Essays Tagged: "radio broadcasts"

Differences in Radio AM and FM

RADIO In the modern society, radio is the most widely used medium of broadcasting and electro ... national defense, space travel, overseas communication, news reporting and weather forecasting. In radio broadcasts, they use the radio waves which can be both microwaves and longer radio waves. Thes ... lation (AM ) and frequency modulation ( FM ). These two kinds of wave have many differences. Radio waves are among the many types of electromagnetic waves that travel within the electromagnetic ...

(3 pages) 90 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Jerry Garcia

o's working-classdistricts. His grandmother had the habit of listening to Nashville'sGrand Ole Opry radio broadcasts on Saturday nights, and it was inthose hours, Garcia would later say, that he devel ...

(6 pages) 87 0 4.5 Mar/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Comparing and Contrasting AM and FM radio.

In the modern society, radio is the most widely used of broadcasting and electronic communication. It plays a major role in ... nd electronic communication. It plays a major role in many areas. In radio broadcasts, they use the radio waves, which can be both microwaves, and longer radio waves. These are transmitted in two ways ... nal short wave stations. Frequency modulation is a way to convey information, voice, and music on a radio wave is to slightly change the frequency. Frequency modulation is, of course, used on the FM b ...

(2 pages) 99 1 2.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Discuss how the Inspector creates and maintains drama throughout the play, "An Inspector Calls" by J.B Priestley

ied to put his non-capitalist views across to the public through different mediums giving 10 minute radio broadcasts and writing articles in the news papers, however using these means, he could never ...

(14 pages) 101 0 3.9 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Good journalism v.s. Bad journalism. Compare and contrast. Research essay.

d journalism. It comes in numerous forms. Sometimes it is in the form of textbooks, television, and radio broadcasts. These stories are biased and untruthful. Often, lies are added to support the jour ...

(2 pages) 118 0 4.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays

Culture and media. Thoughts on pop. culture in the U.S.

popular culture, books and magazines are important, as aremusic and recorded sound, television and radio broadcasts, prints andphotographs, motion pictures, newspapers, and a variety of artifacts and ...

(17 pages) 653 1 3.6 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

To what extent, and by what means, did Hitler create a totalitarian regime?

was essential to Hitler's aims and was achieved through purchasing newspapers and heavily censoring radio broadcasts and films. Such propaganda schemes were fundamental to Hitler's authority and inclu ...

(4 pages) 69 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

RADIO WAVES IN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM

Wavelength and its relation to other wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrumRadio waves have the biggest and longest wavelengths in the Electromagnetic spectrum. These waves ca ... c spectrum. These waves can range from as long as one football pitch to as small as a football. All radios today, however, use continuous sine waves to transmit information (audio, video and data). Th ... tinuous sine waves today is because there are so many different people and devices that wish to use radio waves at the same time.Interesting facts about radio wavesRadio astronomers use diesel cars as ...

(3 pages) 78 1 4.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Invasion from Mars or Invasion of Vulnerability?

f Vulnerability?Orson Welles' broadcast of War of the Worlds set precedent for probably the biggest radio hoax of all time. Looking back today on the broadcast, without being exposed to the historical ... ere routine. There were conflicts between nations, war scares, and other breaking news interrupting radio broadcasts everyday. People of the time relied on the radio to provide them with truthful info ...

(2 pages) 19 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Internet Article Summary: Strategic Planning University of Phoenix MGT 330: Management: Theory, Practice, & Application

the process of checking the weather. Conventionally, the weather can be verified via television or radio broadcasts, the internet and or the newspaper. The alternative discussed is the process of wal ...

(3 pages) 286 0 4.3 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Duke Ellington

ife. Between December 1927 and 1931 his orchestra held forth at Harlem's Cotton Club, where regular radio broadcasts, together with an active recording schedule, helped him establish a nationwide repu ...

(2 pages) 17 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

The Internet

shop for just about anything, bank and manage money, watch and listen to live cable television and radio broadcasts, talk to other users with voice like a telephone, conduct international meetings, a ...

(1 pages) 21 0 0.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking

The Impact of Media on Socialization

many sources other than television. It can be found in music, video games, newspapers, comic books, radio broadcasts, magazines, movies, and in our everyday lives. "Forty five percent of over a thousa ...

(6 pages) 79 2 4.3 Jun/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Social Conflict in the Media

evidence that it exists is in everyday life and in the popular media, to include news periodicals, radio broadcasts, and television programs of various types. The movie category of the media is also ...

(8 pages) 64 0 3.7 Jul/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Stern v. fcc

FCC Love him or hate him, Howard Stern is the "King of all Media". In twenty controversial years of radio, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined Howard Stern a sum of some 1.7 million ... o make a point and not for show. So Howard Stern should not be banned or censored on account of his radio show.In referring to the case of The FCC v. Pacifica Foundation, the FCC was granted the "powe ...

(2 pages) 1755 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

A Case for Internet Advertising

h a target market. It is less costly than print publication; it is more targeted than television or radio broadcasts, and has more availability than place-based media. Online advertising can provide a ... errors and wrong promotion dates. In fact the change can be made at a moments notice.Television and radio advertising has become the choice advertising media for many firms While the idea of reaching ...

(5 pages) 132 0 0.0 Sep/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing