RTA 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Lee De Forest, W. M. Keck Observatory, Alan Freed

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Media Studies
• Course: RTA 210
• Professor: Michael Murphy & Kenn Scott

Document Summary

Part i of the course - quiz #1 review. Reginald fesseden - rst public (radio) broadcast ever - 1906. 1920s radio stations take off and 1930s radio networks develop further/form - sponsorship - great. Bbc - 1922 as company > 1927 as corporation (government) Cbc - 1932 as crbc > 1936 becomes cbc. Rudy vallee - rst crooner & radio star > host of the fleishmann yeast hour (later: the sealtest show) [nbc] - ( rst really) top entertainment, big star radio variety show that added sidekick announcer - Bing crosby - crooner, actor, variety host - 1930s-1950s. Lord reith - 1st head of bbc > should be enlightening/high brow - variety forbidden on bbc though pre wwii post reith it was allowed and became a success w/ homegrown talent due to no sponsors (ex. Fred allen - the fred allen show > radio, comedy, variety - 1948.