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Table of Contents

Introduction
History
- Radiobroadcasting
  - The United States
    - Growth of commercial radio
    - Interconnection of stations
    - Government regulation
  - The United Kingdom
    - Early development
    - Formation of the British Broadcasting Company
  - Radio developments in other countries
  - International conferences
  - International organizations
- Television broadcasting
  - Early developments
  - Transoceanic broadcasts
Broadcasting systems
- The broadcaster and the government
  - State operation
  - Establishment of a public corporation or authority
  - Partnership of public authorities and private interests
  - Private management
- The broadcaster and the public
  - Nature of the broadcast audience
  - Audience measurement
  - Educational broadcasting
  - Broadcasts for external reception
    - Monitoring and transcriptions
    - Pirate and offshore stations
Broadcasting as a medium of art
- The art of radio
- The art of television
- Techniques and borrowings
  - Dramatic techniques
  - Film techniques
Broadcasting operations
- Types of programs and development of studios
  - Entertainment
  - Drama
  - Spoken word
  - Religion
  - Outside broadcasts
  - Music
- Relations with artists, speakers, authors, and unions
- Internal organization, administration, and policy control

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Key People

Frank Gifford

American football player and broadcaster

Chuck Blore

American broadcaster

Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson

American commentator

Javier Milei

Javier Milei

president of Argentina

Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch

Australian-born American publisher

Vin Scully

Vin Scully

American sportscaster

Al Michaels

Al Michaels

American sports broadcaster

David Sarnoff

David Sarnoff

American entrepreneur and radio and television pioneer

Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart

American entrepreneur and television personality

James Murdoch

James Murdoch

British businessman

Ted Turner

Ted Turner

American entrepreneur

Barry Diller wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at an outdoor formal event in 2009.

Barry Diller

American media executive

Andy Rooney

Andy Rooney

American journalist and essayist

William S. Paley

William S. Paley

American executive

Robert L. Johnson

Robert L. Johnson

American businessman

Marian McPartland

American musician and radio personality

David Attenborough

David Attenborough

English broadcaster, writer, and naturalist

Paul Harvey receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Paul Harvey

American broadcaster

Richard Dimbleby

Richard Dimbleby

British journalist

Cooke, Alistair

Alistair Cooke

British-American journalist

Quiz

Armed Forces Radio Services broadcaster Jack Brown interviews Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall for broadcast to troops overseas during World War II.

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