Radio BroadcastingHistory
Which scientist/inventor is
known as the “Father of Radio?”
Nikola Tesla
Fessenden worked with whom in 1892?
Thomas Edisonand George
Westinghouse
Hertz was named professor at what
university in 1889?
University of Bonn
Give the date and location of Mr. Loomis’ death.
October 13, 1886Terra Alta, WV
What inventor completes this equation?
Newton -> ??? -> Einstein
Maxwell
Who beganlab experimentson his father’sestate in 1895?
Guglielmo Marconi
What individual was forced to spend
most of his fortune on attorney’s fees and court costs?
Lee De Forest
Who discovered AM (amplitude
modulation)radio?
Reginald Fessenden
De Forest won how many patents during
his lifetime?
180
Tesla did whatin 1884?
He moved to America and began
working with Thomas Edison.
Which inventor was the first to use an antenna system?
Mahlon Loomis
Maxwell was first named a professor
of physics inwhat year?
1856
Give the date and location of Mr.
Fessenden’s birth.
October 6, 1866Quebec, Canada
Marconi was granted a patent for wireless telegraphy
in what year?
1896
De Forest’s two major inventions
were what?
The vacuum tube and sound for
motion pictures.
Tesla was awarded approximately
how many patents in his lifetime?
700
Give the date and location of Mr. Marconi’s birth.
April 25, 1874Bologna, Italy
What individual wanted to be known
as the “Father of Broadcasting,”but was not?
Lee De Forest
What inventor became a professor of physics
at Cambridge University in 1871?
James Clerk Maxwell
Marconi did whatin 1897?
He formed the Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company.
Loomis did whatin 1868?
He demonstrated wireless
communicationfor Congress.
De Forest described modern radio
as what?
He described it as“a failure… full of second-rate jazz.”
Give the date andlocation of Mr.Hertz’s birth.
February 22, 1857Hamburg, Germany
What inventor was pursuing research in
space exploration and nuclear energy as
early as the 1850’s?
James ClerkMaxwell
Who established wireless
communication between France and England in 1899?
Guglielmo Marconi
Which inventor received patent
#7777 for “syntonic telegraphy?”
Guglielmo Marconi
What was invented (and by whom) in
1891 that is still used in radio design today?
The Tesla Coilby Nikola Tesla
De Forest was the first individual to broadcast what event in 1916?
Election returns.
Give the date and location of
Maxwell’s death.
November 5, 1879Cambridge, England
In what year did Marconi transmit wireless signals
across the Atlantic?
1901
What scientist helped develop laser beams,
robotics, remote control, solar energy and
satellites?
Nikola Tesla
Marconi was credited with what
achievement in 1902?
He transmitted the first complete message from
the United Statesto England.
Which inventor is known as the
“Father of Radio Broadcasting?”
Reginald Fessenden
A microwave radiotelephone link was established in 1932 between what
locations?
Vatican Cityand
Castel Gandolfo.
Give the date and location of Mr. Tesla’s birth.
July 10, 1856Croatia
What did Fessenden do in 1906?
He executed a Christmas Eve
broadcast featuring music and scripture.
Give the date and location of
Maxwell’s birth.
June 13, 1831Edinburgh, Scotland
Who won the Nobel Prize for physics
in 1909?
Guglielmo Marconi
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled which inventor was most important to the
development of radio in 1943?
Nikola Tesla
Loomis received his first patent for
wireless telegraphy in what year?
1872
Marconi predicted the concept of naval radar in what year?
1922
Give the date and location of Mr. De
Forest’s birth.
August 26, 1873Council Bluffs, Iowa
Newton is credited with the Laws of Motion,
Einstein with the Theory of Relativity and
Maxwell with what?
FourMathematical
Equations
Tesla won a patent for what creation in 1896?
Basic designof a radio.(Later usedby Marconi)
Naval radar was effectively
demonstratedby Marconi in
what year?
1935
De Forest worked where 1931-1961?
Hollywood
Give the date and location of Mr.
Fessenden’s death.
July 22, 1932Bermuda
What did De Forest create in 1907?
De ForestRadio Telephone
Company
Name the first scientist/inventorto broadcast and
receive radio waves.
Heinrich RudolphHertz
Give the date and location of Mr. Tesla’s death.
January 7, 1943New York, NY
What scientist helped develop the fields of
thermodynamics, rheology, photography,
engineering and mathematics?
James Clerk Maxwell
Give the date and location of Mr. Loomis’ birth.
July 26, 1826Oppenheim, NY
Fessenden succeeded with
what task in 1900?
He transmitted his voice via wireless
telephone.
Who developed wireless radio
communicationfor the US
Weather Bureau?
Reginald Fessenden
Maxwell’s development of what helped create radio,
television, radar, microwaves and thermal images?
Electromagnetic radiation.
Tesla hopedto harness the
power of what?
Niagara Falls
Give the date andlocation of Mr.Hertz’s death.
January 1, 1894Bonn, Germany
Fessenden owned over 500 patents
including twofor what?
Microfilmand sonar.
Give the date and location of Mr. De
Forest’s death.
June 30, 1961Los Angeles, CA
What inventor received a Ph.D.
from Yale University in 1899?
Lee De Forest
What inventor is regarded for
combining scientific research and
religious faith?
James ClerkMaxwell
Tesla succeeded in building what
structure in 1895?
The first hydroelectricpower plant at Niagara Falls.
Give the date andlocation of Mr.
Marconi’s death.
July 20, 1937Rome, Italy
Who created audion equipment in 1916?
Lee De Forest
What inventor built wireless telegraph devices for the US
Navy?
Lee De Forest
Westinghouse sided with Tesla against Edison in what?
The War ofthe Currents
Who was known as the “Father of
Modern Physics?”
James Clerk Maxwell
The hertz (Hz),a unit of
measurement,is named for
what scientist?
Heinrich RudolphHertz
The Loomis Bill, signed into law in
1873, created what?
Loomis Aerial Telegraph Company
The disagreement between Edison
and Tesla revolved around what?
What kind of electrical current would be best for
America.
