Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Early Radio the father of radio, Gugliemo Marconi was interested not in the theory of sending signals through the air but in actually doing it. His improvements over earlier experimental designs allowed him to send and receive telegraph code over distances as great as 2 miles by 1896. His native Italy was not interested in his invention, so he used his mother’s contacts in Great Britain to find support and financing there England.
The Coming of the Broadcasting
The idea of broadcasting – that is, transmitting voices and music at great distances to a large number of people-predated the development of radio. In this memo Sarnoff wrote of
a plan of development which would make radio a “household utility” in the same sense as the piano or phonograph. The idea is ti bring music into the house by wireless…The receiver can be designed in the form of a simple “Radio Music Box” and arranged for several wavelengths, which should be changeable with the throwing of a single switch or pressing of a single button. (Sterling & Ktross,1990)
The Coming of the Broadcasting
The idea of broadcasting – that is, transmitting voices and music at great distances to a large number of people-predated the development of radio. In this memo Sarnoff wrote of
a plan of development which would make radio a “household utility” in the same sense as the piano or phonograph. The idea is ti bring music into the house by wireless…The receiver can be designed in the form of a simple “Radio Music Box” and arranged for several wavelengths, which should be changeable with the throwing of a single switch or pressing of a single button. (Sterling & Ktross,1990)
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