mat 183 history of radio

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HISTORY OFRADIO

Adam Lundquist


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What is radio

Transmission of signals bymodulating electrical waves.

From Latin word to radiate (from asingular place)

A lot of science you are not going

to need to know unless you are anengineer There is also satelite radio


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Waves


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History of radio

Gugliemo Marconi was first to begiven a patent. Considered father

of modern radioBritish Marconi


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Gugliemlmo Marconi

1874-1937Assembled and created and

basically made radio possible 1897 obtained a patent and

established the Wireless Telegraph

and Signal Company

Opened up the first radio factoryin Chelmsford England


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Radio begins

1909-1919San Jose Calling, Charles Herrold

(1875-1948)Radio pioneerStanford Founded college

First regularly scheduledbroadcasts


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Broadcasting

American Heritage Dictionarydefines as

To transmit (a radio or televisionprogram) for public or generaluse.

From the farming term meaning toTo place seeds over a wide area ofland


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The beginning of the

Golden Age1920-1929 KDKA Pittsburg first US licensed

commercial station in Oct. of 1920 First Broadcast Nov. 2 1920 By 1922 600 commercial radio stations Loads of overlapping 1923 WEAF-First station to have a radio

advertisement. Out of New York


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KDKA

Frank Conrad had a 5.00 bet on a12.200 watch

Loved new hobbyBoss saw advertisementBoss had idea for money First advertiser


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Profile

Amos and Andy

Freeman Gosden 1899-1982 Charles Correll 1890-1972


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1930-1939

Big stars were Jack Benny, FredAllen, and George Burns

Sponsored musical was mostpopular form of broadcast

Broadcasting comic stripcharacters like Dick Tracy andLittle orphan Annie


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1930s radio

The actual radios themselves wereHuge


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Profile

Orson Welles and the War of theWorlds fiasco

Oct. 30, 1938Grovers Mill New Jersey


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1940-1949

WarRadio broadcasts were used to

instantly broadcast war reportsbecause film could not do this

Broadcast FDRs addresses toexplain what was going on in theworld

Provided certainty


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Profile

Edward R. MurrowGained fame when Hitler invaded

Europe in March of 1938Broadcast live from different

locations and this was consideredrevolutionary


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1950-1959

Radio learns that listeners nolonger want shows in the new

automobile way of life.What they do is began to be

cutting edge and introduceaudiences to rock n roll


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Alan Freed

Pretty much introduced rock towhite people

Cleveland to New YorkGIANT Payola scandal


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1960s radio

Radio got rid of its vacuum tubesand became mobile!

Radios became ubiquitous atbaseball games as well as on thebeaches

People no longer had to sit aroundlistening to radio via rooms or cars


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Profile: Wolfman Jack

Popular in the 1960s and 1970sWas in the movie American Graffiti Produced many of his broadcasts

from Mexico where the FCC had noclaim


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1970s radio

FM became huge and DJs beganto pick what they played.

A common format emerged wherethe DJ would speak between songsand there banter with theaudience was very important

Top 40


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Casey Kasem

Casey Kasem hosted American top40 from 1970-1988

Was an extremely popular radioshow at the time


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1980s radio

The rise of the shock jock -HowardStern, Don Imus, and Rush

LimbaughClear channel begins to buy up the

country Top 40 still hugeRap station began emerging


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Profile: Howard Stern

The King of All mediaOne of the most important radio

personalities ever Took radio out of the professional

deep voiced serious radio Fined more than any broadcaster

by the FCC


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1990s radio

Continued rise of Shock JocksConservative radio had a field day

with president Clinton and hissexual appetiteRise of extremely partisan radio


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Radio until 2008

Big challengers include XM, Siriusand the Ipod

Sales are gloomyClear channel has begun selling offstations

Xm and Sirius not doing so well

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