Abstract
This paper explores how radio has matured over the years and where it is likely to go in the future. The author examines what areas of human communication is radio changing (news, entertainment, the "Global Village") and who uses radio technology (entertainers, politicians, propagandists, etc.). The paper includes moral or social issues have arisen from radio (censorship, the "shock jocks"). The paper discusses the future of the technology (streaming audio).

From the Paper
"The purpose of this research is to trace the history of radio broadcasting in the United States until the advent of television. We will see how the work of amateurs such as Frank Conrad led to the broadcast of the presidential election returns on November 2, 1920. A subsequent rush to build and buy receivers helped boost Westinghouse sales of radio sets. Radio Corporation of America won itself an audience of 300,000 broadcasting the Dempsey-Carpentier fight in 1921. AT&T presented the first commercial a year later. Yet a year after that AT&T began the establishment of network broadcasting. Government antitrust action in 1931 resulted in RCA, GE, and Westinghouse making their patents generally available. Meanwhile, the Radio Act of 1927 had established the Federal Radio Commission s "traffic policemen" of the air. "

Abstract
The paper looks at the beginnings of the KDKA radio broadcasting station and describes the events leading up to the first broadcast in 1920. The paper discusses the KDKA's growth through the years and explains how the station has managed to remain on the air for over 80 years.

From the Paper
"On November 2nd in 1920, four individuals in Pittsburgh, PA made history when they reported election results over airways, becoming one of the first broadcasting stations in the United States. While their broadcast consisted of only election results, their efforts brought personal, immediate information to listeners in a way that had never before been seen, and is commonly thought to be the birth of radio journalism (Finn, 294). While their original broadcast made history, the events preceding and following the occurrence made what was to become the KDKA radio station a landmark of radio broadcasting over the next 80 years."

Tags:broadcast, transmitter, radio, hosts

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This paper examines and evaluates the impact that international broadcasting has had on the cultural, political, and economical landscape of society. These factors are examined in terms of the impacts affected by law, communication, advertising or public relations.
Outline
Introduction
A New Era in the Federal Communications Commission
Time Periods Inclusive of the Radio Age
The United States was not the Leader of the Pack in the Beginning
1920 - 1934 Radio Industries Beginning
1935 - 1950: Exchanges and Advances in the Radio Industry
Radio Broadcasting on an International Basis
The Mission of the Public Broadcasting Network
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Broadcasting has greatly impacted society on an international level and has affected every aspect of life in terms of economically, politically and socially as well as spurring developments in the field of the law, revenues in advertising and advances beyond the wildest dreams of the originators of broadcasting in terms of communications. The once very large world is much smaller due to broadcasting advances and news that took days and even weeks or months to make the rounds is now heard simultaneously throughout the entire globe. Certainly broadcasting on an international basis has propelled globalization and just may have even given birth to the global society in existence today."

Tags:communication, global

Abstract
This paper discusses the history of broadcast radio, with a focus on the pre-television golden age of radio. Various types of radio shows, and the similarities and differences with television broadcasting are examined. The effect of TV competition and rise of music as the primary form of radio broadcast is considered as well. The paper concludes with a overview of talk radio.

From the Paper
"In the early days of television the new medium was sometimes referred to as radio with pictures. This saying was soon forgotten as television came into its own and radio evolved in new directions. However it provides guidance into what radio was like in its golden age from the ... 's when broadcast radio first developed until the ...'s when a television set became a typical feature of an American home. Radio in the golden age was broadly television..."

Tags:radio, music, television, talk radio, broadcast, television

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This paper examines radio regulation in Canada when radio first emerged in the 1920sand 1930s. It focuses on the government's objectives in creating the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Canadian Radio Broadcast Corporation (CRBC).

Abstract
This paper is a Porter's Five Forces analysis of the broadcasting industry in response to the Sirius and XM satellite radio case. The paper comprises both the television and radio arms of the industry.

Tags:Sirius XM, satellite radio, broadcasting industry, television, cable, Porter's Five Forces

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The paper discusses how the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, founded in 1936, is the oldest existing broadcasting service in Canada and it is owned and operated by the Canadian government. However, the paper looks at a website with the name "The Canadian Section of the Broadcast Archive, maintained by Barry Mishkind - www.oldradio.com that states that "one of Marconi's famous early wireless telegraphy stations was set up in Glace Bay Nova Scotia, in 1902." So, the paper explores how perhaps, the history of radio has an earlier beginning prior to the establishment of CBC.

From the Paper
"The beginning of radio in Canada was more than the program "Sergeant Preston of the Royal Mounties" and Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadian orchestra. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, founded in 1936, is the oldest existing broadcasting service in Canada. The corporation is owned and operated by the Canadian government. However, a website with the name "The Canadian Section of the Broadcast Archive, maintained by Barry Mishkind - [1]www.oldradio.com states that "one of Marconi's famous early wireless...""

Tags:canadian, radio, history

Abstract
This paper analyzes and suggests solutions to the problems faced by Citadel Broadcasting Company, which owns many broadcast radio stations. First, the paper examines the causes of the problems faced by the company. This is followed by a detailed description of Citadel Broadcasting Company. Then the paper analyzes why share prices of Citadel have declined recently, suggesting several reasons. Four steps are suggested for improving Citadel's revenue. The paper concludes that if management follows these step the company could establish a financial report that would entice investors.

From the Paper
"The cause of the problem is that many times perception is reality. The general perception of broadcast radio is that it is less a viable commodity than it formerly was. This is due to the fact that the number of individuals listening to broadcast radio has been steadily dropping over the last few years. Since the rates that radio broadcast stations can charge their advertisers are based on the amount of listeners, this decline directly affects radio's bottom line."

Tags:investors, revenue, economic downturn, radio, advertisement

Abstract
The paper shows how radio advertising created a demand for certain modes of dress, entertainment and music at the same time as it worked to produce a society more pliant to powerful interest groups. The paper discusses how the radio also served to perpetuate stereotypes that marginalized some groups while elevating others. The paper concludes that American popular culture - even to this very day - owes at least part of its nature to the old-fashioned radio.

From the Paper
"One of the most significant things that radio did for American popular culture was to make the siren call of that culture more pervasive than ever before. That is to say, before the advent of the radio, people could really only be exposed to the newest fad, fashion or technological product by venturing outdoors, by permitting a door-to-door salesman into the house or by purchasing a subscription to the local newspaper. However, because radio did not require anyone to leave the home in order to be inundated with advertising promos, did not require that someone admit a stranger into their residence or did not even require that someone be able to read the printed word, radio became an extraordinarily effective means of "commodifying" popular culture even more than it already was."

Tags:broadcasting, promotions, consumers, products, entertainment, stereotypes