TLE WEEK 1-2 Flashcards
First transatlantic signal sent-by Marconi from ireland to canada
1901
Amateur (today known as “ham”) radio introduced to the u.s. Via a science American article on “How to Construct an Efficient Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus at Small Cost.”
1902
Reginald Fessenden is the 1st to transmit a program of speech and music.
1906
First radio transmission from an airplane
1910
All U.S. radio stations not needed by the government are closed as WWI begins.
1917
The first on-air advertisement was carried by a New York station
1922
The first permanent national network, NBC, was formed. CBS followed a year laters
1926
The Federal Radio Commission established to bring order ro choatic airwaves
1927
FDR broadcast the first of his 30 “fireside chats”
1933
CBS Radio broadcasts H.G. Wells’ classic The War of the Worlds. Although most listeners understood that the program was a radio drama, the next day’s headlines reported that thousands of others – perhaps a million or more – plunged into panic, convinced that America was under a deadly Martian attack.
1938
Cellular radio telephony, with call handoff and frequency reuse, was conceived at Bell Laboratories
1947
Texas Instruments produces the first commercial transistor radio, launching the portable electronic age.
1954
was the earliest form of radio broadcasting. This specific type of broadcasting got it’s name for how it emits radio waves by manipulating the amplitude of the signal in conjunction with the amplitude of the signal that is being transmitted.
AM ( AMPLITUDE MODULATION )
was invented in the 1930s as a way to counter the interference issues with AM radio. FM radio stations happen on VHF (very high frequency) waves and are much more common thanks to better sound fidelity, which allowed stereo broadcasting to thrive on this specific type of broadcasting network.
FM ( FREQUENCY AMPLITUDE )
This type of radio refers to ‘illegal’ or un-regulated radio transmission. Often, this sort of radio broadcasting is used for political reasons, for entertainment, or as an exchange of two-way radio.
Pirate radio