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    History of Radio Broadcasting: Jhun Carlo Arbotante

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    This document provides a history of radio broadcasting from its origins in the late 19th century to modern times. It discusses how radio developed from early experiments with wireless telegraphy and was commercialized by inventors like Marconi. The first radio stations emerged in the 1920s and networks like NBC and CBS were formed. Regulation developed through acts like the Radio Act of 1927. Radio became a mass medium and popular form of entertainment through the mid-20th century. Modern radio has evolved with satellite and internet technologies while traditional AM/FM broadcasting continues.

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    History of Radio

    Broadcasting
    Jhun Carlo Arbotante
    Introduction
    • Radio owes its development to two other inventions: the
    telegraph and the telephone. All three technologies are closely
    related. Radio technology actually began as "wireless
    telegraphy.“
    • The term "radio" can refer to either the electronic appliance that
    we listen with or the content playing from it. In any case, it all
    started with the discovery of "radio waves" or electromagnetic
    waves that have the capacity to transmit music, speech, pictures
    and other data invisibly through the air.
    Introduction
    • Radio is the technology of using radio waves to carry
    information, such as sound, by systematically modulating
    properties of electromagnetic energy waves transmitted
    through space, such as their amplitude, frequency, phase,
    or pulse width.
    The Roots of Radio
    • During the 1860s, Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell
    predicted the existence of radio waves. And in 1886,
    German physicist Heinrich Rudolph Hertz demonstrated
    that rapid variations of electric current could be projected
    into space in the form of radio waves, similar to those of
    light and heat.
    • In 1866, Mahlon Loomis, an American dentist, successfully
    demonstrated "wireless telegraphy." Loomis was able to
    make a meter connected to one kite cause another one to
    move. This marked the first known instance of wireless
    aerial communication.
    Guglielmo Marconi
    • Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian
    inventor, proved the feasibility of
    radio communication. He sent and
    received his first radio signal in Italy in
    1895. By 1899, he flashed the first
    wireless signal across the English
    Channel and two years later received
    the letter "S," which was telegraphed
    from England to Newfoundland.
    • He saw the potential for the
    technology and approached the
    government for support. Rather
    than inventing radio from scratch,
    however, Marconi essentially
    combined the ideas and experiments
    of other people to make them into a
    useful communications tool.
    Before and During World War I
    • Prior to the 1920s the radio was primarily used to contact
    ships that were out at sea. Radio communications were
    typically achieved by the use of Morse code messages. This
    was of great benefit to vessels in the water, particularly
    during emergency situations. With World War I the
    importance of the radio became apparent and its
    usefulness increased significantly. During the war, the
    military used it almost exclusively and it became an
    invaluable tool in sending and receiving messages to the
    armed forces.
    Radio and the 1920s
    • In 1920 the Westinghouse Company applied for and
    received a commercial radio license which allowed for the
    creation of KDKA. KDKA would then become the first
    radio station officially licensed by the government. It was
    Westinghouse which also began advertising the sale of
    radios to the public.
    Radio and the 1920s
    • Home-built radio receivers were a solution for some and
    began to create a problem for the manufacturers who
    were selling them. As a result the Radio Corporation
    Agreements, RCA, was sanctioned by the government.
    Under RCA, certain companies could make receivers,
    while other companies were approved to make
    transmitters.
    Radio and the 1920s
    • Only one company, AT&T, was able to toll and chain
    broadcast. It was AT&T that, in 1923, released the first
    radio advertisement. In the late 20s, CBS and NBC were
    created in response to AT&T being the sole station with
    rights to toll broadcasting.
    Radio Act of 1927
    • The Radio Act of 1927 established the Federal Radio
    Commission (FRC) to oversee regulation of the airwaves.
    A year after its creation, the FRC reallocated station
    bandwidths to correct interference problems.
    Daytime Radio Finds Its Market
    • During the Great Depression, radio became so successful
    that another network, the Mutual Broadcasting Network,
    began in 1934 to compete with NBC’s Red and Blue
    networks and the CBS network, creating a total of four
    national networks.
    Changes Following the World War II
    • While it had been a source of entertainment in the form of
    serial programs, it began to focus more on playing the
    music of the time. The "Top-40" in music became popular
    and the target audience went from families to pre-teens
    up to adults in their mid-thirties. Music and radio
    continued to rise in popularity until they became
    synonymous with one another. FM radio stations began
    to overtake the original AM stations, and new forms of
    music, such as rock and roll, began to emerge.
    Changes Following the World War II
    • A significant characteristic of FM as compared with AM is
    that FM stations using the same frequency do not
    interfere with each other. Radios simply pick up
    whichever FM station is the strongest. This means that
    low-power FM stations can operate in close proximity.
    The Present and Future of Radio
    • Today, radio has become much more than Tesla or
    Marconi could have ever imagined. Traditional radios and
    radio broadcasting have steadily become a thing of the
    past. Instead it has steadily evolved with more satellite
    radio and Internet radio stations. Radios are found not
    only in homes, but they are also a staple in vehicles. In
    addition to music, radio talk shows have also become a
    popular option for many. On the two-way radios front,
    digital two-way radios allow for one-to-one
    communication that is typically encrypted.

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