CCI 150 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔newspapers do not just see themselves as: - ✔✔just print anymore
✔✔what is a pay wall? - ✔✔when you have to pay to view more content online ( ex.
studyblue )
✔✔what kinds of ads face the most pressure? - ✔✔classified ads
✔✔when was the telegraph first used? - ✔✔during the Civil War
✔✔what even in 1912 affected the publics radio use? - ✔✔the sinking of the Titanic
✔✔clear channels - ✔✔a type of broadcast that existed to get to people who didn't live
in cities
✔✔AM - ✔✔amplitude modulation
width stays the same, height varies
✔✔FM - ✔✔frequency modulation
width varies, height stays the same
✔✔what event happened between radio and TV? - ✔✔the great depression
✔✔what radio formats are used today - ✔✔music, news/talk shows, speciality/ethinic
✔✔FCC - ✔✔the Federal Communication Commision
✔✔what does the FCC control? - ✔✔who can own stations, how powerful they are, and
their dial
✔✔why is broadcast media regulated? - ✔✔because the public owns the airwaves and
air space is limited.
✔✔syndicated programming - ✔✔originates at one station but sold to other stations that
also use programming
✔✔the 4 big stations - ✔✔NBC, ABC, CBS, Mutual
✔✔when did small towns get radio stations? - ✔✔after WWII
✔✔types of early radio programmming - ✔✔gunsmoke, comedy, soap opera
, ✔✔What is the UTK run radio station called and its dial? - ✔✔WUTK, 90.3 FM
✔✔Sarnoff - ✔✔first person to own a radio set, told ppl walking by about the Titanic
✔✔Macroni - ✔✔patented a radio device in GB
✔✔KDKA - ✔✔1st radio station in the US, in Pittsburg
✔✔TV was called - ✔✔"radio with pictures"
✔✔Where did early TV take its format from? - ✔✔Radio
✔✔what war postponed the development of TV? - ✔✔WWII
✔✔how does broadcast TV differ from cable / satellite? - ✔✔because it used airwaves
✔✔Why did NY have an influence on early TV? - ✔✔because the live shows put on TV
were recorded in NY.
✔✔what show moved from NY to CA and invented reruns? - ✔✔I Love Lucy
✔✔kinescopes - ✔✔blurry, grainy film copy of TV shows shot from a TV screen
✔✔How do we impact what gets put on TV? - ✔✔by our interests and reactions to
networks
✔✔Did TV help other forms of media? - ✔✔yes! (ex. books being turned into movies)
✔✔dual system structure - ✔✔network and local affiliates for traditional broadcast TV
✔✔Farnsworth - ✔✔father of TV, Idaho farmer
✔✔Zworkyin - ✔✔RCA, standardized TV
✔✔Newshole - ✔✔the space left for news once the ad is placed, creates a large impact
✔✔will a good journalist use their bias when writing news? - ✔✔No, they will keep them
seperate
✔✔news values - ✔✔timeliness, proximity, impact, prominence, conflict, bizarre
✔✔a citizen journalist - ✔✔any normal person who reports that is not a "professional
journalist"/
SOLUTIONS SCORED A+
✔✔newspapers do not just see themselves as: - ✔✔just print anymore
✔✔what is a pay wall? - ✔✔when you have to pay to view more content online ( ex.
studyblue )
✔✔what kinds of ads face the most pressure? - ✔✔classified ads
✔✔when was the telegraph first used? - ✔✔during the Civil War
✔✔what even in 1912 affected the publics radio use? - ✔✔the sinking of the Titanic
✔✔clear channels - ✔✔a type of broadcast that existed to get to people who didn't live
in cities
✔✔AM - ✔✔amplitude modulation
width stays the same, height varies
✔✔FM - ✔✔frequency modulation
width varies, height stays the same
✔✔what event happened between radio and TV? - ✔✔the great depression
✔✔what radio formats are used today - ✔✔music, news/talk shows, speciality/ethinic
✔✔FCC - ✔✔the Federal Communication Commision
✔✔what does the FCC control? - ✔✔who can own stations, how powerful they are, and
their dial
✔✔why is broadcast media regulated? - ✔✔because the public owns the airwaves and
air space is limited.
✔✔syndicated programming - ✔✔originates at one station but sold to other stations that
also use programming
✔✔the 4 big stations - ✔✔NBC, ABC, CBS, Mutual
✔✔when did small towns get radio stations? - ✔✔after WWII
✔✔types of early radio programmming - ✔✔gunsmoke, comedy, soap opera
, ✔✔What is the UTK run radio station called and its dial? - ✔✔WUTK, 90.3 FM
✔✔Sarnoff - ✔✔first person to own a radio set, told ppl walking by about the Titanic
✔✔Macroni - ✔✔patented a radio device in GB
✔✔KDKA - ✔✔1st radio station in the US, in Pittsburg
✔✔TV was called - ✔✔"radio with pictures"
✔✔Where did early TV take its format from? - ✔✔Radio
✔✔what war postponed the development of TV? - ✔✔WWII
✔✔how does broadcast TV differ from cable / satellite? - ✔✔because it used airwaves
✔✔Why did NY have an influence on early TV? - ✔✔because the live shows put on TV
were recorded in NY.
✔✔what show moved from NY to CA and invented reruns? - ✔✔I Love Lucy
✔✔kinescopes - ✔✔blurry, grainy film copy of TV shows shot from a TV screen
✔✔How do we impact what gets put on TV? - ✔✔by our interests and reactions to
networks
✔✔Did TV help other forms of media? - ✔✔yes! (ex. books being turned into movies)
✔✔dual system structure - ✔✔network and local affiliates for traditional broadcast TV
✔✔Farnsworth - ✔✔father of TV, Idaho farmer
✔✔Zworkyin - ✔✔RCA, standardized TV
✔✔Newshole - ✔✔the space left for news once the ad is placed, creates a large impact
✔✔will a good journalist use their bias when writing news? - ✔✔No, they will keep them
seperate
✔✔news values - ✔✔timeliness, proximity, impact, prominence, conflict, bizarre
✔✔a citizen journalist - ✔✔any normal person who reports that is not a "professional
journalist"/
