Introduction to Mass Communication, Media Literacy and Culture by Stanley J. Baran

Chapter 7

Wireless telegraph
Wireless telephony
Conduction system
Radiation system
Liquid barretter
Audion tube
Broadcasting
Point-to-point communication
Tower of Babel
Trustee model of regulation
Spectrum scarcity
Networks
   Affiliates
   O&O (owned and operated)
Biltmore Agreement
Format
   Secondary services
FM (frequency modulation)
AM (amplitude modulation)
Noncommercial radio
Commercial radio
Regulation
   Wireless Ship Act of 1910
   Radio Act of 1912
   Hoover v. Intercity Radio Co.
   U.S. v. Zenith Radio
   Radio Act of 1927
   Federal Radio Commission (FRC)
   Federal Communications Act of 1934
   Federal Communication Commission (FCC)
Non-duplication rule
   AM/FM combos
Playlist
Billings
Deregulation
Duopoly
DMX (Digital Music Express)
Digital audio radio service (DARS)
Digital recording
Digital audio tape (DAT)
Shock jocks
Ratings
   Average quarter-hour
   Cume
   Rating
   Share
Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC)
MP3
IBOC
Web Radio
Bitcasters
Streaming

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