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Burns and Allen |
George Burns and Gracie Allen She was "straight man" people didn't laugh audience liked her jokes so they switched roles, dumb blonde stereotype. George always said Gracie made the act. |
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Jack Benny came out of Vaudeville |
Radio comedian. Jack Benny radio show- sketch comedy and musical interludes into situation comedy. (radio, TV) most highly rated program Character stingy with money bad violin player |
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early radio programming |
no pics, have to listen/pay attention hot medium. requires you to think |
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clear channel |
-own most of pitt/harrisburg stations -commercial makes sense financially -gives fewer voices as options as what you want as consumer -this creates fewer jobs/less local content -(B4MD video) |
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American radio |
-make money/inform people/advertising -government didn't own all stations so this lead to freedom of speech (private not state ownership of broadcast system) |
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Gordon McClendon |
-"formated" radio stations -Made KLIF one of AM Top 40 stations face-paced news , "personality disc jockeys-KILF |
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Ronal Reagan |
did regular broadcasting and wanted broadcast deregulation. wanted more ownership/ get government off the backs of business |
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digital television |
no flickering effect now that their interlaced and not progressive (shows entire picture for every frame) transits info as ones and zeros instead of a wave better quality/higher resolution |
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Edward Murrow |
-pioneers of broadcast/earliest broadcast journalism -cbs organized speeches prior to WW11 -went on air saying what he saw in london (low key and calm demeanor) -cam back to US and was famous -started cbs news |
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Fibber McGee and Molly came out of vaudeville |
wacky couple went on adventures |
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news |
radio was dramatic impact effective speed |
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Orson Welles |
-First Shadow's on radio/classically trained actor -did Shakespeare -wasn't highly rated/people wanted less serious -"war of worlds"-live newscast, drama, nobody had concept of what was going on, alarmed audience that Martians were invading earth in out of the way place called Grovers Mill |
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panic broadcast |
-changed broadcast history, social psychology, civil defense and set standard for provocative entertainment. -12 million people heard of "Martain Invasion" -this lead to station ID's and severe fines |
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Edwin Armstrong |
-Financed construction first FM on air radio station 40KW (kilowatt) not powerful -FM on different frequency-David Sarnoff convinced government to move frequency -killed himself jumped off building |
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integrated standardization |
-RCA General Electric still around today- their appliance company -By WW11 there were 10 commercial stations -licensed/several comps manufacturing home receivers -back then extra resources went to war |
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Video tape recorder (VTR) |
-Ampex sold first $50,000 was first VTR -converting info into electrical impulses and saving info onto magnetic tape -revolutionary/won emmy/ most TV stations could not afford |
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John Logie Baird |
Scottish engineer invented one of worlds first working tv |
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Vladimir Zworkykin |
-invented camera tube ( the iconoscope) and deserved credit for television.
-RCA make fortune from patent rights -RCA arguing about patent/tons of money |
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Philo Farnsworth |
Invented the image dissector. Created idea of using vacuum tube to pick up moving images and then display them electronically on screen |
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First tv broadcasts |
60 line pictures by station W2XBS then moved to new Amsterdam theater building commercially |
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Color TV |
1952 FCC had to agree on the same system RCA CT 100 first color TV set |
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Cathode Ray Color TV Tube |
series of red, green, blue lights see all lines across screen, illusion of movement... dots flashing quick giving illusion of picture flat screen doesn't flicker kinescope recordings |
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Where was Lucy born? |
Jamestown, New York |
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Dominant Over Air Networks |
NBC, CBS, Disney, ABC, Dumont, Viacom, Westinghouse, Fox, etc. Fox not technically a network only broadcasts 2 hours a night |
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Where was Desi from? |
Born in Cuba, then moved to Miami |
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What are the three things that Desi changed about TV forever |
-syndication (reruns) -three camera production process -move of the center of TV industry from New York to Hollywood |
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FCC regulations |
-limits station ownership to prevent local monopolies -can say "7 words" but you will get fined not jail -satellite radio not considered broadcast not regulated by FCC |
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David Sarnoff |
-Used radio to learn news of Titanic -communicated Titanic had sunk 1st important event people knew from morse code disaster happened -technically has credit -president of NBC |
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Who played Ethel in I love Lucy |
Vivian Vance |
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Lee Dee Forest |
