wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

History of Radio

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first person to discover electromagnetic waves?

a)

James Clerk Maxwell

b)

Heinrich Hertz

c)

Guglielmo Marconi

d)

Some dude named Bob

2.

In what decade were electromagnetic waves discovered?

a)

1800 to 1810

b)

!830 to 1840

c)

1870 to 1880

d)

1900 - 1910

3.

What is the longest continuous radio station operating today?

a)

WBZ Boston, Massachusetts

b)

WHA Madison Wisconsin

c)

KDKA Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

d)

WJCW Tri-Cities Tennessee

4.

FM Radio started in this year.

a)

1901

b)

1928

c)

1933

d)

1952

5.

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz discovered this.

a)

The Beatles

b)

The Radio Spectrum

c)

The FM Band

d)

Commercial Broadcasting

6.

Early radio sets used these

a)

Vacuum Tubes

b)

Crystal sets

c)

Glass Tubes

d)

Electronic diodes

7.

AM in terms of radio stands for

a)

Ante Meridiem

b)

Amplification Modulation

c)

Artificial Movement

d)

Aural Memory

8.

AFRTS stands for

a)

Armed Forces Radio and Television Service

b)

Aging Fighters Remembering Times Spent

c)

American Forces Radio and Television Service

d)

Actual Fun Radio and Television Sets

9.

The current model of radio is

a)

The Corporate Model

b)

The Subscription Model

c)

The Local Model

d)

The Model Model of Models

10.

Radio

a)

is strong.

b)

has a bright future.

c)

is a thing of the past.

d)

is going the way of newspapers.