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15 Cards in this Set
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Who Invented the Phonograph? |
Thomas Edison (Businessman) |
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Who Invented the Gramophone? |
Emile Berliner (Entertainment) |
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What is a Phonograph? |
created by Thomas Edison. an early-sound recording machine played on foil cylinders. |
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What is a Gramaphone? |
created by Emile Berliner a machine that could play prerecorded sound on a flat disk rather than a cylinder. This allowed music to be mass produced with this invention. |
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Who created the Telegraph? |
Samuel Morse |
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What is the Telegraph? |
created by Samuel Morse. It allowed messages to be sent electronically via wire. |
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Who created the wireless telegraph? |
Marconi. Marconi plagerized the work of Nicola Tesla to invent the radio. |
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The radio music box Memo |
David Sarnoff's 1915 plan that outlined how radio can be used as a popular mass medium. |
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Which 4 companies formed RCA? |
General Electric AT&T Westinghouse United Fruit Company |
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Which company founded NBC? |
RCA |
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What is the first major broadcasting network? |
NBC |
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During which years are considered the Golden Age of Radio? |
1920-1940s |
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What is Payola? |
the practice of paying bribes to radio disk jockeys (Djs)and station owners to control which records would receive airplay over the radio. |
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What is Rock n Roll |
a slang term for sex which originated in rhythm & blues music. |
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What is the first 24-hour music video channel? |
MTV |
