TY - JOUR
T1 - Vocal hierarchies in early Australian quiz shows, 1948-71: Two case studies
AU - Moran, Albert
AU - Aveyard, Karina
PY - 2013/8/1
Y1 - 2013/8/1
N2 - This article examines the complexities involved in transferring content and genre from one media platform to another by emphasising the shifting, fragile yet stabilising part that sound can play in such a transformation. Early television is often labelled as a period of 'radio with pictures', and this intriguing designation directs our attention to this 'moment' of changeover. This analysis explores the parameters of sound in television's displacement of radio as the primary broadcasting medium in Australia in the 1950s. We focus in particular on the role of the human voice (host, audience and contestants) in two early quiz shows - Wheel of Fortune and Pick-a-Box - that began on radio and were both successfully remade as television programs.
AB - This article examines the complexities involved in transferring content and genre from one media platform to another by emphasising the shifting, fragile yet stabilising part that sound can play in such a transformation. Early television is often labelled as a period of 'radio with pictures', and this intriguing designation directs our attention to this 'moment' of changeover. This analysis explores the parameters of sound in television's displacement of radio as the primary broadcasting medium in Australia in the 1950s. We focus in particular on the role of the human voice (host, audience and contestants) in two early quiz shows - Wheel of Fortune and Pick-a-Box - that began on radio and were both successfully remade as television programs.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84884151085&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1329878x1314800112
DO - 10.1177/1329878x1314800112
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84884151085
VL - 148
SP - 107
EP - 117
JO - Media International Australia
JF - Media International Australia
SN - 1329-878X
IS - 1
ER -