Golden Age of Radio
Business of Radio
Laws, Laws, Laws
People and Inventions
Promos and Audience
100
Considered the first licensed radio station to broadcast regularly.
What is KDKA
100
The person who oversees the operation of the radio station?
Who is the general manager?
100
Established the FCC
What is Federal Communications Act of 1934
100
This business man became a main player in radio and later went on to become the president of RCA.
Who is David Sarnoff
100
This is the percentage of people watching or listening to a particular program.
What is ratings.
200
The most popular radio show during the golden age of radio.
What is Amos and Andy
200
This format is said to have saved radio and is still used today.
What is Top 40's
200
FCC determined that all sound for television should be carried over ________.
What is frequency modulation (FM)
200
Inventor of the audion tube, this man later came to hate radio.
Who is Lee de Forrest
200
The percentage of people watching a particular program in relation to all the programs available at that time.
What is share.
300
This caused the end of the Golden Age.
What is Television
300
In charge of installing and repairing the equipment?
What is the engineering department?
300
What established that the air waves belonged to the people
What is The Radio Act of 1927?
300
This pertains to your age, martial status, education, income, gender, and socio-economic status.
What is demographics.
400
During the depression FDR started this weekly radio broadcast.
What is Fireside Chats
400
The person responsible for everything that comes out of the speaker is.
What is the program director?
400
Also know as deregulation
What is the Telecommunications Act of 1996
400
This invention helped to eliminate static on the radio.
What is frequency modulation (FM)
400
People meters, portable people meters , diaries, and telephone surveys are all methods used by these two companies to receive their ratings data.
What is Nielson and Arbitron.
500
The five main characteristics of a radio comedy show are
What are verbal slapstick, musical transitions, stereotypes, sound effects, episodic or serialized.
500
This department is in charge of making sure the commercials air on time.
What is the traffic department?
500
Digital Millennium Copyright Act said satellite and internet radio stations not only had to pay a publishers fee, but also a
What is a performer fee.
500
This man was a in heated battle with de Forrest over his invention the regenerative circuit.
Who is Howard Armstrong
500
The average number of people watching a program over several showings in a market.
What is gross average audience.
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