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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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S2E9 The Sunday That Became More Super - Special Bonus Edition
Tune in with your feedbackRevisiting bonus coverage through The Prime Time Players introduced last year, BAF presents special bonus content from last year's Super Bowl history episode that covers the…
S2E8 How Soap Commercials Turned to Melodrama
Tune in with your feedbackThe soap commercials first from the radio then television aired during daytime hours, eventually forming a genre known as soap opera and extending into Prime Time. BAF…
S2E7 How Television Made a Team Brand
Tune in with your feedbackWith 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 popularity on the air. He…
S2E6 America Loves a Parade, Especially on Television
Tune in with your feedbackParades are a longtime occasion to celebrate and honor. BAF explores how the presence of television has heightened the experience. This involves eliminating the factor of…
S2E5 When Television Entered Another Dimension
Tune in with your feedbackThe 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 titled "The Twilight…
S2E4 From the Mountain to the Prairie
Tune in with your feedbackThe 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 trends and images in…
S2E3 The Games Experiened Around the World
Tune in with your feedbackNo, 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 starting the podcast in 2024…
S2E2 The Opening Theme: Going But Not Forgotten?
Tune in with your feedbackBAF explores a nostalgic subject for many when it comes to television programs - the opening theme. The early programs focused on the announcement of the show and its…
S2E1 Serving Up Tennis On Television
Tune in with your feedbackWith 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 tennis on television from…
S1E30 Seasons Start, Seasons End, Seasons Change
Tune in with your feedbackThe evolution of television programming was greatly influenced by the structure of the television season. BAF explores how it started out in experimental forms with early…
S1E29 Putting the “Breaks” on the Air
Tune in with your feedbackCommerical 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…
S1E28 The Late Night Legacy on Saturday Night
Tune in with your feedbackBAF 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…
S1E27 The Changing Nature of Variety in the 60s and 70s
Tune in with your feedbackAs 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…
S1E26 How March Became Mad on the Air
Tune in with your feedbackWith the entrance of March comes the excitiement and anticipation of the annual NCAA College Basketball Tournament, Teams qualify, brackets are formed, and eventually a…
S1E25 A New Path for Network TV
Tune in with your feedbackDuring the late 1980s, segments of a new television network started budding then blossoming into the regular lineup of shows. Before FOX television became a larger…
S1E24 On the Job, On the Air: In the Criminal Justice System...
Tune in with your feedbackOne of television longest running and most popular crime dramas is Law & Order, and it has given the genre a whole new meaning not to mention to concept of branding off…
S1E23 The Sunday That Became More Super
Tune in with your feedbackIt's more than just a championship game and BAF explores why. It doesn't need a seven-game series, home field advantage, or a dominating superstar athlete. With a blend of…
S1E22 It's Just a Game...or More?
Tune in with your feedbackThe game show has been a major player in television history throughout the many decades not just in terms of longetivity of the genre but the shows themselves. Even the most…
S1E21 The Early Realities of TV
Tune in with your feedbackReality TV is more popular than ever but it is nothing new. It was there from the beginning of full TV schedules, and BAF explores the precursor shows such as Candid Camera…
S1E20 Television Rings in the New Year
Tune in with your feedbackThe changing of the calendar year - While an occurrence ages old, the presence of television heightened it by bringing many in different locations together for the annual…
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Adjusting with our Antennas has published 39 episodes since July 2024, covering topics in History, Society & Culture.
Adjusting with our Antennas is currently active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 32m.
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