History of Radio

Who was the first person to discover electromagnetic waves?

• James Clerk Maxwell

• Heinrich Hertz

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Some dude named Bob

In what decade were electromagnetic waves discovered?

• 1800 to 1810

• !830 to 1840

• 1870 to 1880

• 1900 - 1910

What is the longest continuous radio station operating today?

• WBZ Boston, Massachusetts

• WHA Madison Wisconsin

• KDKA Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

• WJCW Tri-Cities Tennessee

FM Radio started in this year.

• 1901

• 1928

• 1933

• 1952

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz discovered this.

• The Beatles

• The Radio Spectrum

• The FM Band

• Commercial Broadcasting

Early radio sets used these

• Vacuum Tubes

• Crystal sets

• Glass Tubes

• Electronic diodes

AM in terms of radio stands for

• Ante Meridiem

• Amplification Modulation

• Artificial Movement

• Aural Memory

AFRTS stands for

• Armed Forces Radio and Television Service

• Aging Fighters Remembering Times Spent

• American Forces Radio and Television Service

• Actual Fun Radio and Television Sets

The current model of radio is

• The Corporate Model

• The Subscription Model

• The Local Model

• The Model Model of Models

Radio

• is strong.

• has a bright future.

• is a thing of the past.

• is going the way of newspapers.