COMN 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company Of America, Reginald Fessenden, World War I

• School: York University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMN 1000
• Professor: David Skinner

Document Summary

Reginald fessenden (1906) was out in the maritimes and broadcasted a message on christmas for people who were out at sea. People were interested and listened to him because at first all you could hear on the radio was dots and dashes. At the time broadcasting was only used for point-to-point for coordinating action across space such as goods to markets, military communication to help with attacks, and other business. United states = bigger economy scale = more radio stations. Radio spectrum: the field of frequencies through which signals are broadcasting. To consolidate market, u. s companies formed patent cartel (ie. - programming financed by selling radios; mid-1920"s at&t. In the wake of this interference government struck a royal commission in 1929 to look into the matter (aka. aird commission) Aird reported in 1929, basically recommended setting up a government owned company to promote the product of canadian programming and an east/west flow of radio broadcasting.