Answer:
Broadcasters sold airtime to sponsors who then used it to run advertisements for their goods and services.
Explanation:
Since NBC's success, this model has been adopted by other companies. Sponsors bought airtime from the broadcasters in order to run commercials during commercial breaks of the shows that were being broadcast. There is a direct correlation between airtime and popularity. And it turned out to be a win-win situation for everyone involved, including the radio station and the advertisers.
A. The media was a not-for-profit organization until the advent of television.
B. Companies split and sold off those newly created companies for a profit.
C. Broadcasters sold airtime to sponsors who then used it to run advertisements for their goods and services.
D. Broadcasts were not, in fact, free. Rather, listeners paid a subscriber's fee to hear the broadcasts.
E. Broadcast companies received a cut of the profits from the sales of radio equipment.
The answer would be that companies bought time from the radio network to run ads for their goods and services.
YOUR OPTIONS SEEM IN A DIFFERENT ORDER?
Marilyn in 'The Cold Equation' is a GOOD person.
Marilyn is an innocent but ignorant eighteen years old girl who had not seeing her brother for ten years. She believed hiding in the Stardust ship, which is going to the place where here brother lives is a good mean of seeing her brother again. She had good thoughts and good intention but was not aware of how her presence in the ship will negatively affect and jeopardize the lives of others on aboard the ship.
Answer:
I'm pretty sure the answer is C. Topical.