RTA 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cbs, Radio Pirates, Rudy Vallée
6 Feb 2017
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Aac sold to canwest global/goldman sachs for . 3 billion 2007. Can west sold to shaw for . 0 billion. Bce offer for astral- . 38 b 2012. Nbc sold to comcast for billion. Major forces which shaped our industry (ex. Commerce aka greed (make lots of money) Gives you future producer an invaluable resource of concepts, ideas, formats, styles. Lea(cid:396)(cid:374) (cid:862)t(cid:396)i(cid:272)ks of the t(cid:396)ade(cid:863) f(cid:396)o(cid:373) those (cid:449)ho (cid:272)a(cid:373)e (cid:271)efo(cid:396)e us. Question: how do we define a variety show? (genre) A show with a mix of acts without a central story. Acts chosen to appeal to the broadest possible audience. Show is held loosely together by recurring elements. A master of ceremonies (mc) or disc jockey (dj) and/or. Star/stars that the rest of the show revolves around. Economic reasons to appeal to a wide audience. Until the 50s, arguably one north american culture. Variety programming is what attracted people to radio (and later tv) in the first place.
