History of Radio

Which is NOT a reason why radio is the most popular form of media in terms of use?

• It's Free

• It's Inclusive

• Americans love music.

• It's Everywhere

This person succeeded in producing electromagnetic waves and confirmed their speed.

• Marconi

• Hertz

• Tesla

Nikola Tesla Invented THIS which produced high-voltage, low-current, high-frequency, alternating current sending electromagnetic waves through the air..

• Tesla Car

• Tesla Coil

• Copper Coil

• Radio

Who built the first transmitter, receiver, and antenna which could send signals 50 miles.

• Hertz

• Tesla

• Marconi

• Bobby Bones

This person used Tesla's inventions as the basis of his work. He sent the first signals over the Atlantic Ocean.

• Tesla

• Marconi

• Fleming

• De Forest

In 1902, Marconi sent the first signal over the Atlantic. It originated in Podhu, England. Where did it end up?

• New York, NY

• Boston MA

• Newfoundland, Canada

• St. Johns Canada

This person figured out how to send sound over the radio and not just Morse Code. He made his first broadcast on Christmas Eve.

• Marconi

• Fessenden

• De Forest

• KDKA

What is NOT something fisherman heard during Marconi's First Broadcast.

• A Bible Verse

• Statis

• Music

• Morse Code

True or False: FM stations came before AM stations.

• True

• False

The Measure of a Sound Wave's Height. Also, it's Loudness.

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Volume

• Signal