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RCA radio sales skyrocket
For their first 3 years selling radios, RCA’s revenues amounted to $83,500,000 -
How popular radio was compared to other entertainment sources
Radio entertainment is so popular that theaters did not open until after the extremely popular “Amos ‘n Andy” show was over. -
Census and radios
United States Census is the first in that country's history to require households to report the ownership of a radio-receiving set. -
The "birthyear" of Little Orphan Annie
Little Orphan Annie is a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and syndicated by the Tribune Media Services -
Rules of radio stations
The three major news-wire services, AP, UP, and INS, announced they would no longer allow radio stations to use their stories. -
perfection of radio
Armstrong solved the radio’s last major problem, static, by inventing frequency modulation (FM), which he successfully tested in 1933 -
Radio becomes normal
A radio can be found in 60% of American Households -
Response to radio rules
the radio industry established its own news-gathering agency -
# of radio stations 1935
585 radio stations in the U.S. -
Major wire services relented
They began supplying their services to subscribing radio stations -
Radio Advertising Expenditures in Millions of Dollars
122.3 -
Creation of new band
the FCC announced the creation of an Apex band of stations, consisting of 75 channels spanning from 41.02 to 43.98 MHz. -
Radio impact for WWII
Radio's instant, on-the-spot reports of dramatic events drew large audiences starting in 1938 in the run-up to World War II and played a major role during the conflict -
Scare Tactics
newspapers deliberately played up a 1938 radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds by claiming that the broadcast triggered a mass hysteria of people who thought they were listening to a real-life account of an ongoing alien invasion -
Networking takes over
By 1938, 40 percent of the nation’s 660 stations were affiliated with a network, and many were part of a chain -
Radio importance during WWII
Almost immediate coverage of events -
FM stations were superior
the Apex stations were ordered to be off the air by January 1, 1941, if they had not converted to FM by that date. -
TV starts taking over
The most popular drama and comedy shows and most of their stars migrated from radio to television in the 1940s -
FM Band
FM broadcasting stations were first authorized in 1941 -
ABC Formes
the Federal Communications Commission forced NBC to sell a part of its system to Edward J. Noble, who formed the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).