Exam 2: From Marconi to Mobile Listening

What was the first officially-licensed commercial broadcast station in the U.S.?

Toll broadcasting was/is:

Intellectual property rights include performance rights and copyright.

FM radio, which provides superior signal quality, rapidly overtook AM radio when it was developed in the mid 1930s.

CBS was so successful that it operated two networks: CBS & CBS Prime.

LPFM (low-power FM) stations allow non-profit organizations to reach their local communities.

During World War I, patents related to wireless communication were:

Lee De Forest invented:

Most smartphones could receive radio broadcast signals, but very few phones have activated the chip associated with such reception.

During World War I, the U.S.government:

DCMA stands for:

The biggest disadvantage of satellite radio is its limited signal range.

Fewer lives would have been lost in the Titanic disaster if the ship had been equipped with radio equipment.

Station interconnection is also called "network" to distinguish it from chain broadcasting.

Broadcasting as we know it began during the

Who performed the first practical demonstration of wireless transmission of signals?

The Radio Corporation of America was created following World War I.

In the 1920s, most radio stations were run as sidelines to the main business of the company holding the license.

ASCAP and BMI negotiate "full-coverage fees" with users such as broadcasters and production companies.

IBOC stands for: