HOW THE EMPIRE OF THE AIR BECAME PUBLIC PROFANITY:

Radio, Howard Stern & Satellite Airwaves

Guglielmo Malcomi: Inventor/ entrepreneur

David Sarnoff: Former President of RCA

Edward Howard Armstrong: Invented FM

Lee De Forest: Owned over 300 patents

Innovators of Radio

KDKA in Pitt: in 1920 first station with regular programming

WBZ in Mass: in 1921, first licensed

Radio Act of 1927: Mostly non-profit organizations

Radio Act of 1934: created the FCC- Regulate All Media- Three Major Networks

Facts of Radio

A medium of confident & instrumentalist visions

Bridging the boundaries of class on an interpersonal level

A force of local & national unity & global power

A language of enthusiasm & happiness

The president can deliver messages to every home

Radio Initial Objective

In the 1970’s, DJ’s increasingly enhanced their commentaries

Topless radio- “Shock Jock Era” of Radio:- Deliberately aiming to outrage - Insulting politicians & the public- Discussing sex on the air

By 1973, the FCC ousted the format

Pushing the Boundaries

Talking Radio: Indecency

In 1995, Stern’s show broadcasted in NYC

-Repeatedly using profanity

Mocked Selena after death

Had sex talk on the air

In 2005, Howard Stern sign a $500 million contract with Sirius Satellite Radio

The self proclaim “King of All Media”

Indecency, profanity & outrageous sex talk

Satellite: Stern’s New Territory

“Broadcasting a radio show in the same manner as people talk sitting down with family & friends

on a bar or their backyard”.

Conclusion