... stations were regulated and licensed by the Department of Commerce. With the number of stations growing faster and faster, the department began to specify hours and wavelengths for which each station would be permitted to operate. However, in 1926, a federal court ruling stated that no one had a legal right to force restrictions. This resulted in the interference between signals from stations ... to the radio act of 1927. Found on FCC.com, The Act of 1927 stated that the newly founded "Federal Radio Commission" would regulate station frequencies and on-air hours. Within the Act was the ...

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... are assured that his show will conform to acceptable standards of responsible broadcasting," said John Hogan, president and CEO of Clear Channel Radio. Stern replied that he had tripled the station's revenues and that New York advertisers paid $15,000 per minute. That figure alone shows how much revenue a talk show such as Howard Stern can help US economy and if ... and their kids grow up fine. Howard Stern is a radio show that is not out there in front of your nose. To listen to it you have to switch the station. If you don't believe in what he says or don't like what he talks about th...

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... , and then heavily choreographed. (Eric Cramer 1-25)There has been many of cases where they the people have found out the candles and the television station got cough and suede. In the television show Survivor the the station was sued because producers thought a certain individual was bad for ratings. Therefore, the told the other contestants to vote them off the island and ... ...

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... very often created and based mostly on speculation based on rumors. The media feeds itself and bombards most people with news that is either speculative, or manipulated according to the station's or editor's views based on their political, religious, or general life style. He feels that anyone making a decision based on the media must be better educated in order to really ... impact at the time, until it was broadcasted on TV and all the world leaders were parading at the funeral. He first found out about 9/11 when he watching a European station and at first thought it was an accident. ...

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... pillow, reclined my side of the sofa, and grabbed my soft velvet afghan. I pressed the button on the remote control; the TV flared to life, and I was appalled with every station I switched to, from factual stories in the news, to the violence in the movies being shown, to the so called comedy of the cartoons, the shows all revolved around violence ... by TV with the same importance. Any violence is TV news, the video capture and sound bite is what TV deems important. I keep clicking again and again. Is there any station broadcasting news that is not "violent"? I choose next to find a mo...

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... share the Stanley Cup Finals. The NHL's championship series. (It should also be noted that ABC owns ESPN). The problem with TV deal is that ESPN is a paid for cable station, which means that you can only watch the finals games on ESPN if you have cable. Because of this, hockey doesn't get as much exposure as other sports do too ... was on ESPN for people to watch in all parts of the country except the Tri-State area. Here, we are expected to watch the game on the Devils local station, which happens to be FOX Sports Net NY. The only problem with this is that my cable deal doesn't give me...

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... into or up to this great responsibility, that there has to be something to fall back on. Unfortunately, that fall back seems to lead back to station programming. I guess it is now or never that station programming needs to step up and think about what their programming is, and who will be watching. I am enrolled in a class called Culture, Race, and Media ... ...

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... rating and parents won't have to worry about it. Many TV's now are being made with the V-Chip in them. It really is a good way for parents to block the station and keep teens away from TV violence. As a result to this teens have been less aggressive towards other classmates and other teens, many who watch violent TV become very careless ... ; it's the choice of the parents to take this into consideration. Many teens will rebel but set them down and talk to them; make sure they know why their favorite station was taken away and how it could affect them if they got too immune to violent pr...

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... an outside group step in and stop what is being shown. A couple of years ago a man pulled out a gun and shot himself in front of a new conference. All the news station had their own video of it and each had to decide when to stop showing the recording of the event. Do they show the man in front of the group ... his final curse and then stop? Do they show him pulling the trigger and killing himself and then stop? Do they show the entire event and the reactions afterward? Each station decided when to stop. According to some studies, the violence acts shown on TV, inspires children to do t...

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... operators were particularly hit hard by the restrictions. The importance of radio to the military was immediately noticeable. In August, 1914, the Belgians had to completely destroy a major international communications station located near Brussels, in order to keep it from falling into the hands of the advancing German army. Immediately following World War One, the Navy Department attempted to gain a complete ... over all radio communication. That effort failed, so the Navy began to develop ideas for promoting interest in radio, since amateurs were a ready reserve of operators. On Octo...

