Test 1

Question 1

Cable/satellite/telco subscriptions make up how many households

Answer 1

99.4 million

Question 2

How many people have DVRs

Answer 2

50% of cable subscribers

Question 3

How many households have broadband

Answer 3

67%

Question 4

How many Americans have smartphones

Answer 4

80%

Question 5

Big four networks

Answer 5

ABC
CBS
NBC
FOX

Question 6

How many radio stations are here

Answer 6

14,000 stations

Question 7

How many hours of programming per year comes from radio

Answer 7

122 million hours

Question 8

How many tv stations are there

Answer 8

1700 stations

Question 9

How many commercial tv networks are there and what is their reach

Answer 9

12 networks reaching over half of American households

Question 10

How many unique cable networks

Answer 10

300+

Question 11

How many cable systems are there

Answer 11

6100

Question 12

How many satellite systems are there

Answer 12

2 tv and 1 radio

Question 13

What is sling tv

Answer 13

Small channels delivered via Internet

Question 14

Telegraph- who and when

Answer 14

Samuel fb morse

1844

Question 15

Opened up instant communication over great distances

Used in wartime by government and newspapers

Answer 15

Telegraph

Question 16

Telephone- who and when

Answer 16

Alexander graham bell

1876

Question 17

How does the telephone work

Answer 17

Converts sound waves into electronic signal and back into sound waves

Question 18

Wireless telegraph- who and when

Answer 18

Guglielmo Marconi

1896

Question 19

What did wireless telegraph provide

Answer 19

Ship to shore communication for British navy

Question 20

Guglielmo Marconi created and owned these two companies

Answer 20

Britain Marconi

American Marconi

Question 21

Wireless telephone- who and when and where

Answer 21

Reginald Fessenden
1906
Brant rock, Massachusetts

Question 22

What was done with the first wireless telephone broadcast and when was it

Answer 22

Christmas Eve Fessenden read the book of Luke, talks to his wife, and plays a phonograph

Question 23

“Father of radio”

Answer 23

Lee deForest

Question 24

Four things lee deforest did as father of radio

Answer 24

Broadcast the Caruso concert
Live on the scene news reporting
1916 presidential election Wilson vs Hughes
Created Audubon tube

Question 25

Why is 1917-1919 significant

Answer 25

Navy controls radio during the war years

Question 26

What began in 1920

Answer 26

Department of commerce begins issuing broadcast licenses, the first going to KDKA Pittsburg

Question 27

Who aired the first radio commercial and when

Answer 27

WEAF New York (owned by bell telephone) in 1922

Question 28

"Toll broadcasting"

Answer 28

Exchanges time for money as a way of advertising

Question 29

Networking

Answer 29

Way to improve programming

Question 30

Company split of 1926

Answer 30

RCA drops blue and it becomes NBC

Question 31

David Sarnoff

Answer 31

Chairman of NBC | Telegraph operator during sinking of titanic

Question 32

Who created CBS and when

Answer 32

William paley created it from money from the tobacco industry in 1927

Question 33

Golden age of radio

Answer 33

1920-1940s

Question 34

Who controlled programs in the 20-30s

Answer 34

Advertisers

Question 35

What indicated a program's popularity in the early days of radio

Answer 35

Verbal buzz

Question 36

When did calculated ratings begin and who started them

Answer 36

Nielsen in the mid 30s

Question 37

Amos n Andy

Answer 37

Racist program that was highly popular in 1928 | NBC stole a small Chicago radio show by changing its name and putting it on TV

Question 38

Who performed war of the worlds

Answer 38

Mercury star theater and person Welles on CBS | Oct 39, 1938

Question 39

Who created electric television

Answer 39

Vladimir k Zworykin worked for Sarnoff and stole Philip t farnsworth's invention

Question 40

When was electric television unveiled

Answer 40

At the 1939 world's fair

Question 41

Birth of television

Answer 41

1948 with 60 lines of resolution | All shows live up to the Mississippi River

Question 42

Syndication started with

Answer 42

I love Lucy

Question 43

What saved radio after television

Answer 43

Recorded music and DJs were cheaper

Question 44

Licensing freeze lifted when

Answer 44

1952

Question 45

When does dumont network fold

Answer 45

1955

Question 46

How were early programs named

Answer 46

After the sponsor

Question 47

When were cigarettes banned

Answer 47

1963

Question 48

Herbert stimbler

Answer 48

Quiz show scandals

Question 49

Established media had to make changes to become relevant, turning into...

Answer 49

Digital, broadband