Television Vocab
This physical reality stands in the way of everyone exercising their right to broadcast.
What is spectrum scarcity?
This was the sponsor of the Burns and Allen and Sam Spade broadcasts.
What is Wildroot cream oil?
All affiliates are [blank] but not all [blank] are affliates.
What are stations?
In exchange for a gov. granted license, private companies (stations) promise to broadcast within the confines of this central idea.
What is the public interest?
This person was the head of the RCA
Who is David Sarnoff?
Stations must apply for this in order to broadcast.
What are licences?
This radio play about two sisters we listened to is in a genre which relies heavily on sound.
What is Suspense "The Sisters"?
What is DuMont?
Brrr! The licensing freeze lasted between these years for this reason.
What is 1948-1952 and to repair the channel assignment plan?
As a result of the 1941 report, RCA made this major decision.
What is the decision to sell off NBC Blue?
This acronym refers to stations that are owned by networks.
What are O&Os? (Owned and Operated stations)
This type of advertisement was used in The Burns and Allen show
What is integrated and direct advertisement?
This is considered the headquarters that distributes programming to affiliates.
What is a Network?
1. NAB & Networks
2. FCC and Congress
3. Viewers
These regulations implemented by William Paley forced stations to buy fully packaged programming.
What are guaranteed clearances?
This critcism was leveled at radio when AD agencies ran the show.
What is hyper-commercialism?
Television was thought of as a [blank].
What is a welcome guest in the house?
AT&T, GE, AND Westinghouse shared technology through this type of buisness agreement.
What is a patent pool?
This group formed after the second radio conference to fight the payment of music royalties.
What is the NAB?
This strategy for organizing radio and TV programming ties programs to the clock.
What are dayparts?
This model of government-industry relations involves markets overseen but not guided by an adaptive and responsive federal government.
The sinking of the Titanic led to this peice of legislation.
What is the radio act of 1912?
The FRC’S predecessor held a series of these to determine the direction of radio.
What are radio conferences?
This piece of legislation led to the FCC replacing the FRC.
What is the Communications Act of 1934?
These were the consequences of the licence freeze. (3 parts)
What is number of VHF stations grew, number of TV sets in homes grew, and the structure of network TV froze.