Radio to Golden Age

By JoeySalads13
  • Radio Act of 1912

    Radio Act of 1912

    Licensing system deciding who can and cannot broadcast a message after an application. Began marginalizing the amateurs.
  • Formation of the RCA

    Formation of the RCA

    After WW1 the US government offered companies in the US exclusive rights for developing radio technology for the US, founding the RCA.
  • Radio Act of 1927

    Radio Act of 1927

    First federal regulatory agency developing radio. In charge of processing, broadcasting licences, and assigned frequencies. The PICAN standered was set up during this act
  • RCA broadcasts speeches and baseball games.

    RCA broadcasts speeches and baseball games.

    The RCA had been putting a lot of money into television and by 1939 the RCA had begun broadcasting President speeches, including a speech by FDR making him the first president to appear on television. The RCA was also broadcasting baseball games. All of this led into the Golden Age of television.
  • FCC Licensing Freeze

    FCC Licensing Freeze

    The FCC stops allowing new networks to broadcast on Television.
  • Golden Age of Television

    Golden Age of Television

    Following WWII technological advancements helped television flourish between the 1940s through the 1950s.
  • FCC lifts Licensing Freeze

    FCC lifts Licensing Freeze

    The freeze gave the networks NBC, ABC, and CBS who were able to broadcast had created their footholds
  • Quiz Show Scandals

    Quiz Show Scandals

    Sponsors rigged certain TV game shows in order to draw in a larger audience