RTV 3007 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Telecommunication is a vital infrastructure for _______ and ______of ideas and
information - Answers - reception and expression
The merging of media corporations - Answers - market convergence
The coming together of various media forms so that they share functional
characteristics - TV, Computer, Cell - Answers - technological convergence
Dissemination of messages over a distance - Answers - telecommunications
Conduits or carriers of human communication that can reach great numbers of people -
Answers - media
Definition of broadcasting - Answers - One to many
Entertainment, News and Information, Commerce, Culture and Customs, Watchdog,
Relaxation and Companionship, Connecting People - Answers - Functions of Electronic
Media
Weaknesses of wired communication - Answers - construction and maintenance
Samuel Morse - Answers - telegraph 1844
Alexander G. Bell - Answers - telephone 1877
demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic radiation - Answers - Hertz
patented wireless telegraph 1896 for maritime communication - Answers - Marconi
Initial uses of radio before broadcasting - Answers - point to point communication for
ships
Titanic and its affect on radio regulation and shipping industry - Answers - Wireless Ship
Act and Radio Act
Invented alternator that produced waves to transmit voice or music in 1904 - Answers -
Reginald Fessenden
Invented Audion to amplify radio signals - Answers - Lee DeForest
, Navy and WWI's effect on radio development - Answers - resources pooled, technology
advanced rapidly with more training
____ was formed because of fear of foreign control of radio, with US Navy Leadership -
Answers - RCA
first uninterrupted radio service - Answers - KDKA
Telephone group - Answers - NBC Red
station themselves would create content and sell ads in community making it an indirect
system - Answers - Radio group
____ gave up broadcasting monopoly to allow ____ to control the network relay system
- Answers - AT&T and RCA
Founder of NBC in 1926. Oversaw two radio networks - Answers - David Sarnoff
First radio broadcasting network - Answers - NBC
"Tiffany Network" founded in 1927 with Columbia Phonograph - Answers - CBS
Bought Columbia Phonograph - Answers - William Paley
Edwin Armstrong invented - Answers - FM 1933
first wireless requiring passenger vessels to carry wireless sets but with no time
requirement - Answers - Wireless Ship Act 1910
Provisions of Radio Act of 1912 - Answers - made sure people stayed at their post
after KDKA there were ____ stations than frequencies, some stations _____ and had
bad equipment - Answers - more and ignored
Individuals cannot own frequencies and must operate in the public interest with no
government forbidden - Answers - Radio Act of 1927
Federal Radio Commission (FRC) - Answers - determines radio licensees
Communications Act of 1934 - Answers - established FCC
____ _____ established a new relationship between citizens and elected officials -
Answers - Fireside chats
how was Radio changed after TV's popularity and growth in 1950s and 1960s - Answers
- audience fragmentation, dependent on local revenue
ANSWERS
Telecommunication is a vital infrastructure for _______ and ______of ideas and
information - Answers - reception and expression
The merging of media corporations - Answers - market convergence
The coming together of various media forms so that they share functional
characteristics - TV, Computer, Cell - Answers - technological convergence
Dissemination of messages over a distance - Answers - telecommunications
Conduits or carriers of human communication that can reach great numbers of people -
Answers - media
Definition of broadcasting - Answers - One to many
Entertainment, News and Information, Commerce, Culture and Customs, Watchdog,
Relaxation and Companionship, Connecting People - Answers - Functions of Electronic
Media
Weaknesses of wired communication - Answers - construction and maintenance
Samuel Morse - Answers - telegraph 1844
Alexander G. Bell - Answers - telephone 1877
demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic radiation - Answers - Hertz
patented wireless telegraph 1896 for maritime communication - Answers - Marconi
Initial uses of radio before broadcasting - Answers - point to point communication for
ships
Titanic and its affect on radio regulation and shipping industry - Answers - Wireless Ship
Act and Radio Act
Invented alternator that produced waves to transmit voice or music in 1904 - Answers -
Reginald Fessenden
Invented Audion to amplify radio signals - Answers - Lee DeForest
, Navy and WWI's effect on radio development - Answers - resources pooled, technology
advanced rapidly with more training
____ was formed because of fear of foreign control of radio, with US Navy Leadership -
Answers - RCA
first uninterrupted radio service - Answers - KDKA
Telephone group - Answers - NBC Red
station themselves would create content and sell ads in community making it an indirect
system - Answers - Radio group
____ gave up broadcasting monopoly to allow ____ to control the network relay system
- Answers - AT&T and RCA
Founder of NBC in 1926. Oversaw two radio networks - Answers - David Sarnoff
First radio broadcasting network - Answers - NBC
"Tiffany Network" founded in 1927 with Columbia Phonograph - Answers - CBS
Bought Columbia Phonograph - Answers - William Paley
Edwin Armstrong invented - Answers - FM 1933
first wireless requiring passenger vessels to carry wireless sets but with no time
requirement - Answers - Wireless Ship Act 1910
Provisions of Radio Act of 1912 - Answers - made sure people stayed at their post
after KDKA there were ____ stations than frequencies, some stations _____ and had
bad equipment - Answers - more and ignored
Individuals cannot own frequencies and must operate in the public interest with no
government forbidden - Answers - Radio Act of 1927
Federal Radio Commission (FRC) - Answers - determines radio licensees
Communications Act of 1934 - Answers - established FCC
____ _____ established a new relationship between citizens and elected officials -
Answers - Fireside chats
how was Radio changed after TV's popularity and growth in 1950s and 1960s - Answers
- audience fragmentation, dependent on local revenue
