... COLONY POLITICS 34 THE INFLUENCE OF THE BBC EMPIRE SERVICE 39 ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL COLONIAL BROADCASTING CHAPTER THREE 61 THE NORTHERN RHODESIA INFORMATION 61 DEPARTMENT THE FIRST RADIO STATION 70 CABS AND THE SAUCEPAN SPECIAL 77 CHAPTER FOUR 90 ZNBC STRUCTURE AND POLICY OBJECTIVES 90 POLITICAL INTERFERENCE 93 CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION 102 RADIO AUDIENCE AND RESEARCH 106 POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ... The first was directly through shortwave receivers; the second through sets turned into local transmitting stations as in Kenya. The third method was rediffusion: Daventry would be re...

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... with its chipsets. Though there are similarities between the technological components and services offered by XM and Sirius, overall, each company has a different plan for its broadcasting system. XM's ground station transmits a signal to two geostationary satellites, dubbed "Rock" and "Roll," which bounce the signal to 1,700 radio repeaters nationwide. In contrast, Sirius uses three satellites in elliptical orbit. ... segmented, CD-quality radio channels. Unlike traditional radio, satellite can satisfy niche musical tastes because the listener base supporting the station is not confine...

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... but do not originate messages, such as telephone and microwave providers. This Act limits FCC regulation to interstate and international common carriers The third title Act deals with broadcast station requirements. The Federal Radio Commission (FRC) made many determinations regarding broadcasting regulations prior to 1934, and most provisions of the Radio Act of 1927 were included into Title ... over broadcast stations. Provisions in the U.S. code also link to the Communications Act; for example, one of them bars individuals from uttering obscene or vulgar language over a broadcast sta...

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... spectrum. Each frequency that is available under the radio/telephone/television spectrum is assigned to an individual entity that then communicates whatever messages or services it wants through that particular station. In my opinion, I believe that creating restrictions towards ownership of broadcast licenses is an excellent way to stimulate competition while eliminating bias reporting or programming. Despite ending possibilities for ... on the rule towards media cross-ownership. The media cross-ownership rule makes it where companies or business are limited to owning multiple media o...

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... to the present day radio and mass communication. Radio stations, through programming, omit their beliefs and opinions to a passive audience, whom largely cannot interact (unless they call the radio station) with the station. The meaning is absorbed by audiences, which is then spread amongst society and eventually forms consensus. However, semiologists, such as Rayner, Wall and Kruger (2001), argue that media texts ... meaning. To put this back into the context of radio, this is why radio stations have call in programs where listeners can present their convictions to a topic determined b...

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... using these, as they had now been dubbed, "wireless" waves. Three years later, in 1887: Lodge continued his work when he successfully demonstrated how a receiver could be tuned into a transmitting station. However, it wasn't until 1901 that these technologies were brought together by Italian Guglielmo Marconi, who broadcast the first transmission across the Atlantic. This inaugural Trans Atlantic signal was simply ... the bounds and most of the rules of the Theatre of the Footlights.". Radio broadcasting in Australia began on the 23rd of November 1923. 2SB was Australia's very first rad...

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... telegraphy is considered valuable for military and naval purposes in many wars, especially in the first two world wars. The Royal Naval Air Station on Boaz Island, Bermuda was consider to be the most important classified wireless telegraphy transmission station for the Royal Navy. But wireless telegraphy was also use commercially in between places divided by the ocean. Installations where made between ... ...

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... a nearly 30-year-old ban on newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership. The law, which was passed in 1975, prohibited a company that owned a newspaper in a local community from owning a radio or television station within the same market2. Although it seems like a very cut and dry topic, it has actually brought up a great deal of controversy between those with altering points of view on ... nearly impossible to consolidate all of the power. I feel that for this reason, it is unfair and unjust to disallow large media companies to own both a newspaper and radio/television station in any given mar...

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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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... this disaster, most maritime nations required wireless telegraphs on all large ships. The Marconi experiment eventually led to the development of the radio. On an evening in November 1920, radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania went on the air with the first live radio broadcast. By 1922, 564 radio stations were on the air. Today, thousands of radio stations broadcast our ... ...

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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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... audiences quickly and easily. Newspapers were being absorbed into national chains. Mass-circulation magazines attracted broad, national audiences. The most important communications vehicle, however, was radio. The first commercial radio station in America, KDKA in Pittsburgh, began broadcasting in 1920, and the first national radio network, the National Broadcasting Company, was formed in 1927. The remarkable prosperity of the 1920's shaped ... ...

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... retune as they move away from the area covered by one transmitter to that of another. With DAB, however a car radio does not need to be retuned, because the wanted station will be in the same frequency block everywhere within a national or regional service area. The broadcasters" strategy for the introduction of DAB must give special consideration to ensuring there are ... ...

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