COM ARTS 351 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Federal Radio Commission, Distorting Mirror, Disk Laser
30 Oct 2014
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Radio act of 1912: creates licensing system, gives priority to military and big business, result, amateurs are pushed out. Radio act of 1927: federal radio commission (frc) Kdka: first radio station, pittsburgh, founded by westinghouse, 1920, program developed to encourage sales. Weaf: founded by at&t, network linked by phone lines, 1922, toll broadcasting. Fcc licensing freeze: 1948-1951, fcc was being flooded with license requests, stopped issuing them. Fcc concerned they"d run out of channels: pre-freeze: vhf licenese, interference, only 2-3 channels per market, solution: uhf channels (ch. Note - flashcards have been made on studyblue. com based off of these notes: 1952: freeze lifted, new licenses are uhf, old stations can keep vhf, result, networks gain advantage, national networks gain huge advantage. Vhf: very high frequency, national networks on vhf, channels 2-12, must-carry alleviate the differences in signal strength (grand equalizer)
