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Launching Space Missions on the Air
Launching Space Missions on the Air
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What was watched and the way it was watched on TV has presented a significant impact on the medium's influcence over time. Join the lifelong television enthusiast identified as the frequency BAF in a journey through various decades of that medium where the reception came from the antenna. The episodes cover shows, genres, personalities and how not just antennas but how audiences have received them through the airwaves over time.
Produced by Benjamin Fronczek
Our Theme Song: Good Ol Days - 2024 Remaster by Beat Mekanik is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.
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- Launching Space Missions on the Air · 23 dk · Sezon 3 Bölüm 1Tune in with your feedback BAF explores space...at least how television has approached space missions in real life as opposed to science fiction. Triggered by the space race and…
- Watching the Spies - Special Bonus Edition · 20 dkTune in with your feedback In an all listener preview of this subscriber-based bonus coverage, BAF peeks into the television shows of the 1960s decade that centered on espionage…
- Television and the Bicentennial · 16 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 12Tune in with your feedback With the approach of the America's semiquincentennial (250 years), BAF takes a look back at the Bicentennial celebration in 1976 and the role televison…
- Appealing Through Our Antennas · 23 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 11Tune in with your feedback With all the different types of programming the television brought, fund raising played a part and so entered the telethon. Addressing many charitable…
- Tuning in to Celebrate with the Celebrities · 1 sa 7 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 10Tune in with your feedback In the 1950s, awards shows started being televised. Beginning with the Academy Awards (or Oscars) and continuing with the Emmys, Grammys, and…
- The Sunday That Became More Super - Special Bonus Edition · 30 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 9Tune in with your feedback Revisiting bonus coverage through The Prime Time Players introduced last year, BAF presents special bonus content from last year's Super Bowl history…
- How Soap Commercials Turned to Melodrama · 1 sa 14 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 8Tune in with your feedback The soap commercials first from the radio then television aired during daytime hours, eventually forming a genre known as soap opera and extending into…
- How Television Made a Team Brand · 42 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 7Tune in with your feedback With the NFL season in full grind and approaching the playoffs, BAF looks at the Dallas Cowboys and the highly visible impact and history of their…
- America Loves a Parade, Especially on Television · 16 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 6Tune in with your feedback Parades are a longtime occasion to celebrate and honor. BAF explores how the presence of television has heightened the experience. This involves…
- When Television Entered Another Dimension · 31 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 5Tune in with your feedback The 1950s brought science fiction to television, but in October of 1959 a new program took elements of that genre to another level with a new anthology…
- From the Mountain to the Prairie · 25 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 4Tune in with your feedback The 1970s were a changing time for television bringing in a mix of new sitcoms and variety shows involving satire and social issues along with new…
- The Games Experiened Around the World · 23 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 3Tune in with your feedback No, it's not an Olympic year and half a year away from one. But the purpose of having an Olympic Games sustains through time. BAF admits that in…
- The Opening Theme: Going But Not Forgotten? · 25 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 2Tune in with your feedback BAF explores a nostalgic subject for many when it comes to television programs - the opening theme. The early programs focused on the announcement of…
- Serving Up Tennis On Television · 47 dk · Sezon 2 Bölüm 1Tune in with your feedback With this year's Wimbledon Grand Slam Tournament in the books and looking ahead to this year's U.S. Open , BAF explores the history and impact of…
- Seasons Start, Seasons End, Seasons Change · 18 dk · Sezon 1 Bölüm 30Tune in with your feedback The evolution of television programming was greatly influenced by the structure of the television season. BAF explores how it started out in…
- Putting the “Breaks” on the Air · 40 dk · Sezon 1 Bölüm 29Tune in with your feedback Commerical breaks that is! BAF explores televison advertising from its earliest days and how it has evolved and changed. From its earliest days of…
- The Late Night Legacy on Saturday Night · 46 dk · Sezon 1 Bölüm 28Tune in with your feedback BAF continues his exploration of changing comedy-variety shows with a look back at Saturday Night Live. Now in its 50th Season, the legendary sketch…
- The Changing Nature of Variety in the 60s and 70s · 34 dk · Sezon 1 Bölüm 27Tune in with your feedback As Saturday Night Live celebrates 50 years, BAF explores comedy-variety sketch shows that aired in the 10 years before it premiered. Such programs…
- How March Became Mad on the Air · 57 dk · Sezon 1 Bölüm 26Tune in with your feedback With the entrance of March comes the excitiement and anticipation of the annual NCAA College Basketball Tournament, Teams qualify, brackets are formed…
- A New Path for Network TV · 44 dk · Sezon 1 Bölüm 25Tune in with your feedback During the late 1980s, segments of a new television network started budding then blossoming into the regular lineup of shows. Before FOX television…
