Adjusting with our Antennas
What was watched and the way it watcehd 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.
Adjusting with our Antennas
On the Job, On the Air: In Venues of Hospitality
BAF continues his exploration into workplace settings on television through the decades. This episode travels to hosptality venues such as the 1970s Phoenix diner in Alice and the 1980s Boston bar Cheers. It hits the high seas with The Love Boat crew and docks in San Francisco at the St. Gregory for Hotel. It flies the friendly skies and lands at Tom Nevers Field for Wings and captures small town life at the Shady Rest on Petticoat Junction and The Stratford Inn on Newhart. Take the journey on how these shows explored the relationships among the those who worked together in hospitality and those they served.
