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Heinrich Hertz detects and produces raio waves. Hertz was a German physicist. His works helped make the development of radio, television, and radar possible.
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Guglielmo marconi was an italian inventor. he claims to be the creator of radio broadcasting9might have been a barrowed idea). He didnt even talk or play music during his first broadcast.
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R.A. Fessenden transmits human speech via radiowves. He was a Canadian inventor. Made radio easy access for communication and telling the world important information in seconds.
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first radio program to broadcast voice and music in the U.S. This was done by R.A. Fessenden. Little did we know that by adding MUSIC to our lives throught the radio, it would increse production and popularity of the radio.
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High frequency electric generator produces radio waves with a frequency of 100kHz. Created by Fessenden. This helps to amplify signal and enhance selectivity and sensitivity.
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This invention is created by Edwin Armstrong.He used the same basis for all radio recievers at the time. A 200kHz alternator starts operating at Station NFF, the Naval station in New Brunswich NJ(which was the most powerful radio transmitter at the time).
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Shortwave radio is develed. RCA is founded. RCA i a type of electrical connector commonly used to carry audio and vidio signals(also called A/V jacks).
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KDKA broadcasts the first regukar licensed radio broadcastout of Pittsburgh, PA. Idea for this program was by Frank Conrad. Was previously named 8xk. Still broadcasts today.
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Is an AM radio station in detroit at this time. This station offered the University of Michigan broadcasting rights for extension lectures. these rights given to the University allowed them to talk about anything: media, religion, etc.
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WJR-AM offers musical education broadcasting spots to the University of Michigan. UM continued to broadcast on WWJ as well. It taught school band lessons via radio.
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FM radio is born. Even though it is born, it is in mono. Mono stands for MONAURAL or MONOPHONIC SOUND, which is a single channel. Typically has one microphone, loudspeaker, and headphones.
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Television is born. FM is moved from its original home of 42-50 Mhz to 88-108 Mhz. This was to make room for TV. By next year there will be 6 TV stations in the nation.
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The number of radio recievers in the world exceeds he number of newspapers printed daily. This shows how popular radio was at the time. Everyone wanted their own radio station now and everyone at home was interested in listening to the radio(was a family activity).
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CBN plays "It's My Party" by Leslie Gore. The special thing about today though was that instead of playing the song once in honor of Reagan, they played it for 18 hours. They did this the day after Reagan was elected for president.
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A student DJ is fired from broadcasting. He is layed off for saying a series of racist jokes on air. This took place at WJJX(a WCBN counterpart).
