History 2132A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Movie Projector, Joseph Horne Company, Irna Phillips

• School: Western University
• Department: History
• Course: History 2132A/B
• Professor: Geoff Stewart

Document Summary

First broadcast symbolic to what came of radio broadcasts. Saw the potential and limitations of early radio. Envisioned radio bringing culture and entertainment to the broad masses. First broadcast of his 1908 from the eiffel tower in paris. November 2nd 1920 westinghouse started to own radio station kdka first broadcast about. Saw the potential of what was going on with music stores and the radio. Saw it as an opportunity to promote the sale of radio receivers. September 1910 vp saw these ads and got the idea of building own radio station to advertise. Broadcasting at a certain time rather than random who had become president. 1920s jazz was biggest hit on airwaves. Thought women would be most effected by radio. Racially charged music seen as problematic would erode messages of victorian era. Given these concerns radio became regulated. Show people what it means to be american. Loga(cid:374) (cid:862)the pio(cid:374)ee(cid:396) b(cid:396)oad(cid:272)asti(cid:374)g tatio(cid:374) of the wo(cid:396)ld(cid:863: took efforts to create demand.