chpt 7
Who wrote Radio Music Box memo?
David Sarnoff
What companies composed RCA?
General Electric, AT&T, Westinghouse, & United Fruit Company
who invented the telegraph? (wireless)
Guglielmo Marconi
Why was United Fruit Company involved?
Held many patents in radio for their ships to communicate
who launched the first radio station?
KDKA
what does RCA stand for?
Radio Corporation of America
Who was the first Christmas Eve Broad cast?
Reginald Fessenden
who invented the telegraph? (over wires)
Samuel Morse
who created the phonograph?
Thomas Edison
why was radio music box ignored?
US involvement in WW1
Why was RCA develop?
bring together patents and develop radio as a medium
who invented the gramophone?
emil berliner
what does the phonograph record on?
foil cylinders
What did Radio music suggest?
new uses for radio including news, music, and sports
where was the first radio station ?
pittsburgh
what does the gramophone do?
plays music on mass produced discs
What does the phonograph do?
records sound
what other idea did emile berliner come up with? (not gramophone?)
royalties