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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