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Marconi
An Italian inventor that had received radio signal in 1875.
Marconi was the first to send radio signal at that time.
Radio did a huge impact for when the titanic tragedy occurred. -
Audion Tube
Gives out signal form a longer distance, its a vacuum tube that amplifies signal.In 1906 Le De Forest he created the Audion Tube. Reginald Fessenden came up with the idea hat made it into the history. -
Radio Stations
1920,it was first called 8XK then was renamed it KDKA by Frank Conrad. He is still around broadcasting in Penn. -
The Dawn Of Advertising
The way radio stations make money is by creating commercials. And they would broadcast it to a radio station. They would charge 50$ to go on air. -
FRC
Unce Charlie became very popular and in 1927 was when FRC was created.It assigns radio station frequencies, call letters, and power limits. Therefor it organizes the licensing of transmitters. -
Call Letters
W is East of the Mississippi River, K is West of the Mississippi River. Is used for communication to the WBAP and WFFA. Send signals through out radio stations. -
AM Waves
AM means Amplitude modulation which gives out waves in the radio stations. Goes from 535-KHz-1605KHz giving out more radio frequency. -
FM Waves
FM meaning Frequency Modulation. Giving out 88-108 MHz radio signal -
Golden Era
The Golden Era had occurred in the 30's and 40's . In the middle of the Great Depression, people were hating for money. Radio helped people advertise to make quick bucks. -
Family Medium
Radio lead families to be together once again. Helped them enjoy things that they should have along time ago. Like music, story hour, comedies, and drama. -
Radios Demise
As popularity grew, advertisers went to t.v. Radio lost a lot of money which put Radio in a bad situation. Tv basically over populated radio as years passed. -
Radio's Improvement
Radio added music into stations which saved it from being n deep trouble. Music was a ver limited resource and now its not. Music can be heard almost everywhere.