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| Weaknesses of wired communication |
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cost a lot to run a wire from one location to another
construction and maintenance |
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he's the one that came up with the theory
demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic radiation |
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| He's the one that actually tested it |
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he developed a powerful wireless business
experimented radio transmitters and receivers.
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| Form of early radio before broadcasting |
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It's a wireless system
wasn't broadcasted but rather point to point |
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| Initial uses of radio before of broadcasting |
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| not used for broadcasting but rather wireless telegraph |
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| Titanic and its affect on radio regulation and shipping industry |
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Wireless Act: first radio law; required staffing day and night
Radio Act of 1912
-set frequencies and hours of operation
-had to follow the frequencies that were given by the Secretary of Commerce |
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| Earliest known form of broadcasting |
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Fesseden was the one who performed the very first broadcast
First one to play music/voice over the air waves (1906) |
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Took the Fleming Valve and inserted a wired grid between the plate of the plate and its cathode to create an amplifier
developer of the Audion; made it possible to amplify weak radio signals. |
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| Navy and WWI's effects on radio development |
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Navy took control over all radio operations and assumed all responsibilty for the patent infringement and equipment in all its ship
WWI advanced the development of the radio |
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- RCA was formed after the war
- -Fear of Foreign Control-US Navy Leadership-Participants: Navy GE, AT&T, and Westinghouse
- Was in the business of point to point communication
- RCA agreement allowed GE, AT&T, and Westinghouse to take advantage of each others' discoveries.
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| KDKA first commercial radio station |
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| A Westinghouse engineer, began experimental broadcasts in Pittsburgh. |
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| Westinghouse, RCA, GE and AT&T started experimental stations. |
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| Early formation of radio networks and why telephone group had a technological advantage over the radio group |
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| the telephone group consisted of the AT&T engineers, the technological advantage would go to the telephone group. |
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| Telephone group and toll broadcasting |
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came in and say what they wanted to say and then leave.
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| Radio Group and indirect support |
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| Radio group relied on advertising radio as a medium |
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AT&T decided to bow out
-Internal Questions
-Government Concerns
AT&T decided to focus on their phone system
-AT&T Leaves Broadcasting
-AT&T Gives up Monopoly Claim
-WEAF Sold to RCA
-AT&T Controls Network Relay System |
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Telephone came in NBC Red
Radio NBC Blue |
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Origins of CBS (1927)
-Investment by Columbia Phonograph
-Columbia Drops Out
-William Paley Buys Columbia
-“Tiffany Network” |
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was a specialist program, was first one to focus on the quality
buys Colombia |
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Developer of FM
took the Audion tube and figured out how it worked. |
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| Provisions of Radio Act of 1912 |
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What the Titanic disaster lead to.
Set frequencies and hours of operation. |
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| State of regulation and radio waves for broadcasting after KDKA |
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Chaos
tore station then they were available frequency.
ignored rules
bad equipment |
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| Effects of the Zenith decision |
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Zenith decision lead to the Radio Act of 1927
radio is a natural resource, not owned by anyone in particular |
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| Provisions of Radio Act of 1927 |
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| Provisions of Communications Act of 1934 |
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| The provisions of 1927 were rolled in the 1943 act, only difference were wire and wireless communication needed to be regulated |
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| Types of programs that were broadcast on radio |
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primarily music/variety programs
Most popular was Amos n' Andy |
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| Use of "fireside chats" by Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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| Used them to promote his agenda |
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| Radio's programming response to TV's popularity and growth in the 1960s |
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| the affect of TV pulled away a lot of viewers that were listening to network radio, cut back on network, and radios had to be more self sufficient before they could rely on nationaly advertising. |
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| Role of FCC in development of FM |
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| Armstrong invents FM in 1933 and FM sounds better and has less static than AM |
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| Contemporary FM programs formats vs AM program formats |
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| Deregulation of broadcast ownership limits in 1980s-current |
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| because of the ownership being dropped, more competition occurred, and more networks. |
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| Effect of the Zenith decision |
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Led to the radio act of 1927: bad at night cause it would reflect off the isosphere.
Led to the radio commission(?), already interference so they made major changes. |
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| State of regulation and radio waves for broadcasting after KDKA |
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| Interference! So many radio licenses, that interfered. They were broadcasting over their schedule, breaking rules.. |
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| Provisions of Radio Act of 1927 |
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