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... local news. Stark says, "A 1990 study published by the Columbia Journalism Review found that eighteen of thirty-two stories analyzed on local news were inaccurate or misleading, and the station usually made no attempt to correct the mistakes." (387). Clearly, these misconceptions and inaccurate information are affecting the people. These lies have been causing the people confusion. People do ... ...

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... children see this material anyway? The American people put pressure on the big television companies to begin a ratings system on TV shows several years ago. The result was every large station suggesting their own system, with the exclusion of NBC. The government then opted for a system similar to the one used to rate movies. Generic letters suggesting a certain group of people ... ...

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... in 2003. Films premiering this year that are believed to help increase revenues even more are "X-men 2" and "Dare Devil," which is in theaters now. Fox also increased their television station revenues by 101 million dollars. Fox's TV revenues in 2001 were 499 million dollars and jumped to 598 million dollars in 2002, and they hope to break the 650 million ... ...

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... a greater influence in our lives than our parents and teachers do. The broadcasters are now the ones who have the power over us. What they decide to air on their station is what is now used to influence our everyday lives. Whether it is our fashion style to who we want to vote for, they help to influence it. The broadcasters ... ...

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... zoned into their television set and sit there and watch it all day long without moving a single muscle. It is very easy to become addicted to a certain television show or station. Being addicted to the program is what the people who run the show want you to be so that the show can get more ratings and make more money. If ... ...

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... were huge. The bill in effect increase the numbe of stations a company could own. This caused a frenzy of buying and selling of radio stations. The bill also effected television and station ownership, it removed the number of stations that could be owned (as long as less than 35% of Americas homes were reached). Various other changes took place as well they ... ...

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... zoned into their television set and sit there and watch it all day long without moving a single muscle. It is very easy to become addicted to a certain television show or station. Being addicted to the program is what the people who run the show want you to be so that the show can get more ratings and make more money. If ... ...

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... information for 50 years. But with today's technology, a new standard has been in the works, HDTV (High Definition Television), a much higher quality signal. In September of 1992, the first television station in the country to send HDTV signals over the air waves was NBC's WRC-TV in Washington DC. It was then obvious that the future of TV would be HDTV ... ...

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... . The content and quality programs on British television aren't compromised in order to gain a larger audience share. Cable and satellite have given American viewers more access to quality television, with a station for every niche in society. Still, for many Americans, whether strategically or financially, cable and satellite are not available options. These Americans are left to sustain on broadcast television, which ... ...

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... states that some stations play mainly non-violent cartoons. In reality, one of the only nonviolent children's networks is Nickelodeon. The most violent children's network is The Cartoon Network. The station, dedicated to children's cartoons, thrives on violence. Some violence in cartoons is acceptable. Analysts have divided violence into two categories: There are two types of violence in cartoons. One is ... ...

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... ago, but now it's lying around anywhere in the world and it's popular among the young and old. Six years ago, I was using walkman, an electronic gadget that received radio station signals. There were no such things as Mp3 players. Personally, I used most of the main modes of media such as television, radio, newspaper and internet. But since becoming an overseas ... ...

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... age. Also on the radio, "clean" versions of songs are being played but these songs still say things young children shouldn't be hearing. Most kids now listen to whatever radio station and are smart enough to know what is really being said behind all the "bleeps." Again, music is another thing that I believe parents should be aware of what their kids ... ...

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... they show conflict, win-lose scenarios, betrayal, stealing, cheating, jealousy and many more immorally wrong way of life. On one network, contestants are eating live cockroaches on Fear Factor. Another station features a man on Survivor lying about his grandmother's death in order to boost his chances of winning $1 million. Click the remote again and see the utterly rich Paris Hilton living ... ...

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... meadows of flowers. You would be there most of the day eat lunch around a campfire and get back around 8:30. On trip number two; you would go to the science station in Des Moines. There you would get to see a wide variety of rocks, plants, animals, and much much more. You would also get to eat lunch in the break rooms ... ...

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... information will be provided to Sponsors. The Beauty Fax Competition will be publicized in the TV, radio, and print media, including but not limited to: -- Shanghai Cable Network -- Eastern Radio Station -- Xinmin Evening Newspaper -- Shanghai Fashion Magazine -- Eastern Magazine -- Cable TV Newspaper. Awards will be given in Sponsors' names, for: -- "Sponsor's Best Personal Image Award" (the Grand Prize) -- "Sponsor's Best Clothing ... ...

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