This thesis focuses on the historical development of radio reportage. The topic includes both political and technological aspects which radio reportage underwent within the Czech environment. All historical periods are described using concrete radio reportages which were broadcast during given terms. The reader can imagine how the radio reporters dealt with first the Germans and then the Soviets. It was the Czech Radio and its reporters who helped Czech people to overcome certain periods in our history. And so in this thesis we can find reportages broadcast during the second world war, right after the end of this war and during the highlights of the communist era - 1968 and 1989. This publication considers the original sources which are kept in the archive of the Czech Radio which is called Archivní a programové fondy Českého rozhlasu. However, this thesis also includes some contributions of contemporary journalists who are interested in history. It should help readers to improve the knowledge of this topics and to organize the development of radio reportage.

Diploma thesis The Foreign Broadcasting Department of Former Československý rozhlas (The Czechoslovakian Radio) Between 1966-1969 describes the operation of an important part of the key broadcastng institution in former Czechoslovakia. Early times of reporting of Czech polititians during the Second World War from the UK, USA and USSR are included. Paragraphs related also mention the first reports of Czechoslovakian journalists after the Second World War and activities of Frantisek Gel who worked as an editor for the Czechoslovakian radio and later between 1945-1946 became renowned for his reports from the Nuremberg Trials. It also deals with activites of Czech journalists working in the International Department. The text also contains overview of political and social situation in former Czechoslovakia in the second half of the twentieth century and how it is reflected in the overall operations of former Czechoslovakian Radio. A description of an important period The Prague Spring 1968 is also included. The text also descibes the period of so called Normalisation in former Czechoslovakia. Moreover, the thesis contains reasons for journalists redundancy. The final paragraphs describe their activities after the Velvet Revolution in 1989, up until the present. The key method used to compile this...

Anglický abstrakt k diplomové práci Současné postavení ČRo 3 - Vltava v české mediální krajině Present position of CRo 3 in the Czech media landscape Autor: Rudolf Beran 2012 Abstract This thesis focuses on history of the cultural-artistic radio broadcast in the Czech Republic, its starting points and the subsequent changes that have gradually led to the current profiled form of CRo 3 - Vltava. The CRo 3 - Vltava radio station is presented here as a cultural institution coexisting in the framework of public radios of the other European countries. A special attention is paid, among others, to the Vltava's specifics, aspects of the obvious peculiarity this radio station has within the Czech media landscape. Neither can I omit the radio's cultural function of "culture-creativeness", role in the climate of the current society, factual non-substitutability or privileges of the demanding audience. In the individual sections I present, one by one, the key authors and creators who have taken a crucial part in shaping the CRo 3 - Vltava radio station. The thesis is based on a historical-critical analysis and a form analysis.

The thesis on The Specifies of Alternative Radio Formats Targeted Towards Young Adult Listeners reflects radio broadcasting which is mainly targeted on young listeners. It focuses on the current image of this broadcasting in terms of Czech media environment. At first, the thesis familiarises its readers with basic terms that are used in connection with the issue of radio formats. Then it continues with the overview of music and journalism genres, which are crucial for the distinction between various radio formats. The closing chapter of the theoretical part introduces two radio stations which were chosen to represent the cathegory of alternative radio format; these are Radio 1 and Radio Wave. In the following empirical part, a one-week broadcasting of these particular stations is being analyzed. Afterwards, a summary of the main similarities and differences between the stations is presented. The main attributes of alternative radio format as such are summed up then. In the final chapter, the thesis presents an additional public opinion research, which explores the image of alternative radio held by young audience. For the sake of clarity, the findings of this thesis are presented from the most general facts to the most concrete ones.

This paper aims to follow the development of radio broadcasting piracy. We focused on two main and very different media landscapes - the United Kingdom and the United States of America. In the beginning, the concept of piracy differed locally. The United Kingdom's pirates were people who received radio broadcasting of the British Broadcasting Company without paying an annual license for listening. In the media landscape of America, piracy was connected with the broadcasting of their own signal. US pirates were broadcasters who caused an interference with any other licensed station. This concept of piracy developed in British media landscape too. Later, it was primarily associated with offshore broadcasters who anchored their floating studios in international waters. This kind of radio piracy was the most popular in the United Kingdom because of a radio broadcasting monopoly of the BBC. Piracy in the United States of America is associated with efforts of amateur radio experimenters. When their signals strengthened, all their activities became illegal. In both cases, piracy was a strong stimulus for a change. In the United Kingdom, the BBC formed new channels with diverse content and in the United Stated of America the position of micro- broadcasters has been strengthened.

