MC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Lightning, Fm Broadcasting, Communications Act Of 1934

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Mass Communication
• Course: MC 101
• Professor: William J Gonzenbach

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1/26/15 10:40 pm: radio developed as a logical extension of the electrical telegraph, which became a reality in the 1840"s. This followed the invention of the electromagnet, which was at the heart of the system developed by samuel f. b. It was a truly startling advance: radio shares its early history with the telegraph. The wireless represented the achievement of an ancient dream of conquering both time and long distance to communicate spanned the english channel in 1897, then the atlantic in 1901, with a wireless telegraph message. Hundreds did so, and soon the airwaves were cluttered with conflicting signals. With considerable reluctance, congress first passed the radio act of 1927 and finally the federal. Communications act of 1934, which brought radio broadcasting under the technical control of the federal government: an important problem before radio could be used as a household item is how to pay for the broadcasts.