CCI 150 Lecture 16: CCI 150 Lecture 16

• School: UTK
• Department: Communication and Information
• Course: CCI 150
• Professor: Lisa Gary

Document Summary

Radio technology was based on the telegraph. Early radio was a lot more like tv is now: soap operas, comedies, westerns, etc. Radio with pictures was the idea that became tv. Tv almost killed radio- programming moved to tv. Top 40 format: station plays 40 most popular songs in the us in rotation. Better technology allowed radio to be saved and new programming begin: record players. !1: radio technology got better and smaller and portable. Tv technology: three traditional methods of delivery. Now, a fourth: on demand via computers and other devices, developed because of radio. Inventor who made it work: philo farnsworth. Other companies and researchers standardizes the technology (rca, zworkyn, Rst demonstrated to public at 1939 world"s fair, but wwii delated development. After that, developed fast because of radio model and with private (business) funding. Early tv: nbc, abc, cbs, mutual broadcasting system. Four big networks that took its formats and programming from radio and moved to.