Adjusting with our Antennas
What was watched and the way it watcehd 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.
Podcasting since 2024 • 32 episodes
Adjusting with our Antennas
Latest Episodes
Putting the “Breaks” on the Air
Commerical breaks that is! BAF explores televison advertising from its earliest days and how it has evolved and changed. From its earliest days of sponsors promoting cigarette smoking to anti-drug public service announcements. From the earlier ...
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Episode 29
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40:06
The Late Night Legacy on Saturday Night
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 based program followed the a new wave of parody and issue-oriented comedy shows that c...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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45:48
The Changing Nature of Variety in the 60s and 70s
As Saturday Night Live celebrates 50 years, BAF explores comedy-variety sketch shows that aired in the 10 years before it premiered. Such programs themeed their content around current events of the day, popular culture, and parodies of...
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Episode 27
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34:05
Subscriber Bonus Coverage: On the Job, On the Air: For the Defense...
As additional testimony to what was presented in the episode On the Job, On the Air: In the Criminal Justice System, BAF investigates more law enforcement officials outside the positions of police detective and prosecuting attorneys. I...
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Episode 24
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17:44
Subscriber Bonus Coverage: On the Job, On the Air: In the Criminal Justice System...
After taking a look through the lens of the "Law & Order" setup (police investigators and prosecuting attorneys, BAF looks at the private investigation component. Some notable examples occured between the 1960s-80s decades with Mannix, ...
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Episode 24
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