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in 1895 Buddy Bolden made his first band which is widley believed to be the first jazz band. but for others, in 1917, that Nick LoRacca, invented jazz, when he made the first jazz album.
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Marconi was a ittalian inventor that sent the very first radio signal out. People believe he wasnt the first one, soem believe it was just a good case of PR. It was a Broadcast without using lines, it didnt play music or have a talk show, it was skeptical if it was the first radio.
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Lee de forest created (or borrowed the idea for) the audion tube, a vacuum tube that amplifys signals. it is widley believed that a cnadian inventor, Reginald Fessenden, acually came up with the idea. But Fessenden didnt seem to maek it in the history books for that invention.
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The marine undustry jumped on the idea for radio broadcasting. it was crucial because when the ship leaves, it loses conne ction the land. this way they can stay in contact even when it leaves land. it also helped save many lives for example: the Titanic
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The first radio station was made 25 years after morconi invented the radio. it was called 8XK, but was later renamed to KDKA. it still plays today in Pennsylvania.
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Radio wouldnt be radio without advertisements, radio made all of its money from advertisements. the first advertisemtn was a 10 minute comercial or toll broadcast charging 50$
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It is a term for personal radio stations, everybody wanted a radio station back then. They ended up getting too popular, when people that were advertising, would get interupted by uncle charlies, and the advertisers would get mad. this led to the establishment of the FRC, later known today as the FCC.
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These were designed so people could identify stations. W is east of the mississippi. K is east of the mississippi.
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Amplitude Modulation. Modulation means to change waves. AM is the changing of the wave. The hieght of the wave changes in AM. they are "535 KHz to 1605 KHz. 1000 Khz is one MHz
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Frequency Modulation. Modulation means to change waves. Fm waves are 88 to 108 MHz. 1000 KHz is 1 MHz
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Radio was at its finest in these days, everybody listened to the radio. It was the great depression, people were hurting for money, and the radio was a escape from it all.They didnt think about troubles in life while on the radio
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Popularity in tvs grew and advertisers wanted there advertisments on tv now, radio lost a lot of money and many radio shows quit.
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Radio to TV didnt work because the statiosn that played characters didnt look or sound like they would.
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KNow one knows when rock was born, and there are man theorys of who made, rock. THough it is widley believed that it was Ike Turner in 1951.
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Since popularity of radio shows were gone, they were dying and needed to be saved. Music was the asnwer, at the time music was very limited, and could only be listened to in so many ways, Radio filled that void.
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The first inductees to the Rock n' Roll hall of fame were Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and Fts Dinomo
