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Media Chapter 5
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Journalism
Undergraduate 1
09/14/2011

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Deregulation
Definition
A trend in the 1980s and later to reduce government regulation of business
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Downloading
Definition
Installing a file on a computer from an internet source
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Marketplace concept
Definition
Allowing people through marketplace mechanisms to determine the fate of a business.
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Public airwaves
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Concept that broadcast should be subject to government regulation becasue the electomagnetic spectrum is a public asset
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Public interest, convience, & necessity
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Standard by which the U.S. government grants and renews local radio and television station licenses
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Terrestial radio
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An industry based on audio transmission from land-based towers, as opposed to transmission via satellite
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1927 Radio Act
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Established the federal Radio Commission
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Affiliate
Definition
Locally licensed stations that have an affiliation with a network to carry network programming.
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Garage Bands
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A term coined for upstart performers without a studio contract
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iTunes
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Apple owned online retail site for recorded music
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Parents Music Resource Center
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Crusaded for labels on "objectionable" music
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Playlist
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A list of songs that a radio station plays
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Satellite radio
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Delivery method of programming from a single source beamed to an orbiting satellite for transmission directly to indiviual end users
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Adam Curry
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Pionner in podcasting technology
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David Geffen
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Recording,movie entrepreneur;first self made billionare in Hollywood
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Edward R. Murrow
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Pionner broadcast journalist
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Gerald Levin
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Time Warner chief executive who defended artists free expression
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Gordon McLendon
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Reinvented radio with narrow formats in the 1950
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Joan Kroc
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Singlehandedly sextupled NPR's endowment
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Rush Limbaugh
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The most listened-to talk show host in the 1990s
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Shawn Fanning
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Pioneered music file swapping through original Napster
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Steve Jobs
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The driving force behind the Apple Computer revival
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Tom Joyner
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A pioneer in Black radio who used music, comedy and guest to raise money for specail causes."Fly jock"
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