College radio

profession. The world's first radio disc jockey was Ray Newby, of Stockton, California. In 1909, at 16 years of age, he began regularly playing records on a small transmitter while a student at Herrold College of Engineering and Wireless, located in San Jose, California, under the authority of radio pioneer Charles "Doc" Herrold. (“History of the Disk Jockey”). By 1910, regular radio broadcasting had started to use "live" as well as prerecorded sound. In the early radio age, content typically included

Serials and situation comedies made radio a national medium, with millions tuning into the same program. The record industry grew just as rapidly. By the end of the decade, people everywhere were humming the same popular songs, while actors and announcers became celebrities. Even more dramatic

going to be a Breakdown of 2 UK based radio programs highlighting various aspects. Followed by a conclusion that will consist of a comparison of the two. The first program I am going to analyze is The Radio 1 Breakfast show. Highlighting key aspects of the show and gathering an understanding of the audience that the show is broadcast to, to how they achieve and maintain these statistics on a daily basis. Followed by the ‘Kiss Radio Breakfast Show’ Body The Radio 1 Breakfast Show has been running since

I Believe in Playing a Different Radio Station There are so many different radio stations out there, but it is very common for one to choose a very particular radio station. The ever popular is FM radio and the song that many people play the most is WIIFM. I believe in playing a different radio station. Knowing that I am going to go to college in just two years I have the pressure to get involved in the community and as expected my most listened to radio station decided to play. I was shocked

earned some extra money” (Folkart, 1986). Arlin’s popularity grew fast, “He was said to have become radio station KDKA” (Covil). KDKA located in Pittsburgh was the first commercial radio station in America and began broadcasting in 1920.

wait all day to hear your favorite song played on the radio? Have you wondered how it was when the radio first came out? What were the DJ’s like and what were the most popular things heard on the radio? If you have thought about any of these things then keep reading! Everyone is thinking about weird things on a bus or when waiting for someone to pick them up but to keep you busy you can read this and fill your wonders with how the radio started. In 1909 Scott Leon invented the Phonautograph

The radio has been the first device to allow for mass communication. Radio development began as ‘wireless telegraphy.” In the 1920’s the radio was basically used to contact ships that were out at sea. Radio communications were mostly gained by the use of Morse code messages. During the war, the military used it almost entirely and it became a costly tool in sending and getting messages to the armed forces. In the 1920s, after the war, radios began to grow in popularity amongst the people. Across

Introduction In this project, I am going to investigate the question ‘are cell phones dangerous’. I will show how a cell-phone works and how radiation caused by cell-phones may affect you, I will show you different viewpoints from different sources and go through identifying key points and evaluate their arguments I will then give you my own opinion based on the facts and research I have conducted. What is the electromagnetic spectrum? The electromagnetic spectrum is a range of different Electromagnetic

Lee De Forest Lee De Forest was born Aug. 26, 1873, Council Bluffs, Iowa. De Forest was the son of a Congregational minister. His father moved the family to Alabama and there assumed the presidency of the nearly bankrupt Talladega College for Negroes. Excluded by citizens of the white community who resented his father 's efforts to educate blacks, Lee and his brother and sister made friends from among the black children of the town and spent a happy although sternly disciplined childhood

Radios which became popular in the 1920, changed the way information was spread a crossed America. The 1920’s in American was a crazy and exciting time, there was so much social and political change going on. People were beginning to work less but at the same time make higher minimum wage. Since people had more money and more free time it helped created the radio and movie industry in America. Over time the radio became a product of mass market. By 1923, 60 percent of American families had purchased