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Marconi
-Sent & recived first radio signal -
Marconi
-conducted the first successful transatlantic experimental radio communications. -
Lee De Forest
-Created (or “Borrowed” the idea for) The aduio tube, a vacuum tube that amplified signals -
First song ever played
-from Brant Rock when during a short program for Christmas, O Holy Night was played on a violin. -
The first radio broadcast
-for entertainment and music was transmitted from Brant Rock, Massachusetts to the general public. -
Radio Stations
-8xk, later renamed KDKA
-Frank lonrad
-Still around today broadcasting but of pittsburg pennsylvania. -
The first woman to own and operate a radio station.
Marie Zimmerman -WIAE, Vinton, and IA -
Federal Radio Commission
-Uncle charlie was too popular
-Establishing FRC
-Organize the licensing of transmitters -
Golden Era
-The 30’s & 40’s
-Middle of the Great Depression-People were hurting for $$$ -
Radio’s Demise
-TV Makes an appearance in the late 30’s
-As popularity grew, advertisers went to TV -
Netherlands
Broadcasts were interrupted by the German invasion