This master thesis focuses on Czech Radio and its role in the support of culture. Culture has been carefully covered by the broadcasting of Czech Radio since its very foundation. The thesis provides a thorough overview of various activities that Czech Radio has been organising in this area in the programme offer of its stations, its marketing and PR activities and the organisation of cultural events as such. Based on the working experience at the Communications and External Relations Division of Czech Radio, this thesis presents a handbook for both the specialised public and potential partners and helps them understand the whole environment prior to the actual submission of their request for cooperation. This is valid for both the media cooperation and media partnership as well as the consequential possibilities and steps arising from the acceptance of the request.

Diploma thesis The Differences between Public and Commercial Radio Broadcasting (exemplified by Radiožurnál and Rádio Impuls) deals with differences in broadcasting of public radio station Radiožurnál and commercial radio station Rádio Impuls. The selection of stations was not random. Radiožurnál stays according to Radioprojekt, official radio audience research realized by companies MEDIAN and STEM/MARK, the longterm most listened radio station of Czech Radio and belong to most listened radio station countrywide. Rádio Impuls is since the begining of this research most listened radio station countrywide. Diploma thesis does not examine general differences in radio broadcasting between these two radio stations which are valid for another radio stations of Czech Radio and for other commercial radio stations. Instead of this it deals with specific differences in their radio broadcasting. After introductory inclusion of examined radio stations to media system in the Czech Republic, description of their origin and current format, other chapters focus on individual differences. Attention is dedicated to programs, news, moderators' inputs and two publicistic programs - Ranní interview and Tři Impulsy na tělo. Last chapter evaluates audio, lexical, morphological and syntactical level of moderators'speeches.

An analysis of the state interventions into a broadcasting market will be the aim of this thesis. A state is in the most of countries represented by a special broadcasting market commission. In my thesis I will focus on the commission's behaviour. In the first part of my thesis I would like to consider a theoretical background, history and actual legislation of the electromagnetic spectrum regulation, particularly the legislation of both types of regulation -- structural and content regulation. Conclusions reached will be applied to the situation in the Czech Republic. The thesis should answer questions as whether the members of the commissions are objective, independent in their decision-making and behave within the defined legal frame. Acting of the Czech commission will be analyzed on the example of "Radio Wave affair". This radio station was taken from analog broadcast after the pressure from the Council of the Czech Radio.

Tunes and sequences that introduce into media products (so-called idents or intros) do not serve only as interpunction dividers in the continuous broadcasting media flow. They are also a specific kind of media message that evolved gradually and become incorporated structurally as well as functionally among the typical and identifying phenomena of the media discourse. From the semiotic point of view, an intro is at the same time a sign of the media text and a text per se. In the media discourse, intros fulfill several functions: they help getting around the radio and television programme, they draw attention to various programme titles and they simultaneously co-create the identity of the respective broadcasting station's discourse. To fulfill said functions, they use set signs and sign systems. Purpose of this work is on the one hand to analyze sign and sign systems used in some representative examples of intros from the Czech media environment around the turn of the millennium, on the other hand to comparatively analyze said intros in a synchronous as well as diachronous perspective; by means of that, relations will be explained among various intros and their respective sign systems across the media discourse.

The goal of this thesis is to describe the basic characteristics of intermedia agenda setting in the news broadcasted by Czech Radio using quantitative content analysis. The theoretical part of the thesis, which precedes the analysis, puts the concept of intermedia agenda setting into the wider context of agenda setting research, introduces some of the most important studies presented in this area, and provides explanations of related concepts such as gatekeeping or news values. In the empirical part of the thesis are first analyzed data concerning the frequencies of references to individual czech media outlets, then results of correlation analyzes describing the relationship between these references and the thematic agenda of Czech Radio are presented.