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Marconi sends and receivesfirst radio signal
Marconi invented radio. not the first to but was the greatest -
Audion Tube
Lee De Forest creates ( borrowed) the audion tube, vacuum tube that amplified signals. -
First Radio Station
invented bt Frank Conrad in New York called 8xk, later renamed KDKA -
Dawn of Advertising
how radio stations made money
WEAF aired a 10 minute commercial for $50 -
Television
radio was first used to transmit pictures called television
TV later overtook radio -
Radio Antennas
Yagi-Uda array was invented in 1926 by Shintaro Uda
improved the radio transmition on AM -
Establishing of FRC
organized the licensing of transmitters
assigning radio station frequencies,call letters, and power limits
later named FCC -
Golden Era of radio
the 30's and 40's
middle of Great Depression, provided an escape for people at the time. -
Swing music
swing music became really popular
Frank Sinatra creates pop music for kids -
Famous Shows of the Golden Era
amos n andy
gunsmoke
the shadow
our miss brooks
superman
dick tracy
little orphan annie -
Radio's Progression
major edwin armstrong invented the FM transmitter
listeners were forced to buy new radio sets -
Radio's Demis
TV makes an apperance in the late 30's, and advertising headed away from radio as it got more popular
" TV will do to radios what cars did to horses " -
Why Music
at the time music could be played only jukeboxes, records, and live concerts.
music filled a void -
Jazz music
pure jazz became the popular music
Some of the most notable Jazz artists of the 1940s include Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole. -
Country Music
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, cowboy song became widely popular through the romanticization of the cowboy.
