The TV camera wasn't actually rolling during that robbery but we're going to show you what we THINK happened that nigh.
What is news staging?
100
This, along with the "Harry Potter" books, is credited with a resurgence in reading.
What is Oprah's Book Club?
100
This required all ships using U.S. ports and carrying more than 50 passengers to have working wireless and an operator.
What is the Wireless Act of 1910?
100
It's easy enough to download music and videoes without paying for them but this innovation offers a way to support artists inexpensively--and legally.
What is iTunes?
200
His gramophone allowed for the creation of a master disc, from which copies could be made.
Who is Emile Berliner?
200
This event changed the way television advertising was sold.
What is the Quiz Show Scandal?
200
CDs and cassette tapes may have given way to MP3s but this old-fashioned way of getting music is back in style.
What are vinyl records?
200
This historic event resulted in the requirement that all ships' wireless operators be licensed.
What is the sinking of the Titanic?
200
This compresses audio files to less than a tenth of their original size, let's us download all the music we want and store it easily, and we can listen to it anywhere.
What is an MP3?
300
This person's demands gave us television syndication.
Who is Lucille Ball?
300
Originally, it meant turning black music into "white" music.
What is covering?
300
It made "zipping" possible.
What is the remote control?
300
This authorized radio broadcasters to USE channels but not to OWN them.
What is the Radio Act of 1927?
300
Recording a program on Wednesday to watch on Saturday.
What is time-shifting?
400
He was largely responsible for "The Red Scare."
Who was Senator Joe McCarthy?
400
He discovered Elvis, a white singer with what he called a "Negro" sound.
Who was Sam Phillips?
400
Thomas Edison invented the zoopraxiscope, a peep show device for showing films and then he invented this talking machine to provide sound.
What is the phonograph?
400
The Communication Act of 1934 established this broadcasting regulatory body which still oversees broadcasting--both radio and television--today.
What is the Federal Communications Commission--FCC?
400
In this country we allow the government to regulate the broadcast system but not own it.
What is the trustee model?
500
Some claim the inventor of TV was a Russian immigrant, Vladimir Zworykin. Others think it was the man who worked with RCA and who first demonstrated electronically scanned television images.
Who is Philo Farnsworth?
500
You're watching football games on three channels and hockey on another--all at the same time.
What is "grazing"?
500
It was shot live, with multiple cameras, which was a first in television broadcasting.
What is "The I Love Lucy" show?
500
It's not actually a law but newspapers demanded it and in 1933 the radio industry agreed: radio broadcasters could only give brief news reports twice a day.
What is the Biltmore Agreement?
500
You get to make the decision: watch "Gray's Anatomy" on TV or on your computer or on an iPhone.