Texts for 'Reading around the Subject'

Andrew Crisell
title
ISBN-13
year of publica-tion
An Introductory History of British Broadcasting
978-0-415-24792-4
2002
A Study of Modern Television: Thinking Inside the Box
978-0-333-96409-5
2006
Radio
978-0-415-44864-2
2008
Understanding Radio
978-0-415-10315-2
1994

Action Plan

For our course-work we need to devise a news radio program at about five minutes long. We will begin by looking at other professional radio stations, both local and national, for inspiration and analysing their approaches.
Then we begin research for our own broadcast, such as stories we can report on and practise on using the recording and editing software- Audacity.

Week 1 Research
Week 2 Research and Planning
Week 3 Planning – looking for stories, scripting ect
Week 4 Recording - Audacity
Week 5 Recording
Week 6 Editing - Audacity
Week 7 Editing
Week 8 All finishing touches

During this recording process will we also be adding to our blogs.

Radio History

The Beginning

First developed in 1879, the first radios were bulky, noisy, and had poor reception. With the advancments with technology such as vacuum tubes and rectifiers, the radio was honed into the interesting little device that made it into such a craze during the 1920s.
Once radio signals could be transmtted and received with improved clarity around 1920, the idea of public radio began to take hold in America. The first public radio broadcasting station opened in Pittsburgh, 1922. It was an instant success; listeners would sit around the radio listening to everything that was broadcasted. As a result many more radio stations popped up during the 20s, some even over night.

The Effect on America

Radio provided a cheap and convenient way of conveying information and ideas. The first broadcasts consisted of primarily news and world affairs. Later in the decade, radios were used to broadcast everything from concerts and sermons to "Red Menace" ideas.
The radio was certainly one of the most important inventions of the 1920s, because it not only brought the nation together, but it brought a whole new way for people to communicate and interact.



Today the radio is an important media tool that is enjoyed by millions around the world. Despite this, with advancments in technology and the investion of televisions and new media such as the computor, the radio is going into decline. I hope this project will remind me how important and enjoyable the radio can be.

Woman Falls Off Cliff

Rescue officials say that soon after the woman accepted the marriage proposal during an outing along the rugged Billy Goat Trail in Maryland, she slipped and fell about 10 feet down a rock face and had to be rescued by helicopter.
The woman briefly lost consciousness, but her injuries weren't life-threatening.
The spectacular Great Falls of the Potomac River are a popular destination for hikers in the suburbs of Washington.

The Billy Goat Trail, on the Maryland side, is well known by walkers, but it is rocky and rough.

Assistant Chief Scott Graham of the Montgomery County fire department joked to The Washington Post that it must have been "a heck of a proposal."

Authorities did not identify the woman or her fiance, citing laws governing the privacy of medical records



- Practise on using the blogs

Alex Boyle