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Radio in the 1920’s
By: Ms. Geiss
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Radio began in 1920 when KDKA produced their first historic radio broadcast.
Yet, how did they get there?
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In 1896, Nikola Tesla first demonstrated radio waves.
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Then Guglielmo Marconi stumbled upon wires that could transmit radio waves over hundreds of yards.
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In 1906, Reginald Fessenden was the first to successfully transmit a long-distance radio signal.
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What did he transmit?
Silent Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JszhyeW73Q4
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After KDKA’s 1920 broadcast, there came Chicago’s KYW.
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By the end of 1922, there were 600 radio stations.
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But This CreatedSome
Serious Problems
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1926 - The Federal Radio Commission1927 – Radio Act created the Federal Radio Commission.
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1926 – RCA became the first Radio Network.
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1923 – $6 million in radio sales
1929 - $842 million in radio sales
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MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS
$6 $150
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1923 - 1930, 60% of American families had a radio.
"There is radio music in the air, every night, everywhere. Anybody can hear it at home on a receiving set, which any boy can put up in an hour."
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Work Cited“KDKA Begins to Broadcast 1920.” A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries. WGBH, 1998. Web. 10 Feb. 2015. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dt20ra.html>.
“Life in the 1920’s: Radio Craze.” Class Zone: World History. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2008. Web. 10 Feb. 2015. <https://www.classzone.com/net_explorations/U7/U7_article2.cfm>.
“Radio Fever.” U.S. History: Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium. Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia, 2014. Web. 10 Feb. 2015. <http://www.ushistory.org/us/46g.asp>.