television broadcasting

Describes what goes on in the newsroom of a television station by following Anna Bond, reporter/anchor for Channel 4 in New York City, through a typical day.

Traces the history of broadcast journalism from its origins in 1898 when wireless telegraphy was used to provide coverage of the Kingstown Regatta, to the age of satellite communications; discusses the impact of radio and television on how the news is reported and received; and introduces some of the most notable reporters of the medium.

Contains pronunciations for over 21000 difficult words, including names and places.

Viewers are brought instantly into a da day in the life of a local television station in Dallas, Texas. Interspersed with these images we hear and see the activities of reporters, camera people and other broadcast personnel whose job is to record, collect, edit and broadcast the news across the local viewing region.

Lists and rates variety shows, music videos, game shows, dramas, kids' shows, made-for-TV movies, cable movies, news, sports, infomercials, and sitcoms. Includes a Bad Classics Hall of Fame, the Chernobyl Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Golden Tammi (Three Mile Island) Award.

Explores the content and method of presentation of television and video as media and the effect they have on our lives.

The gunmen holding hostages at the Wellsburg Savings and Loan bank relay their demands over the air waves of KID-TV, a television station run by youngsters.