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