly as she hopped into her father’s car. Harry groaned loudly as his preteen daughter flipped the dial from his precious classic rock station to a pop station playing the torturous din of Justin Bieber music. Although Harry would disagree, one of the best aspects of radio is the variety of formats. From talk and sports radio to the numerous music formats, there is something that speaks to every listener. Radio formats
With the invention of the radio in 1895 and the airplane in 1903, it would not be until the 1920s that the two groundbreaking inventions would be meaningfully incorporated into one another. Therefore, during the 1920s, engineers continually evolved and redesigned radio and the airplane in order to be a mutual benefit. This evolution would continue up to modern day, though the capabilities of radio use in airplanes made some of its greatest progress from its initial invention to the end of WWII
of pirate station in the UK, where does pirate radio stand today? Has the technological advancement of digital media forms, resulted in the decline of underground alternative radio? With the internet enabling everyone to host their own radio program/ station does it better accommodate audio transmission than broadcasting via the radio wave? According to Pirate radio Frequencies (2010), documenting the pirate radio scene in London, on DJ declares that "the Internet has killed pirate radio, and I don't
B100 is a radio station that is licensed to Muscatine, Iowa but broadcasts to both of the Iowa City and Cedar Rapids areas. The station itself is listened to by an audience on 99.7 FM. The show provides its listeners with today's top hits in the music industry, comical segments, giveaways, and news updates. One of the more popular and favorable podcast is the Second Date Update hosted by DJ’s Brooke and Jubal. The podcast was such a hit that other radio stations in different areas such as Seattle
CBS Corporation, in the past (1928– 74) Columbia Broadcasting System and (1974– 97) CBS Inc., real American broad communications organization that works the CBS national radio and TV stations and that incorporates the Simon and Schuster distributing gatherings and the Showtime link arrange, among different property. The organization was fused in 1927 as United Independent Broadcasters, Inc. Its name was changed a year later to Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., and in 1974 it embraced the name CBS
Overtime, radio stations have needed to adjust in order to function. And due to that, the revolution of the internet has played a pivotal role. Throughout the nineties, there were online radio stations that would play music and talk shows, there are however, very limited stations that hold a collection of music or songs which are similar to the new internet radio stations that we presently enjoy. Nowadays, with the huge collection of music on the internet, and ease of file sharing and downloading
changed the course of history. Undoubtedly, the radio was one of these inventions. How does radio work? First, the electricity flows into the transmitter and it would form electrons. Therefore it would be able to vibrate up and down to create radio waves. Then, radio waves travel into the air. Finally, the waves arrive at the receiver antenna and make elections vibrate inside to it, and this is how we are able to receive sounds from the radio. The radio was created by an Italian inventor, Guglielmo
Many of the inventions created during the 20s like the car industry with Ford’s Model T, the use of radios everywhere, and even the impact new kitchen appliances had on women shaped American culture and the way Americans live today. Ford’s creation of The Model T was the world’s first universal car that got America driving everywhere. This model was first
the nation’s broadcast radio stations, which promoted their owners’ businesses. [17] Nonprofit groups such as churches and schools operated another third of the stations. As the number of radio stations outgrew the available frequencies, interference became problematic, and the government stepped into the fray. The Radio Act of 1927 established the Federal Radio Commission (FRC) to oversee regulation of the airwaves. A year after its creation, the FRC reallocated station bandwidths to correct interference