Exam 1 Flashcards
William S. Paley
Developed the CBS radio and Television Networks and ran them for more than half a century, he was Sarnoff’s only competition.
May 24, 1844
Samuel Morse wrote the first digital communication with the wired telegraph
Samuel Morse
Invented the wired telegraph
James Maxwell
discovered electromagnetic waves; realized light was a type of electromagnetic wave
Heinrich Hertz
Demonstrated the existence of radio waves in 1885, setting the stage for the development of modern wireless communications. The measurement unit of electromagnetic frequencies was named for Hertz.
Reginald Fessenden
Originally had the idea for voice transmission; broadcasted the first radio program only on AM in 1906; first one to put music on the radio.
Lee De Forest
considered the father of radio broadcasting because of his invention that permitted reliable voice transmissions for both point-to-point communication and broadcasting
Radio Act of 1912
the first radio legislation passed by Congress, it addressed the problem of amateur radio operators cramming the airwaves
Department of Commerce
Supervises trade, promotes U.S. business, tourism
US Navy and WW1
Took over control of all ship radio stations
Vaudeville
A type of inexpensive variety show that first appeared in the 1870s, often consisting of comic sketches, song-and-dance routines, and magic acts
Little Orphan Annie
The famous comic strip that entertained children during the Great Depression
Amos ‘n’ Andy
A radio comedy favorite that knitted the nation together.
Charles Coughlin
Catholic priest who used his popular radio program to criticize the New Deal; he grew increasingly anti-Roosevelt and anti-Semitic until the Catholic Church pulled him off the air.
Orson Welles
An actor, director, producer, writer. Created one of the most renowned radio broadcasts of all time ‘ The War of The Worlds”
Todd Storz
developed Top 40 radio
Paul Nipkow & Boris Rosing
Inventors of TV
Wired telegraphy
Samuel Morse wrote “What god had wrought” as the first digital communication.
“What hath God wrought”
First message sent by wired telegraph
The electromagnetic spectrum
All of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
Guglielmo Marconi
Italian electrical engineer known as the father of radio
British Marconi
Created by Guglielmo Marconi in 1897 the company installed wireless telegraphs on British naval and private commercial ships.
American Marconi
Created by Guglielmo Marconi in 1899 the company installed wireless telegraphs on American naval and private commercial ships.
Alternator-transmitter
rotating machine invented by Ernst Alexanderson in 1904 for the generation of high-frequency alternating current for use as a radio transmitter. It was one of the first devices capable of generating the continuous radio waves needed for transmission of amplitude modulated signals by radio.
December 24, 1906
First human voice broadcasted; called the “Christmas Eve broadcast”
United Telegraph Company
largest radio communications firm in the United States
Wireless Ship Act of 1910
Congress ruled that all U.S. passenger ships had to carry a radio.
Titanic
British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States.
RCA
founded as the Radio Corporation of America in 1919. It was initially a patent trust owned by General Electric, Westinghouse, AT&T Corporation and United Fruit Company.
David Sarnoff
Head of RCA, he promoted the development of television as a mass medium yet blocked the development of FM radio for years because RCA produced and sold AM radio receivers
KDKA
The first commercial radio station in America (in Pittsburgh).
Frank Conrad
Established the first commercial broadcast station, KDKA, in 1920
Radio Act of 1927
the second radio legislation passed by Congress; in an attempt to restore order to the airwaves, the act stated that licensees did not own their channels but could license them if they operated to serve the “public interest, convenience, or necessity.”
Federal Radio Commission
a body established in 1927 to oversee radio licenses and negotiate channel problems
AT&T and radio networks
The Broadcasting Company of America (BCA) was a short-lived subsidiary of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T). It was formed in May 1926 in order to consolidate AT&T’s radio station and network operations into a single organization.
NBC Red & NBC Blue
“red,” focused on entertainment and music, and “blue,” which only carried news
CBS
Columbia Broadcasting System
Aimee Semple McPherson
evangelist, founder of four square church of god, 1920s, used hollywood like tactics to get more followers, was popular on the radio, faked death. appealed to poor white people, practiced healing, anti evolution
Hear it Now
Hosted by Edward R. Murrow and produced by Murrow and Fred W. Friendly on CBS
Edward R. Murrow
A radio and, later, television journalist and announcer who set the standard for journalistic excellence during TV’s golden age.
War of the Worlds
1938 was a story on the radio directed by Orson Welles, it was so realistic people thought that aliens were actually invading
Top 40 radio
A style of radio programming based on a set list of selections that are played repeatedly over the course of the broadcast day. It became the prevalent mode of radio programming from the late 1950s to the 1960s.
Rock and roll
became a popular music genre in the fifties with the introduction of Elvis Presley
Alan Freed
A disc jockey who began playing a unique style of music at the time called “rhythm-and-blues” on a Cleveland radio show, who gained a wide following from black and white teenagers due to his on-air attitude and style, gaining a wide following for this new genre that evolved into rock-and-roll.
Payola
occurs when record companies give bribes to DJs to get their records played
Nipkow ring
a mechanical television scanner consisting of a rotating disk with small holes upon its periphery through which narrow beams of light pass.
Philo Farnsworth
Father of Televison. Farnsworth developed key patents for both the image disector camera tube and the receiving cathode ray tube
Image dissector
slices pictures to send across electromagnetic spectrum
Vladimir Zworkin
Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode ray tubes.
Iconoscope
Used in early video cameras to convert light into electric waves, thereby creating a projected image.
