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| Relaxed limits on radio/TV tation ownership. |
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| Cable innovator who began CNN, TBS and TNT channels. |
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| Developed a practical application for wireless telegraphy. |
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| Longtime President of RCA who foresaw power of radio and TV. |
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| Introduced the public interest standard. |
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| Independent inventor whose work led to electronic television. |
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| First woman and first Jewish member of FCC, fought for non-commercial television. |
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| A radio or TV station which signs an exclusive agreement to receive programming from a network is called an ____ . |
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| The document which ended the TV Freeze era and which created UHF channels and educational channels was the ____ . |
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| A company which acquires the rights to radio or TV programs and then sells those programs to any station which wants to buy them is called a ____ . |
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| First-run and Off-network |
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| The two types of sundicated programming are ____ and ____ . |
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| The philosophy that the airwaves are public property and that licensees should operate in the public interest first appeared in what regulation? |
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| FCC (Federal Communications Commission) |
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| The governmental agency charged with overseeing rules and regulations pertaining to telecommunications is the ____ . |
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| The programming strategy of airing the same program at the same time five days a week is called ____ . |
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| The most expensive means of getting programming for radio or TV is ____ . |
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| The global network of interconnected computers is ____ . |
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| The science of categorizing people based on observable traits (like age, gender, ethnicity) is called ____ . |
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| TV stations which bradcast on channels 14-83 (use full term) ____ . |
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| The radio programming strategy in which a station targets a specific type of audience and prorams to reach only that audience is called ____ . |
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| Companies which own many calbe systems dominate the industry. They are called ____ . |
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| Broadcast TV stations which distribute their signals nationally via cable systems, like WTBS and WGN, are called ____ . |
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| The first channels to be delivered exclusively for cable distribution in 1975 was ____ . |
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| The department at radio and TV stations responsible for installing and maintaining equipment is ____ . |
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| RCA formed the first radio program distribution company in 1926. It was ____ . |
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| Advertisers use a statistic to measure the efficiency of reaching 1,000 people. This figure is called ____ . |
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| The most expensive time on the radio schedule is called ____ . |
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| The individual who determines what news stories get covered at a radio or television station is that ____ . |
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| A company, like J. Walter Thompson or BBDO, who develops and produces commercials and buys radio and TV time for its clients is ____ . |
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| Among the most profitable class of radio and TV stations are the O & O's, for "owned and operated." Who owns these stations? |
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| Commercials placed immediately before or after a specific radio or TV program are called ____ . |
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| An individual or company can own how many radio stations nationally? |
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| Companies like AOL or Earthlink which connect subscribers to the Internet are ____ . |
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| AT&T launched the first telecommunications satellite in 1962. It was called ____ . |
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| Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) |
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| Delivering broadcast and cable television channels to the home directly from a satellite is called ____ . |
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| Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
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| The public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created a new agency to distribute government funds to noncommercial radio and TV stations. This agency is the ____ . |
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| The department responsible for bringing money into a radio or TV station is ____ . |
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| [fill in, probably semi-automation] |
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| The radio production mode which is evolving as the most popular with large group owned stations because it requires no local input is called ____ . |
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| Television channels supplied by cable companies to provide local programming like city council meetings and high school sports are called ____ . |
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| [True or false] Today, cable television is only a means to improve the reception of distant broadcast signals. |
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| [True or false] Radio and television are primarily businesses. |
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| [True or false] Most RADIO revenue is generated through local spot sales. |
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| [True or false] Consultant services in radio and television provide their services at no cost. |
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| [True or false] A treatment is the first filmed episode of a prospective television program. |
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| [True or false] The Federal Communications Commission has no authority over cable and satellite communication systems. |
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| [True or false] The most expensive television time is known as "prime time." |
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| [True or false] A broadcast licensee is not protected by Freedom of Speech. |
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| [True or false] Syndicated programming is an insignificant factor in television programming. |
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| [True or false] Commercialization of American broadcasting began in 1922 on radio station WEAF. |
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