This short film, from a well-used and scratchy original print, offers a fascinating look at the world of radio broadcasting from its beginning through 1944. Not rated. Black and white.
It’s hard to imagine how popular radio was back in those days! Our minds are so used to the 65” flat screen TVs, or cell phones & computers of today. For example, I’m watching this video on my iPhone! What a joy it must’ve been to run home from school, to listen to your favorite radio show!
So true. I even think, people nowadays prefers new media like internet to acquire information than traditional media such as radio. And because of that I questioned myself why am I taking Communications degree lol. Everything happens for a reason ❤️
I am Colombian and I really want to enhance my English. Even, I want to be flawless, pick English up more every day. Undoubtedly, I love the English language. Thank you Brits and Ams for this great contribution for us, the non-native speakers.
Obviously the idea of airplane transmitters was scrapped in favor of coaxial cable and satellites. TELSTAR was perhaps the first TV satellite used, I believe in 1962.
Nice, but completely America centric. Canadian born Reginald Fessenden, working in America, was way ahead in his first broadcast of live music and speech. No mention of the 2LO transmitter in England. CFCF Montreal was another early broadcaster in North America. So much development was happening within the same 1920's era and even before the 1920's. So many countries, all with their own science. The sad thing about this is it comes across like propaganda, exciting for an American audience but leaving so much unreported. Radio was a world wide accomplishment and America played a great part in Radio, but not the only part!
Interesting doc. But KDKA was not "the first broadcasting station." It was the first station licensed by the new Federal Communications Commission. There were many stations on the station before then. The oldest station in FCC records is what's now KCBS AM. It went on the air in 1909 under different call letters.
Of course radio, and radio broadcasting as a "science" did not start with KDKA, The hold the Oldest legal BROADCAST license under the same CALL SIGN. Many experimental stations went on to become current stations. But KDKA has been KDKA since 1920. Fun Fact: KDKA has FOUR stations with the KDKA call sign: 1020 AM, 100.1 FM, 93.7 FM and TV Channel 2 all in Pittsburgh, PA of course!
“Here, radio broadcasting was born” says the announcer of Dr Conrad in 1920. Marconi was broadcasting from the 1890s and the first public radio broadcast in the UK was on 15 June 1920 (KDKA was licensed in Nov 1920). I’m somewhat sceptical therefore that Conrad gave birth to radio broadcasting.
Marconi did NOT do Broadcast any more than a Ham radio operator or a CBer does. "Broadcast" means to appeal to a general audience. Wal*Mart workers talking to each other ARE using radio, but those transmissions are NOT considered "Broadcast" radio. Hell, your Bluetooth headphones are using radio, Still THAT'S not "broadcast". Broadcast is INTENDED for EVERYONE to listen too.
at 2:05 he was working on the wireless telephone ... here you mean that he was trying to communicate by the telephone without wires OR the telephone without wire was already invented till that date ??
Radio listeners et al, would hope that 'Payola' was a distant memory in the history of Radio Station Broadcasting? It appears now, however that the music format radio stations of today, STILL play the same songs over, and over and OVER again! Why is that?! Is it the "fashionable" way to drive their listeners stark-raving-mad?! ESPECIALLY if it's a song that you don't like? There are literally thousands of songs out there in the music world, of each genre classification. Ergo, there is no logical reason why a particular song needs to be played more than say, three times a year {quarterly}. I personally 'gave up' on listening to the radio in my car. I now subscribe to Sirius Radio, but even then find that some songs are repeated a little too much for my liking. At least I don't have to listen to annoying radio commercials, ESPECIALLY by Insurance Companies!
Note to ALL Radio Stations broadcasting Music today: Please STOP the practice of using the not-so-fashionable "Playlists" and thereby playing the same songs over & over & OVER again. Is Payola still in vogue? I'm relatively sure there are enough songs, within your respective format, that would enable you only play specific songs, say once a month.....maybe an even longer timeframe than that?!
