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Marconi
Italian Inventor
sent and received first Radio signal -
Audion Tube
Widely believed that Canadian inventor Reginald Fessenden came up with the idea
Lee De Forest created (or borrowed the idea) the audion tube vacuum tube that amplified signals -
Call letters
W is for the East of the Mississippi River
K is for the West of the Mississippi River -
Radio Stations
8XK later renamed to KDKA
still around in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania -
Dawn of Advertising
In 1922 WEAF aired a 10 minute "commercial" or toll broadcast for Apartment complex charging $50 -
Federal Radio Commission(FRC)
FRC was created because Uncle Charlie was too popular
assigned radio station frequencies, call letters, and power limits -
Golden Era
Middle of the Great Depression people need money
Radio people provide news to people who don't have cable -
Famous shows of the Golden Era
Amos and Andy, GunSmoke, The Shadow, Our Miss Brooks, Superman -
Marconi's death
He had a heart attack a 63 -
Why Music
There weren't many options anymore but jukeboxes, records, and live concerts -
Television
T.V.s were made in the late 1930's as t.v's were made all advertisers went to t.v's -
Family Medium
Families enjoy the radio together by listening to bands, stories, comedies, and dramas
