Mass Communication Flashcards
What was the first radio station?
Station KDKA.
When did the first radio station begin?
1920.
How many radio stations were there in the USA by 1930?
600.
What proportion of homes in the US owned a radio in 1930?
40%.
How did many families pay for their radios/
In weekly instalments.
What was the first national radio network?
The NBC (National Broadcasting Company), 1926.
What did radio soon become?
The main source of family entertainment.
Who were Jack Dempsey and Babe Ruth?
National sporting heroes.
By the end of the 1920s, how many people did radio reach?
50 million.
What was the consequence of radios of political awareness?
Political awareness throughout the general public increased astronomically.
How many dollars were the industry of radio broadcast worth in 1929?
$One billion
When did the gramophone industry first begin to grow?
1900.
When did gramophone sales peak, and at which sales?
In 1921, with sales of $106 million.
How was the gramophone market virtually destroyed.
By the growth of the radio.
Which event finally sent most smaller gramophone companies out of business?
The Wall Street Crash.
