Radio

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Radio
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Important Events and Dates

• 1897 Gugliermo Marconi sends a morse code
  transmission across the English Channel. He is
  generally given credit for inventing radio.
• 1900 Voice is first transmitted by radio
• 1906 Year of the first radio broadcast
• 1926 NBC begins radio bradcasts
• 1930-1950 The Golden Age of Radio

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The Functions of Radio

• 1. Inform
• 2. Orient
• 3. Educate
• 4. Entertain

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The Radio Listener

• Quite active as he performs two functions
  Listening and Imagining

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The Radio Script

• Activity Using the radio script, Sorry, Wrong
  Number, circle and identify four unique aspects
  of the style used in writing this kind of script.

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The Radio Code

• 1. VOICE
• A. Intonation the element which transmit
  emotions
• B. Timbre permits us to distinguish one voice
  from another
• C. Intensity refers to volume
• D. Quality refers to duration of the sound

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2. THE MUSIC

• A) Background music
• B) Sign on/sign off identifies coming on or
  leaving the air.
• C) fanfare Indicates joy, emotion, importance
• D) bridge links two events, for example, two
  scences are united by a bridge and the music
  indicates that time has passed.
• E) Preamble -- Serves to introduce an important
  action

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Sound Effects

• The air, the wind, a gunshot, a door opening,
  footsteps, etc.