Early Television

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When was NBC founded?

1926

When did CBS become competition for NBC?

1927

When did NBC have two radio networks?

1927

When was the radio act?

1927

When did RCA become the sole owner of NBC?

1932

Sarnoff retired from RCA in _________.

1970

When was RCA purchased by General Electric?

1986

How much of its interests did CBS sell?

40%

The Blue Network of NBC later became _________________.

ABC

What company did David Sarnoff join in 1906 where he became a wireless telegraph operator?

American Marconi

Who owns and operates NBC today?

Comcast

Who was the head of RCA that secretly saved money to pay for research and development of the TV?

David Sarnoff

The Radio Act of 1927 established the __________________________________________ to enforce the rulings.

Federal Radio Commisision

What does NBC stand for?

National Broadcasting Company

Who did CBS sell its interests to?

Paramount Studios

Who really invented television?

Philo Farnsworth

When American Marconi was sold to General Electric in 1919, Sarnoff joined the ______________________.

RCA

Who founded NBC?

RCA, General Electric, and Westinghouse

What does RCA stand for?

Radio Corporation of America

What were NBC's two radio networks called?

Red and Blue

RCA purchased ________________ and launched NBC.

WEAF/New York

The Radio Act of 1927 included _________________.

anti-monopoly regulations

The Radio Act of 1927 required ____________ for each channel.

licensing

In 1912, Sarnoff was one of the wireless reporters to receive and send out reports on the ____________________?

sinking of the Titanic

What were introduced in the late 1920s?

stop action pictures and a radio


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