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A major international precious metals producer wanted to optimize froth flotation performance at one of its processing plants, where flotation cells were experiencing production efficiency issues that were resulting in [...]

Radio set ownership data reported in the U.S. Censuses of 1930, 1940, and 1950 suggest that several factors affected the rate of radio adoption during these decades. Although a majority [...]

The article offers the author's insights on the importance of information or instruction in the foundation of an interpretive presentation in entertainment. Topics discussed by the author include technique of successful speakers in which speeches start with a joke or anecdote to connect with audiences, consideration pof interpretive goals, and addition of humorous speeches to immediately connects with audiences.

During a 1937 appearance on NBC's top-rated Chase & Sanborn Hour, Hollywood icon Mae West starred in a comedy skit based on the Garden of Eden that drew complaints of indecency from offended listeners. Much of the reaction came from Catholic reformers seeking to expand the Legion of Decency's influence to radio. The sponsor and network apologized, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a letter of reprimand to NBC and its affiliates. This action spurred a backlash among critics, who charged the FCC with censorship. The incident was an important landmark in the prewar debate over government's role in regulating radio.

Nowhere did the coming of broadcasting have more social impact than in America's rural areas. With radio, farm families that were once isolated by vast distances and poor roads were brought into immediate and continuous contact with the rest of the nation. The United States Department of Agriculture was quick to seize the potential of the new medium and began producing weather forecasts, market reports, and other agricultural programming at an early date. Commercial interests also built stations and designed programming to serve the rural audience. This article examines the arrival of radio on America's farms during broadcasting's earliest years, from the introduction of radio in 1920 to the passage of the Radio Act of 1927.

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Comments on the rules and regulations imposed on the women's gymnastics competition by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Discussion on the scoring and ranking of gymnasts; Terms of the 2001 Code of Points for Women.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Universae Ecclesiae," in the July-August 2011 issue, "The Hidden Heroism of Witold Urbanowicz," by Clara Sarrocco in the September 2011 issue, and "Natural Family Planning & the New Evangelization," by John F. Kippley in the September 2011 issue.