Television Vocab
This alliterative technological limitation is what prevents all people from exercising their right to broadcast.
What is spectrum scarcity?
The Burns and Allen and Sam Spade broadcasts were sponsored by this company. (Sorry for splitting hairs!)
What is Wildroot Cream Oil?
All affiliates are these but not all these are affiliates.
What are stations?
In exchange for a government-granted license, private companies (stations) promised to be a positive influence and broadcast within the confines of this central idea.
What is the public interest?
He was the head of the RCA (Radio Corporation of America).
Who is David Sarnoff?
In order to broadcast, stations must apply for these from the FCC.
What are licences?
Starring Agnes Moorehead and Ida Lupino, this is the episode title of a radio anthology series that relies heavily on sound.
What is Suspense's "The Sisters"?
Owned by a television set manufacturer, this network went out of business in 1956.
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?
Don't be sad that the RCA decided to sell off this network after a 1941 report.
What is NBC Blue?
Stations that are possessed by networks are known by these two words, both starting with the same letter.
What are Owned and Operated?
The Burns and Allen Show utilized these types of advertising.
What are integrated and direct advertisement?
The headquarters that distributes programming to affiliates is called this.
What is a Network?
These are the three factors that feed into the Television code.
What are:
1. NAB & Networks
2. FCC and Congress
3. Viewers?
William Paley forced stations to buy fully-packaged programming by implementing these regulations.
What are guaranteed clearances?
When ad agencies were in control of radio, this was a common criticism of the medium.
What is hyper-commercialism?
Also the title of a 1957 short made in cooperation with the NAB, television was thought to be this.
What is a welcome guest in the house?
It may be shallow, but AT&T, GE, and Westinghouse shared technology through this alliterative type of business agreement.
What is a patent pool?
This group formed after the second radio conference to fight the payment of music royalties.
What is the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)?
Certain radio/TV programs being tied to certain hours of the day is part of this scheduling strategy.
What is dayparting?
Markets overseen (but not guided by) an adaptive and responsive federal government are features of this model of government-industry relations.
What is corporate liberalism?
The sinking of the Titanic led to this piece of legislation.
What is the Radio Act of 1912?
To determine the proper direction of radio, the FRC’s predecessor held a series of these.
What are radio conferences?
This piece of legislation led to the FCC replacing the FRC.
What is the Communications Act of 1934?
The license freeze resulted in these three consequences.
What is:
1. the number of VHF stations grew
2. the number of TV sets in homes grew
3. the structure of network TV froze?