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History of Philippine Broadcasting

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

TRUE OR FALSE:

Broadcasting is actually an agricultural term.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

2.

The first commercial radio broadcast station in the US, (a)   , was launched in November 2, 1920.

3.

TRUE OR FALSE:

The Broadcasting we know now has roots in the military.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

4.

TRUE OR FALSE:

Radio broadcasting came to the Philippines a decade after it became popular in the US.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

5.

TRUE OR FALSE:

Henry Hermann established 3 50 watt stations which marked the beginning of media monopoly in the Philippines.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

6.

TRUE OR FALSE:

Most pre-war radio stations all used English in their newscasts and entertainment content.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

7.

TRUE OR FALSE:

All radio stations closed during the Japanese occupation and Filipinos were instead forced to listen to PIAM.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

8.

TRUE OR FALSE:

In the 1940s, only President had the right to grant temporary permits for the establishment of radio stations.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

9.

TRUE OR FALSE:

It took around the same time as radio for television to reach the Philippines.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

10.

TRUE OR FALSE:

The first radio call letters all started with the letter "K" following the US system.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

11.

What company started the world's first very first regular television service?

a)

British Broadcasting Corporation

b)

Radio Corporation of America

c)

National Broadcasting System

d)

ABS-CBN

12.

TRUE OR FALSE:

The first television station was founded by an American.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

13.

TRUE OR FALSE:

The first television station was founded by an American.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

14.

TRUE OR FALSE:

UST is one of the first schools to experiment with television broadcasting.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

15.

TRUE OR FALSE:

ABS CBN has its roots in Bolinao Electronics Corporation.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

16.

TRUE OR FALSE:

ABS CBN is the merging of a company that has interests in politics and newspaper.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

17.

TRUE OR FALSE:

ABS CBN and GMA 7 officially launched at the same year.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

18.

TRUE OR FALSE:

Both ABS CBN & GMA were both originally started by Americans.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

19.

TRUE OR FALSE:

There were few local shows on the onset of television in the Philippines because only a few household-owned television sets.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.

20.

TRUE OR FALSE:

Broadcasting is actually an agricultural term.

a)

TRUTH!

b)

WIT, JOKE LANG.