Invented Audion tube transmitting tube allows voice communication/transmission into practical use |
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Guglialmo Marconi |
transmitting/broadcasting sound with antennas. Basic tech in 20's. Started own company/ transmitted message by radio |
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electromagnetic spectrum |
Ionosphere form around world at night AM radio has bouncing effect. FM goes flat |
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Who was Lucy and Desi's sponsor? |
Philip Morris (Cigarettes) |
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) |
Regulate radio, TV FCC limit number of licenses and strength of signal (how long, when, where ) |
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KDKA |
in 1920 Pittsburgh first licensed commercial station. Selling ads. Pres. election made plans to broadcast results with Pittsburgh post newspaper |
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Federal Radio Commission (FRC) |
-Regulate radio -government body regulated radio in US "as publics convince, interest or necessity requires" -radio was limited resource... what on radio and where |
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How did Lucy and Desi meet? |
A movie |
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Nikola Tesla |
Sued Marconi company legally recognized as "official" radio transmission inventor |
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Radio Early Networks |
NBC- David Sarnoff was driving force CBS- William Paley (rich, dad bough him radio network) driving force Mutual- serve independent stations ABC- from secondary NBC network (owned by fruit company |
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Frank Conrad |
-Worked at westinghouse. PITT -radio telegraphy in his house -found out people listened to his transmissions... his bosses saw profit in building receivers to sell -realistically buy radio need radio station... got into broadcasting |
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Dumont |
4 most popular tv networks included CBS, NBC, ABC and ... |
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Who is the FM radio creator that jumped out of a window |
Ed Armstrong |
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Why did they not want Lucy pregnant on the show? |
it would offend people |
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Who played Fred Mertz on the I love Lucy show? |
William Frauly |
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The AM waves create a bounce back effect at..? |
night and FM radio goes flat |
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Who invented cable TV? |
Leory "Ed" Partons |
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What was the agency that regulated broadcasting? |
FCC |
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Who created the audio tube that allowed voice transmission? |
Lee De Forest |
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What was the first episode filmed in I love lucy called ? |
lucy thinks ricky is trying to murder her |
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what was the first episode aired in i love lucy? |
girls wanna go to the night club |
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Who is the horrible violin player |
Jack Benni |
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What was the radio show that had two white men dressed up as two black men? |
Amous and Andy |
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What was David Sarnoff most famous for? |
-Titanic sinking -President of NBC |
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Requiem was not so much about boxing but was about...? |
Honor and Pride |
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Rod Serling |
-most famous for Twilight Zone -first big break through was a show called patterns -his biggest success was called "requiem for a heavy weight" |
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Very popular writer, won an academy award for "Marty" |
Paddy Chayefsky |
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Who started in "Bang the drum slowly"? |
Paul Newman |
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Early TV actor with Ronald Regan |
James Dean |
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What was Lucy first known as? |
Queen of the Bee's |
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What was Lucy's sons name? |
Little Ricky |
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Where is the Lucy-Desi museum located? |
Jamestown, New York |
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What is the first commercially live radio station? |
KDKA |
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Cable Delivery Systems |
-Leroy Ed Parsons -Picked up signal using large antenna on a roof of John Astor Hotel |
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HBO |
home box office |
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Where do most radio stations get money from? |
advertisements |
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Satellite Direct |
mini satellites broadcast directly to home not through local affiliate of network |
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Dramas and serials |
afternoon sort of soap opera aimed at housewives and children -captain midnight- by Robert Burtt and Wilfred Moore ( a lot based on Burtt's WW1 adventures) -Built large millions national audience on Mutual Network -Code- O- Graphs used by listeners to decipher encrypted messages |
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News: the arrival of Hindenburg and Pearl Harbor |
Nazi germanys finest airships. Airship made voyage and Herb Morrison recorded event for later rebroadcast. Radio listeners got news of Japanese attacking pearl harbor then second announcement of Manila and Burma being attacked |
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Comedies |
Started from radio Amos and Andy- Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden based routine on negro dialects through they were white. (popular form of comedy at time) one of most popular for 8/9 years can be very racist. First radio program distributed by syndication |
