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100

This colonial-era newspaper was the first to published in the colonies.

What is Publick Occurences?

100

This last of this long-running TV show about the Vietnam War is the most watched show in history.

What is M*A*S*H?

100

This medium was considered the biggest threat to the movie industry.

What is television?

100

This concept is when different ways of listening to music compete with each other.

What are format wars?

100

The term "broadcasting" came from this industry.

What is farming?

200

Colonial newspapers reported this tragic event, which included the deaths of five colonists, was the fault of British soldiers.

What is the Boston Massacre?

200

The TV industry tried to get these recording devices outlawed in the early 1980s.

What are VCRs?

200

This 1984 movie is rated PG but gave birth to the PG-13 rating.

What is "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"?

200

This band re-ignited rock and roll and started "The British Invasion".

Who are The Beatles?

200
This 1920 radio broadcast, considered the first commercial broadcast, reported this.

What were election results?

300

This Phoenix newspaper took the name of a political party from its inception and only has mildly tweaked the name.

What is The Arizona Republic?

300

This channel was the first to prove people were willing to pay extra money for premium programming.

What is HBO?

300

These Civil War era parlors allowed customers to use a hand crank to turn a series of still pictures into the illusion of a motion picture.

What are peep shows?

300

This iconic hiphop group tested the limits of the First Amendment with its famous song "F--- Tha Police".

Who is NWA?

300

This communications device was considered radio's precursor.

What is the telegraph?

400

The chain is notorious for buying newspapers nationwide and cutting the staff to bare bones.

What is GateHouse?

400

More cable subscribers get this channel than any other.

What is ESPN?

400

This 1927 film was the first to feature actors talking on screen.

What is "The Jazz Singer"?

400
This is the highest-selling studio album of all time.

What is "Thriller"?

400

This government watchdog, born in 1912 in the aftermath of the Titanic sinking, regulates the radio industry.

What is the FCC?

500

This Pulitzer Prize winning Denver newspaper shuttered its doors in 2009.

What is the Rocky Mountain News?

500

This sit-com was the first breakthrough hit for FOX.

What is "Married With Children"?

500

This film had a lot of graphic violence and is still the highest-grossing independent film of all time.

What is "The Passion of the Christ"?

500

This Mexican-American rock and roll pioneer was one of three musicians to die in a plane crash, which was also dubbed, "The day the music died" by Don McLean.

Who is Ritchie Valens?

500

This genre of radio stations had just 170 nationwide in the mid-1980s. By 2007, there were more than 1,300 nationwide.

What is talk radio?