Radio Broadcasting (Media Literacy)

When was electromagnetism discovered?

• 2022

• 1776

• 1820

• It hasn't been discovered yet.

Do radio waves travel at the speed of light?

• Yes

• No

Who created the first radio transmitter?

• Thomas Edison

• Guglielmo Marconi

• Benjamin Franklin

• Albert Einstein

The first radio signal transmitter was called a...

• telegraph

• television

• telephone

• teletubbie

When was the first radio transmission of a human voice and music?

• 1969

• 200

• 1906

When was the Golden Age of Radio?

• 1990s

• 1920 through 1950

• 1969

• It hasn't happened yet.

What did people listen to most during the Golden Age of Radio?

• Radio shows

• Hip hop music

• Classical music

When was the famous War of the Worlds broadcast?

• 1899

• 1938

• 1972

• 2021

Was there mass hysteria over the War of the Worlds broadcast?

• No, there was absolutely none. People knew it was a show.

• Yes. People flooded the streets and rioted in major cities.

• No, but there were a few people who didn't know it was a show and got really worried.

What is "payola?"

• When record companies pay DJs to play certain songs

• When people have to pay to listen to the radio

• A kind of crayon