1901 Guglielmo Marconi develops first wireless transmitter to send telegraphic sounds across Atlantic
Download 12.89 Kb.
|
| The History of Radio
1901 Guglielmo Marconi develops first wireless transmitter to send telegraphic sounds across Atlantic 1906 Dr. Lee DeForest=the father of American radio who develops vacuum tubing that allows for clear transmission of voices 1910 Congress requires all ships to have a “wireless” on board 1912 first radio licenses required to regulate airwaves Titantic might have lost all passengers otherwise 1920 KDKA first commercial broadcast on Nov.2 of the election of President Harding (defeated Cox) The station was in Pittsburgh, Pa and still exists today (only K east of Mississippi) 1921 Westinghouse founds RCA to produce radios 50,000 in 1921 600,000 in 1922 Radio ownership is 90% by 1929 1926 NBC network founded by David Sarnoff of RCA to transmit programming to affiliates 1927 CBS founded as competitor to NBC under Bill Paley NBC goes coast-to-coast with the coverage of the Rose Bowl; form Blue and Red network which are two dominant networks in radio throughout the 1930s 1933 FM technology developed but not employed much for decades 1934 FCC founded by the Federal Communication Act of 1934 which established regulations on radio as part of the public domain (the airwaves were considered public property); it established guidelines for decency as well as the Rule of 7 which allowed for a single company to own only 7 newspapers and 7 radio stations, later only 7 television stations as well 1935 Radio Press War ends as the Wire Services are forced to provide news to radio stations in case of emergency 1937 Von Hindenburg crash live broadcast 1938 Oct.30 War of the Worlds by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater of the Air 1930s President Roosevelt uses radio for his “fireside chats” to communicate directly with public Golden Era of Radio programming 1943 NBC Blue Network deemed monopolistic; had to be sold and became ABC 1947 Bell labs develop the transistor radio which makes radios smaller and more portable (car/garage) 1950s radio suffers from competition with television; disc jockeys (djs) become popular playing recorded Music; Top 40 format trend begins to spread as typical radio format 1964 AM/FM repeats are limited by the government forcing FM stations to transmit separate content 1967 Public Broadcasting Act is passed which leads to formation of NPR in the 1970s 1970s the switch to FM occurs dominated by album-oriented rock music by the end of the decade 1987 repeal of the fairness doctrine which no longer required “fair and equal” time to both sides 1990s news and talk radio gains immense popularity with hosts like Rush Limbaugh Internet radio emerges as a way to stream radio signal 1996 the Federal Communications Act deregulates ownership 2002 Satellite radio begins service 2004 podcasting technology allows widespread use of radio recording for later listening 2012 Hurricane Sandy devastates the East coast; millions turn to radio coverage of the event for news RADIO SUCCESS Internal Factors that can be controlled by the station
External factors that are beyond control of the station
Arbitron: company that compiles the ratings for radio station listeners Less precise than tv ratings which are actually hooked up to your television. Radio stats based on a journal done by the listener since people own so many different radios
Potential Future Growth for radio
Will radio die out? Current statistics suggest it is unlikely: 2-3 hours per day according to many researchers; 2nd behind tv as most popular media format
Formats
 Directory: ourpages -> auto -> 2015 2015 -> Final review Sheet: Global History I and II topic: Historical concepts/Prehistory 2015 -> Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr's Duel 2015 -> Question 1 (Document-Based Question): 55 minutes Suggested Reading period: 15 minutes Suggested writing period: 40 minutes Directions 2015 -> Question 1 (Document-Based Question): 55 minutes Suggested Reading period: 15 minutes Suggested writing period: 40 minutes 2015 -> The slave Celia, who had no right to resist 2015 -> Tokugawa period in japan 1: Tokugawa Japan 2015 -> Important note regarding attendance Download 12.89 Kb. Share with your friends:
|