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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
The transmission of sound and vision programmes by radio and television . Broadcasting may be organized under private enterprise, as in the USA, or may operate under a dual system, as in Britain, where a television and radio service controlled by the state-regulated British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) operates alongside commercial channels operating under franchises granted by the Independent Television Commission (known as the Independent Broadcasting Authority before 1991) and the Radio Authority. In the USA, broadcasting is limited only by the issue of licences from the Federal Communications Commission to competing commercial companies; in Britain, the BBC is a centralized body appointed by the state and responsible to Parliament, but with policy and programme content not controlled by the state; in Japan, which ranks next to the USA in the number of television sets owned, there is a semigovernmental radio and television broadcasting corporation (NHK) and numerous private…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
Transmission of sound or images to a widely dispersed audience through radio or television receivers. The first US commercial radio company, KDKA, began broadcasting in Pittsburgh in 1920. In the UK, the British Broadcasting Company (later the British Broadcasting Corporation ) began transmissions…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
transmission, usually using radio frequencies, of sound or images to a large number of radio or television receivers. In the United States the first regularly scheduled radio broadcasts began in 1920 at 8XK (later KDKA) in Pittsburgh. The sale of advertising was started in 1922, establishing…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Transmission of sound or images by radio or television. After Guglielmo Marconi ’s discovery of wireless broadcasting in 1901, radio broadcasting was undertaken by amateurs. The first U.S. commercial radio station, KDKA of Pittsburgh, began operation in 1920. The number of stations increased…
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From SAGE Key Concepts series: Key Concepts in Media and Communications
Related concepts: audience , culture industry , image , mass , modern , popular , public sphere . An institution and an architecture, broadcasting emerged as the most powerful form of central media in the twentieth century. It continues to provide a powerful basis for social integration today, …
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
The transmission of sound and vision programmes by radio and television . Broadcasting may be organized under private enterprise, as in the USA, or may operate under a dual system, as in Britain, where a television and radio service controlled by the state-regulated British Broadcasting Corporation…
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Full text Article BROADCASTING

From The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales
Public broadcasting began in Wales on 13 February 1923, with the inauguration of the British Broadcasting Company’s station at Cardiff . The Swansea station followed on 12 December 1924. Initially, everything broadcast from Cardiff was produced there, but following the introduction of simultaneous…
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Full text Article Media/Broadcasting

From SAGE Key Concepts series: Key Concepts in Sport Management
Media refers to forms of communication that are designed to inform and educate the public about issues of relevance and importance to society, and also to entertain them . Broadcasting refers to the transmission of information and entertainment, via television, radio or internet, which is deemed to…
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Full text Article Radio broadcasting

From Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies
The First World War (1914–18) had given impetus to the development of radio for military purposes, and the training of wireless operators. Visionaries of the age saw the possibility of wireless programmes as an exciting extension of wireless messages – a ‘household utility’ which would create a…
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Full text Article religious broadcasting

From Encyclopedia of World Religions: Encyclopedia of Protestantism
The beginning of religious broadcasting can be pinpointed to January 2, 1921, when the evening vesper services of the Calvary Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was aired on KDKA, the first radio station to receive a commercial license. The program was a success, and similar programs…
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Full text Article RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING

From Encyclopedia of Religion and the Law in America
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution generally protects the rights of citizens to express their opinions publicly in the press. This includes opinions that are religious in nature. Thus, any citizen or group of citizens is privileged to write and publish for broad dissemination materials…
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