All-News Radio

(noun)

All-news radio, or talk radio is a radio station where the station's entire schedule is dedicated to newscasts.

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Examples of All-News Radio in the following topics:

  • Radio News

    • Radio station newscasts can range from as little as a minute to as much as the station's entire schedule, such as the case of all-news radio, or talk radio.
    • All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of news.
    • Some all-news stations may carry sports, public affairs programs, simulcasts of TV news magazine, political affairs shows like 60 Minutes and Face the Nation, or national radio shows revolving around news such as the CBS News Weekend Roundup.
    • Attempts at long-form commercial all-news stations, such as Washington Post Radio, have been largely unsuccessful.
    • Explain the role of radio news in media coverage and recent trends in radio news
  • News Coverage

    • Due to the commercialized context within which they work, media institutions must compete for audience interest and can often not afford to ignore an important issue which another television station, newspaper, or radio station is willing to pick up.
    • In addition, the U.S. media has been accused of prioritizing domestic news over international news, as well as focusing on U.S. military action abroad over other international stories.
    • American news media emphasizes more than ever the "horse race" aspects of the presidential campaign, according to a new study.
    • The report examined 1,742 stories that appeared from January through May 2007 in 48 news outlets.
    • Almost two-thirds of all stories in U.S. news media, including print, television, radio and online, focused on the political aspects of the campaign, while only one percent focused on the candidates' public records.
  • Escaping Hard Times

    • Big-band Jazz, like that of James Reese in Europe and Fletcher Henderson in New York, was also popular on the radio and brought an African-American style and influence to a predominantly white cultural scene.
    • In the 1930s listening to radio broadcasts became a source of nearly free entertainment for millions of Americans and radio stations had a little bit of everything for listeners of all ages.
    • Since the 1920s radio had provided Americans with a trendy new avenue for exploring unfamiliar cultural experiences from the comfort of their living room.
    • The most popular type of radio show was a "potter palm," an amateur concert and Big-band Jazz performance broadcast from New York and Chicago.
    • One of the most popular radio shows for young children in the 1930s was Little Orphan Annie, based on a newspaper cartoon strip created by Harold Gray that first appeared in the New York Daily News in 1924.
  • Radio Waves

    • Like all other electromagnetic waves, radio waves travel at the speed of light.
    • AM radio waves are used to carry commercial radio signals in the frequency range from 540 to 1600 kHz .
    • FM radio is inherently less subject to noise from stray radio sources than AM radio because amplitudes of waves add noise.
    • Frequency modulation for FM radio.
    • Amplitude modulation for AM radio.
  • Journalists

    • Radio was the first medium for broadcast journalism.
    • Many of the first radio stations were co-operative non-profit community radio ventures.
    • In radio news, stories include "sound bites", which are the recorded sounds of events themselves, introduced by the anchor or host.
    • Convergence is the sharing and cross-promoting of content from a variety of media, which in theory might all converge and become one medium eventually.
    • Prior to the television era, radio broadcasts often mixed news with opinion and each presenter strove for a distinctive style.
  • Antennae

    • Maxwell's equations predicted that all light waves have the same structure, regardless of wavelength and frequency.
    • Usually, it is used with a radio transmitter or radio receiver.
    • In transmission, a radio transmitter supplies an oscillating radio frequency electric current to the antenna's terminals, and the antenna radiates the energy from the current as electromagnetic waves (radio waves).
    • Antennas are essential components of all types of equipment that utilize radio.
    • Antennas can be designed to transmit or receive radio waves in all directions equally (omnidirectional antennas), or transmit them in a beam in a particular direction and receive from that one direction only (directional or high gain antennas).
  • Popular Culture

    • By 1930, new forms and styles developed and swing emerged as a dominant form in American music.
    • The 1930s were the era of the immense popularity of radio.
    • Popular content spanned from comedy, with Bob Hope being one of the biggest comedic radio personalities of the time, music, theater, or soap operas, to news and political content.
    • President Franklin Delano Roosevelt informed about and advocated for New Deal policies in his fairly regular "Fireside chats."
    • The PCA enforced the code by reviewing and making suggestions on all studio scripts before they went into production, then doing the same with all completed films before issuing a PCA certificate.
  • The Culture of the Roaring Twenties

    • Social and cultural innovations began in leading metropolitan centers such as Chicago, New York, New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, then spread more widely.
    • The first talking film, The Jazz Singer, was released in 1927, followed by the first all-color all-talking feature, On with the Show, in 1929 .
    • While there were only a few radio stations in 1920–21, by 1922 the radio craze soon swept the country .
    • In 1922, the BBC began radio broadcasting in the United Kingdom.
    • Erich Maria Remarque's novel All Quiet on the Western Front, was published in 1929.
  • The Roaring Twenties

    • All three took the conservative position of forging a close relationship between government and big business.
    • The Art Deco movement was popular among designers and architects, fashion for women went in bold new directions, and Jazz music became all the rage.
    • The "Golden Age of Radio" began after World War I with the first radio news program in Detroit on August 31, 1920, followed by the appearance of the first commercial station in Pittsburgh that same year.
    • Unsurprisingly, 1927 was also the year that introduced a new era of regulation with the establishment of the Federal Radio Commission, ensuring the government played a role in the growth and oversight of the industry.
    • Radio programming comprised a variety of formats and genres with shows similar to today’s television, including soap operas, quiz and talent shows, comedies, and children’s programs, as well as news bulletins and sports broadcasts.
  • Political Critiques of the New Deal

    • Roosevelt's New Deal attracted criticism from all sides of the political scene and was challenged by a number of popular movements that gained substantial support.
    • FDR and his vision attracted critics from all sides of the political spectrum, who often labeled the New Deal using the same terms but meant very different things.
    • He popularized his ideas through radio and Share Our Wealth clubs began to mushroom across the country.
    • Charles Coughlin, a Catholic priest and an extremely popular radio show host, initially supported Roosevelt.
    • In 1934, he proposed the so-called Townsend Plan, which called for a monthly pension for the elderly (all Americans of 60 years old or older).
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