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AM? FM? What the heck do those mean? A review for the upcoming test on Radio.
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1
What is the OLDEST radio network?
ABC
NBC
CBS
BCA
2
What candy helped pay for the creation of a huge radio network?
Charleston Chews
M&Ms
Hershey's
Lifesavers
3
What was the FIRST radio network?
BCA
ABC
NBC
CBS
4
What was the FCC vs Pacifica case about?
Indecency on radio
The fight over call letters
Copyrights on radio
Royalties on radio
5
This man performed the first ever radio broadcast using music and the human voice on Dec. 24th
Frank Conrad
Reginald Fessenden
Edwin Howard Armstrong
Gail Gasseren
6
Because they don't follow the curvature of the Earth, FM & TV waves are called what?
Line-of-sight waves
Curveless waves
Sky waves
Antenna waves
7
What industry was the first to really use radio?
Air Traffic Control
The military
Railroads
The marine industry
8
Invented to "save radio", this new, free digital form of radio has much higher quality, but TERRIBLE implementation
Spotify
Satellite radio
HD radio
Internet radio
9
Between FM and AM, this one can usually be heard from a further distance away.
AM
FM
10
What city was home to the first ever radio station?
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Albany
11
One of the most important and (evil?) pioneers in broadcast history, he founded NBC and ran RCA
Edward J. Noble
Neil Cooper
Edwin Howard Armstrong
David Sarnoff
12
While hugely popular in the Golden Age of Radio,
Amos 'n' Andy
is looked back on as an embarrassment because it was ____
full of foul language
a super corny sitcom
unable to be translated to television
a racist, minstrel show
13
What is this invention, that enabled music and the human voice to be added to radio?
morse tube
audion tube
radion
audio vox
14
What type of radio wave is displayed here?
AM
None of these options
FM
Unchanged carrier wave (SILENCE on radio)
15
Internet radio initially ran into difficulty because of what issue?
Ease of Use
Royalties
Local Programming
Access in Foreign Countries
16
One of the country's most famous AND controversial directors, he directed the film
Radio Days
Woody Allen
Kevin Spacey
Martin Scorsese
Bryan Singer
17
The 2 types of radio waves broadcast out are called ground and ______ waves.
air
heat
sky
space
18
What are the call letters to the first ever radio station?
KDKA
WEAF
WDIA
KNBC
19
Which show broadcast the "War of the Worlds" broadcast?
The Jack Benny Program
The Charlie McCarthy Show
The Orsen Welles Hour
Mercury Theatre on the Air
20
What invention was at the center of the Press Radio War between newspapers and radio companies?
Telegraph
Teletype
Seismograph
Telephone
21
What was for sale in the first ever radio commercial?
Watches
Hot dogs
None of these options
Soap
22
What was the first thing transmitted by radio?
Music
Amos & Andy
The human voice
Morse Code
23
Which major world event made radio a household name?
The discovery of KIng Tut's tomb
The crash of the Hindenburg
World War I
The sinking of the Titanic
24
With his sign off "Good night and good luck" he is considered the best news man of all time
Walter Cronkite
Edward R Murrow
Tom Brokaw
Chet Huntley
25
Who is this man, the person who invented radio?
Samuel Morse
Frank Conrad
Guglielmo Marconi
Lee de Forest
26
This man invented FM radio, had it stolen from him by RCA, then committed suicide
Edwin Howard Armstrong
Samuel Morse
Lee de Forest
David Sarnoff
27
Which radio network was founded to help sell cigars?
ABC
BCA
NBC
CBS
28
Breaking down radio programming into different blocks of time during the day is called what?
dayparting
formatting
blocking
clock formula
29
You're starting a radio station today in Philadelphia. What call letter will it start with?
V
W
K
Q
30
What was the name of the first company to manufacture car stereos?
Motorola
Audiovox
Blaupunkt
Panasonic
