How Records Work
The first phonograph, or record player, was patented by who in 1877?
Thomas Edison
Deeper, wider grooves in a 45 record made it play and sound...
louder/loud
AM radio transmissions began to be called "_____ casts"
broadcasts
Through what medium did record manufacturers promote and sell music to the public in the 50's and 60's?
Radio
This type of radio produces higher quality listening than AM radio
FM radio
To record, the oldest phonographs funneled sound through a large horn with a _____ at its narrow end which cut grooves into the recording medium.
needle
portable record players allowed kids to get away from whom to play their own music?
family, adults, others
AM radio can travel huge distances, especially at what time of day?
after sunset, evening, night
If you wanted to get on the radio in the 50's and 60's could your song be longer than three minutes?
No. Under three minutes was best.
Freeform
To play sound back in records a _______ was also used but this time to follow the grooves and reveal the sound that was recorded
needle
The 45 rotates at how many rpm (revolutions per minute)?
45
DJ Wolfman Jack's 250,000 watt broadcast from northern Mexico could be heard in what country?
Canada
In "King of the Moondoggers" Alan Freed, after selling cars and making dedications, spent less than ten seconds talking about what?
Music
This type of record began to replace the 45 single when FM radio grew in popularity
LP (Long Play Record)
By the 1950's records were made from this substance instead of shellac (the breakable stuff)
The long play record (LP) rotates at how many revolutions per minute (rpm)?
33 1/3
This DJ talked really fast and is said to have invented the term "rock and roll"
Alan Freed
What is a physical form of music that is not a record?
CD or cassette
What FM DJ said "radio has got to change" and thought that dumb lyrics like "who put the bomp" needed to go.
Murray the K
The playing time of a 78 record was how many minutes per side?
3
The 45 could hold how much music per side in minutes?
4-7
This DJ said that if Alan Freed played a record that in a week it "would become a monster"
Murray the K
Is Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone", at 6 minutes long, associated more with AM radio or FM radio?
FM radio
What was the call sign (initials) of the station that Tom and Rachel Donohue broadcasted from in San Francisco?
KSAN