Test 1 Review

Question 1

“What hath God Wrought?”

Answer 1

The first message transmitted by telegraph on May 24th 1844. Officially opened the Baltimore-Washington telegraph line. Witnessed by congress, Samuel Morse dispatched this telegraph from the U.S. capitol to Alfred Vail at a railroad station in Baltimore, Maryland.

Question 2

Samuel F.B. Morse

Answer 2

Proved that signals could be transmitted by wire “Morse Code” (1835).

Question 3

Telegraph

Answer 3

A system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire.

Question 4

Alexander Graham Bell

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In 1876 he invented the Telephone. In 1877 he formed the bell telephone company.

Question 5

Gulielmo Marconi

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Developed, demonstrated and marketed the first successful long-distance wireless telegraph. By 1899 he flashed the first wireless signal across the English Channel and 2years later received the letter “S” telegraphed from England to Newfoundland. Originally called “The Father of Radio” and “Inventor of Radio.” Obtained British patent in 1896.

Question 6

Wireless Telegraph

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The use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse Code).

Question 7

Reginald Fessenden

Answer 7

Invented the modulation of radio waves, the “heterodyne system,” which allowed the reception and transmission on the same aerial w/o interference. On Christmas Eve (1906) he publicized the first radio broadcast of the Christmas story in Brant, Massachusetts.

Question 8

Lee Deforest

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Amplified radio signals, getting to them to work better. Was the first to do on the scene news reports. In 1910 he did a live broadcast of top talent Enrico Caruso.

Question 9

Enrico Caruso

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Top Talent of 1910. Was on a live radio broadcast by Lee Deforest.

Question 10

WWI

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1917 to 1919. Navy took control of the telegraph because it was a way for them to communicate with ships at sea.

Question 11

Department of Commerce

Answer 11

In 1912 they implemented and enforced the Radio Act. It mandated that all radio stations in the U.S be licensed by the federal government. KDKA received the first radio license on Oct. 27, 1920.

Question 12

Harding – Cox

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The results of this presidential election was the first commercial radio broadcast. It was announced by KDKA on Election Day, Nov. 2, 1920.

Question 13

WEAF New York (ads)

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Signed on March 2, 1922 it was the first radio station in New York. Owned by AT&T Western Electric it eventually came to be called WNBC.

Question 14

Queensboro Corporation

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They paid WEAF a hundred dollars to have them present property in Long Island over the radio. This made them the first to have an advertisement on radio.

Question 15

William S. Paley

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Founded CBS in his early 20s, 1926, and was president of it for 50 years. Became very popular and influential in mass media.

Question 16

David Sarnoff

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Was a RCA chairman who helped launch NBC (1926).

Question 17

CBS Red

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Popular stuff, Tv shows, comedy sketches, game shows.

Question 18

CBS Blue

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NPR, News, Classical music

Question 19

Federal Radio Commission

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Created in 1926, they regulated radio use in the U.S. Later on (1936) it was replaced by the Federal Communications Commission by the Communications Act of 1934

Question 20

Amos ‘n’ Andy

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Based on Sam ‘n’ Henry from Gosden and Correll’s time in Chicago, A&A was broadcast on WMAQ. The characters were two black men set in Harlem but they were played by two white men. Blacks disliked it due to how it negatively shown a light on their culture, making them seem uneducated and clueless about politics/economics.

Question 21

Gosden and Correll

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Amos N Andy

Question 22

Radio’s Golden Age

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Lasted from the 1920s until the late 1940s when television became popular.

Question 23

Vladimir Zworykin

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A pioneer of television technology, he invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing a cathode ray tubes. He demonstrated this system at a radio convention in 1929. David Sarnoff, an RCA executive was in attendance. He financed Zworykin’s invention and named him the Director of RCA’s Electronic Research Lab in New Jersey.

Question 24

Sid Caesar

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Started Skit comedy. In 1950 he appeared on “Your Show of Shows.”

Question 25

Kinescope Recordings

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Originally just known as cathode rays, this made recordings shows possible. Networks could broadcast shows filmed in the East Coast (California) to the West Coast (Chicago).

Question 26

I Love Lucy

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An American sitcom starring Lucille Balle and Desi Arnaz. They paid for the show to be recorded and filmed at their production company in California then sent the recordings to New York (CBS). Was one of the first to make use of the three camera technique and a live audience.

Question 27

Three camera technique

Answer 27

Used on I Love Lucy by Desi Arnaz, this multi camera way of filming made it possible to shoot many different angles at the same time.

Question 28

Hollywood shunned television

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There was much competition between the two, many people stayed at home to watch television instead of going to movies. Republic Studios was one of the first to make their movies available on television.

Question 29

Quiz Show Scandal

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Herbert Stempel was a game show contestant in the show Twenty – One on CBS. Producer Daniel Enright was going to pay the well-educated Stempel $24,000 to loose against Charles Van Doren. After he took the dive, he was criticized by people calling him dumb. He went to the press and told his story but it they didn’t believe it until another game show fell apart. After publishing Stempel’s story, it went as far as the Supreme Court.

Question 30

War of the Worlds

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Oct. 30, 1938 Orson Wells staged this radio play based on the book by H.G. Wells (CBS). Since the last show ran over people thought aliens were really coming and took the broadcast as a report of actual events.

Question 31

Radio Stations

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14,000

Question 32

Television Stations

Answer 32

1,700