true/ false Flashcards
The famous composer, Johann Sebastian Bach, was paid only as an organist and choirmaster, not as a composer, while he was alive.
True
Analog recording breaks sound down electronically and assigns each note a numerical code.
False
The jukebox, introduced in 1927, was a coin-operated piano.
False
LP records ran at the speed of 45 rpm’s.
False
Since the late 1950s, 60 percent of record sales have been in some form of rock music.
True
Salt’N’Pepa was the first white rap group.
False
The DAT format failed with consumers because they could not get prerecorded tapes in this format.
True
Four major corporations collect about 80 percent of recording industry revenues each year.
True
Today, online stores surpass traditional retailers in sales of recordings.
False
Wal-Mart frequently places parental advisory stickers on albums whose content it is concerned about.
False
The radio was the first device to transmit the human voice.
False
An electromagnetic spectrum is an invention used to determine the range of frequencies being transmitted.
False
The concept of toll broadcasting was that anyone could talk to the masses, in exchange for paying a fee to the telephone company.
True
A network affiliate is a local radio station owned and operated by a network.
False
ABC was created when the government forced RCA to sell off one of its networks.
True
All radio stations east of the Mississippi have call letters that start with “W” and all stations west of the Mississippi have call letters that start with “K.”
False
The development of the transistor helped radio survive the rise of television’s popularity.
True
In most countries, public radio is more dominant than commercial radio.
True
“Pay for play” is a legal way for record promoters to give money in exchange for radio airplay.
True
Shock radio describes programming in which on-air personalities encourage listeners to despise a particular class of people.
False
Channel allocation is the sharing of frequencies by more than one station.
False
Kinescopes were a form of videotape used in early television
False
“Must carry” rules, established by the FCC, said that cable systems had to carry all local TV stations in that system’s area of coverage.
True
The WB and UPN were established by affiliates of the big three networks.
False
HDTV represents an innovation, in that it uses only half the scanning lines of standard TV.
False
UHF stands for Ultra High Frequency.
True
Without some form of distribution, all broadcast TV stations cannot be seen further that fifty miles from their transmission point.
True
A television market is the city to which a station is licensed.
False
A geostationary satellite is one that is orbiting the earth at the same rate the earth rotates
True
The Children’s Television Act of 1990 required television stations to show three hours of children’s educational programming each week.
False
