Radio

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Reginald Fessenden

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did the first voice transmission on the radio Christmas Eve

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RCA

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-A company developed during WWI that was designed, with government approval

- RCA gave the US almost total control over the mass medium of broadcasting
FRC (FCC)

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(Federal Radio Commission )FR

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n 1934 the FRC became the FCC
-They would regulate the airwaves to help unclog them.

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Communication Act of 1934

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FCC was created and could regulate radio,the telephone, the telegraph

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Edwin Armstrong

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This is the creator of FM radio

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Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.

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congress created the first noncommercial networks

Which created the National Public Program(NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service
-The shows would end up being funded by the public
Satellite Radio

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HD Radio

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rings CD quality digital signals
-Provides artist name , song title on the dashboard radio.
-FM and AM get HD Radio

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Internet Radio

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Started in 1990 and involves AM,FM satellite or HD station.
-More than 8,200 radio staions you can stream

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The Telegraph

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vFirst form of radio, it used
Morse Code which uses the sound of dots and dashes to communicate instead of the human voice

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Lee De Forest

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-Patented the Audion tube, which was the first amplifier tube that could boost electrical signals.
-He named himself the"father" of radio broadcasting technology

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AM Radio

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-Earliest form of broadcasting stations
-AM = amplitude modulation
-Disadvantage: weather effectes signal and its weak at night

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FM Radio

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- has a higher frequency modulation
-shorter wavelength
-higher quality
-shorter range
-higher cost to produce signal

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David Sarnoff

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president of rca

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