MST 303 Quiz 2
First person narrator as participant (Audio)
("I" OR "WE")
Second person narration (Audio)
("YOU")
"March of Time"
DRAMATIZATIONS OF NEWS STORIES (audio)
What country did we discover had invented magnetic tape recording at the end of WWII?
Germany
Edwin Armstrong
RADIO SYSTEM - FREQUENCY MODULATION (FM RADIO); use with television audio
Communications Act of 1934 and what it established
REGULATE ALL FORMS OF INTERSTATE COMMUNICATION INCLUDING RADIO, TELEPHONE, AND TELEGRAPH
Walter Winchell
becomes popular news reporter in the US
What was the speed war? What were the three recording speeds and how were the records different?
began with Columbia Records introducing the 33 1/3 rpm LP (long playing) record and RCA introducing the 45 rpm record which becomes immensely popular in the 1950's. Both replace the 78 rpm records of the 30's and 40's.
Collapse of vaudeville and its relationship to radio
rise of radio caused the collapse
Press Radio War - the name of the agreement reached
the Biltmore Agreement
Unidentified receiver of a story (Audio)
the audience member becomes part of the program
Press Radio War - what the radio newscasters were called who were allowed to "comment" on news stories
they were called commentators and permits the use of commentators to comment on the news with no limitations
musical bridge
to convey the passing of time
broadcast of "War of the Worlds & why was it so successful in affecting America
was written using a radio news style to make the audience think they were listening to a real news event & people thought it was real
dead air
(no sound) between program segments and news reports
Three News Wire Services of the 30's
1. Associated Press (AP) 2. United Press (UP) 3. International News Service (INS)
Two Inherent strengths of radio drama
1. INTIMATE QUALITY - The audience tended to bond with the people whose voices they heard 2. ABSTRACT NATURE - "Theatre of the Mind." The audience had to supply mental images of the characters and action since there were no images to watch
Percentage of homes with radio at the start and end of the 30's
1930 - 46% 1935 - 65% 1940 - 81%
Father Charles Coughlin
ANTI-ROOSEVELT AND ANTI-NEW DEAL, RAN FOR PRESIDENT
Press Radio War - the last wire service to sell to broadcasters in 1939
AP AGREES TO SELL NEWS COPY TO RADIO, EFFECTIVELY ENDING THE AGREEMENT
What change came to the radio networks as a result of the chain broadcasting rules? What network changed it's name and to what?
As a result of the rule limiting ownership of one radio network to one company, NBC Blue changes to ABC
ABA Canon 35 and what it did
BANS THE USE OF RADIO, RECORDINGS, OR PHOTOGRAPHY IN COURTROOMS. THE BAN WILL LAST FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS.
voice characterization
BEING ABLE TO TELL WHAT THE CHARACTER WAS LIKE FROM THE SOUND OF THEIR VOICE
Edward R. Murrow
CBS Radio's European Bureau Chief, broadcasts live reports ("London After Dark")
C.E. Hooper
CREATES COMPETITION FOR THE CROSSLEY RATINGS, THE HOOPERATINGS, WHICH RATHER THAN TAKEN THE NEXT DAY WERE TAKEN WHILE PEOPLE WERE LISTENING
Floyd Gibbons
FIRST DAILY NETWORK NEWSCASTS ON NBC BLUE
Mutual Broadcasting System
FOURTH RADIO NETWORK TO BE CREATED
Wheeler-Lee Act and what it did
GIVES THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION (FTC) THE POWER TO REGULATE FALSE OR MISLEADING ADVERTISING.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
INAUGURATED FOR HIS FIRST TERM, FIRESIDE CHATS
verbal reinforcement
INFORMATION BY WHAT THE CHARACTERS SAY TO WHAT COMPENSATE FOR WHAT THE AUDIENCE CANNOT SEE
Edward Noble
NBC Blue is sold to him and renames it the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in 1945.
Third person omniscient narrator (Audio)
OMNISCIENT NARRATOR - Knew things about the story that the characters did not
Herb Morrison
ON HAND IN NEW JERSEY FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE DIRIGIBLE HINDENBERG. HIS RECORDED COVERAGE BECOMES RADIO HISTORY.
Radio signature
OPENING THAT PRECEDED THE EPISODE'S CONTENT TO MAKE THE AUDIENCE AWARE IT WAS ABOUT TO START
OWI
Office of War Information - formed to dispense press information about the war effort.
David Sarnoff
PRESIDENT OF RCA WHICH BUYS OUT GE AND WESTINGHOUSE.
Flashback (Audio)
TELLING THE STORY IN THE PRESENT BUT PRESENTING THE ACTION FROM THE PAST
BMI and who created it and why
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS (NAB) CREATED BMI TO SERVE AS COMPETITION FOR ASCAP IN THE MUSIC ROYALTY BUSINESS
What union staged a strike against the radio networks between 1942 and 1944?
The American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
Press Radio War - the wire service that first provided broadcast style copy in 1936
UP
Press Radio War - what wire services decided to sell to the radio broadcasters in 1935
UP AND INS
VOA
Voice of America - official radio arm of the US government providing programming in other languages around the world.
Orson Welles
War of the Worlds show
What did the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) do?
investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties