JMM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Network Affiliate, Broadcast Music, Inc., Mutual Broadcasting System
4 Apr 2017
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Armstrong on towers: on may 15, 1923, the opening day of rca"s radio broadcast central, armstrong couldn"t resist climbing the tower atop the rca building well over 700 feet high! Military use of wireless: in april, 1917, america enters world war i, fearing spies reporting on ship movements, the u. s. navy takes over all wireless telegraphy stations in the country, forced patent-pooling: Westinghouse produced vacuum tubes: navy tried to make radio a government monopoly in late 1918 but congress rejected the legislation known as the alexander bill. Birth of broadcasting: post world war i, big concern about foreign ownership of american radio stations. American marconi not american owned: owen young from general electric makes british marconi a offer they can"t refuse. American marconi assets purchased by g. e: radio corporation of america (rca) is founded all board members must be american. 80% of stock in american hands: key point: most other countries preferred to keep radio under government control.
